SMALLab harnessing technologies & collaborative learning for K-12 education experience SMALLab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday Afternoon Club 15 September 2006 4 to 6pm Digital Arts Ranch For K-12 education to keep pace with the rapid technological advances in other sectors of our society, we must develop new approaches to education that harness emerging technologies, enable collaborative learning, bridge the physical/digital realms, and prepare all students for the dynamic world they are entering. We must devise innovative strategies that engage the creativity and innate curiosity of our students, and we must design educational activities that engage minority and underserved students and those with diverse learning styles.
AMEEd is an integrated Arts, Media and Engineering initiative for K-12 education. The project is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, educators and policy makers drawn from theatre, art, music, dance, education, psychology, computer science and engineering. The initiative creates student-centered learning environments that can analyze and adapt to the needs of individual learners. Students use an interactive physical-digital media environment, called SMALLab, developed by our research group. SMALLab is a portable, freestanding media environment that can be installed in classrooms or community centers. SMALLab engages the naturally expressive sound and movement gestures of learners and facilitates free-play, structured movement, and vocalization in support of learning. Integrated curricula that draw from both the arts and sciences structure the learning experience.
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Lead Faculty David Birchfield Harvey Thornburg Participating Faculty Roger Bedard, Win Burleson Bing Cheng, Jodi James Michael McBeath, Jacob Pinholster, Gang Qian, Willi Savenye Jennifer Tsukayama
Arts, Media and Engineering Program Fulton School of Engineering Herberger College of Fine Arts Arizona State University