9/1/15-8/31/17 PIs: Yasmin Kafai, Jennifer Sun, University of Pennsylvania (Award Details) Nina Fefferman, Rutgers University (Award Details) Epidemics (whether measles, ebola, or the flu) affect youth, but many of the concepts related to how epidemics work (and how to prevent them) are hard to convey to young learners. This project explores how and whether technology […]
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RAPID: Learning in the Making: Leveraging Technologies for Impact
PIs: Erica Halverson, Kimberly Sheridan University of Wisconsin-Madison Award Details The practices of critique and portfolio creation are crucial to successful learning from design and making. Critique involves carefully describing the properties of one’s work, analyzing how the properties function together, envisioning other possible approaches and solutions, evaluating what has been done and which next […]
RAPID: Enabling Collaborative Science Learning Experiences on Mobile Devices
PI: Elliot Soloway University of Michigan Ann Arbor Award Details This RAPID project focuses on porting existing collaborative software in support of project-based science — WeMap and WeKWL — to the iPad. Initial software design and development has been done for Android machines as part of a complementary research project, but iPads are available in […]