Beyond Bits and Atoms EDUC 236X / CS402 Final Project Expo
Students will be showing several different technology-enhanced learning environments and toolkits, in fields such as math, physics, aerospace, foreign language learning, engineering, meditation, and much more. Below is a summary of the projects.
Final Frontier, by Alec Winograd & Mariana Duprat
A risk-inspired board game where players conquer the final frontier, the solar system.
Nilbound, by Mike Dunham
Nilbound is a tangible user interface that allows elementary and middle school students to compose and decompose numbers using physical manipulatives.
Chromatic, by Juliana Cook
This project is a series of interactive musical cubes that allow users to easily explore music in a simple, intuitive environment.
Artomaton, by Seth Trudeau & Laura Pickel
Artomaton combines the mechanical power of an automaton and the visual attraction of art to allow users to create unique drawings, while learning about motion.
Phonix, by Harshitha Ramesh
Learning the alphabet of a new foreign language can be difficult. Phonix uses a tangible user interface (TUI) to help users strengthen the association between sound and symbol using audio feedback and an audio-visual prompter to learn new phonemes and words in the Tamil (a South Indian language's) Alphabet.
DoodleLink, by Jonathan Pang and Kristine Chen
The DoodleLink playset aims to help students build basic intuition for working with linkages. This constructionist toolkit consists of color-coded linkages of various lengths, connectors, and marker clips. Students assemble mechanisms of of their own design to create patterns and drawings.
ClockDoc – Rip It To Make It, by Gloria Min
Dismantling things can be a powerful way to learn about the underlying inner workings and systems of the world. Built for kids aged 10-12, ClockDoc is a clock deconstruction-construction kit, meant to build a child’s confidence taking things apart, particularly everyday things.
Rethink Relief: Box Basics, by Jessica Huang
Humanitarian and governmental efforts have overcome complex logistical challenges to deliver food, fuel, and other supplies to communities of refugees and internally displaced people.
Storybook, by Monica Yupa and Maneeshika Madduri
Storybook Physics aims to develop student intuition of physics concepts by embedding them in a storyline and connecting these concepts to everyday interactions.
Radical Chinese, by Jessica Kung
There are over 80,000 Chinese characters in existence, which is an overwhelming number for young learners to learn. Radical Chinese breaks down Chinese characters into their most basic components – a radical component, which affects meaning, and a phonetic component, which affects pronunciation.
Eggio, by Nathan Eidelson & Sarah McDevitt
Eggio is a physical device to accompany meditation for home users and for mindfulness programs in schools.
Beyond Bitcoins and ATMs, by Nalin Tutiyaphuengprasert, Michaela Karris, and Kevin Nguyen
An Automated Teller Machine for the family! This device is a tool for parents to teach their child discipline, patience, and the value of money.
