Project Details
Description
This CSforAll:RPP Medium submission in the PreK-8 strand proposes a partnership between Northwestern University, Georgia Institute of Technology, the Evanston/Skokie School District 65, and the Evanston Public Library System. This proposal builds on an existing partnership between Northwestern University and District 65 to develop a shared platform and professional development framework that supports computational learning across a network of schools, community centers, libraries, and homes (DRL-1824551). This platform, called Evanston Learns in-school, out-of-school, and online (EL3) was used to support a month-long coding campaign that resulted in 85% of 3rd-8th Graders registered and using the platform. However, while we have both technology and community infrastructures in place to support creative computational thinking experiences for young learners, we lack documented examples of how to curate and structure learning activities across settings in ways that keeps youth engaged in longer-term projects, that demonstrate both the personal and professional value of coding, and that demonstrate computation as a means to achieve creative and personally fulfilling goals.
This proposal will expand and integrate two successful existing learning platforms that we developed through prior NSF support that combine music and coding: TunePad (DRL-1612644) and EarSketch (CNS-1138469). Using these platforms, we will develop a continuum of music-themed CS learning opportunities deployed through the EL3 platform and designed to work between and across a variety of school and out-of-school spaces. The proposal will address the following research questions:
• How can music as a cultural form of literacy engage youth across learning environments?
• How can music+coding learning experiences interact with youth’s identity-related needs and motivations? Does it lead to broader participation in foundational computer science experiences?
• How we can design authentic ways
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 9/1/18 → 8/31/22 |
Funding
- National Science Foundation (DRL-1837661)
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