Monday 6 February
We work through a tutorial on ARIS — a user-friendly, open-source platform for creating and playing mobile games, tours and interactive stories.
Access the ARIS authoring tool here.
We will also discuss our respective team's projects for the second (ARIS-based) project.
Jack (JD) and Li Yun — things that are broken
Alexandra and Sarah — things that are broken
Emma, Jax and Kelven — things that are lost (Central Cemetery)
We will also meet with librarian Cheri Coe to get a sense of where useful resources might be found.
Wednesday 8 February
Our guest on this day Andrew Sliwinski, a Research Scientist in the LEGO Learning Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab where he explores the intersections between learning, creativity, and technology. From what I (John) have seen of his work, Andrew is interested in the creation of means by which people, of all ages, can engage with content in a significant and meaningful way.
Among his active research projects is Scratch – an online community and tool for kids to explore their creativity through computing which reaches over one hundred million children every year. Prior to joining MIT, Andrew served as the Director of Learning Research at the Mozilla Foundation and co-founded DIY.org. He has served as an advisor to the Chicago Public Library, LEGO Foundation, and The Aspen Institute.
An advocate of open design and engineering practices, Andrew contributes to various open source projects and has released over 40 individual software libraries. Most notable amongst his contributions have been projects related to natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, signal processing, and computational creativity.
As a designer and engineer, Andrew has worked with various organizations during his career including: General Electric, Adidas, Hewlett-Packard, Toyota, Universal Music Group, and JetBlue. His work as a creative technologist has been displayed in The Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Carnegie Hall.
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