Technologies for Creative Learning

Readings

• Papert, S. Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas . New York, NY: Basic Books, 1980. ISBN: 9780465046744. Foreword , Introduction, Chapter 1 and Chapter 8. ↗
  Required
• Resnick, M. “All I Really Need to Know (About Creative Thinking) I Learned (By Studying How Children Learn) in Kindergarten.” Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity & Cognition , Washington, DC, 2007. ( PDF ) ↗
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• Papert, S. “What’s the Big Idea: Toward a Pedagogy of Idea Power.” IBM Systems Journal 39, no. 3-4 (2000): 720-729.
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• Resnick, M., J. Maloney, A. Monroy-Hernandez, N. Rusk, E. Eastmond, K. Brennan, A. Millner, E. Rosenbaum, J. Silver, B. Silverman, and Y. Kafai. “Scratch: Programming for Everyone.” Preprint version of article published in Communications of the ACM , November 2009. ( PDF - 1.0MB ) ↗
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• Sawyer, K. “The New Science of Learning.” Chapter 1 in The Cambridge Handbook of The Learning Sciences . Edited by K. Sawyer. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780521845540. [Preview in Google Books ] ↗
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• Synopsis of arguments in the book Collins, A., and R. Halverson. Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology: The Digital Revolution and the Schools . New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2009. ISBN: 9780807750025. ( PDF ) (Courtesy of Allan Collins and Richard Halverson. Used with permission. ) ↗
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• Kolodner, J. L. “The Learning Sciences: Past, Present, and Future.” Educational Technology: The Magazine for Managers of Change in Education 44, no. 3 (2004): 37-42.
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• Jenkins, H., et al. “Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century.” MacArthur Foundation, 2006. ( PDF - 4.4MB ) ↗
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• Buy at MIT Press diSessa, A. “Computational Media and New Literacies – The Very Idea.” Chapter 1 in Changing Minds: Computers, Learning, and Literacy . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780262541329. ( PDF ) ↗
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• Eisenberg, M. “Mindstuff: Educational Technology Beyond the Computer.” Convergence, 2003 (PDF ) ↗
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• Resnick, M. “Computer as Paintbrush: Technology, Play, and the Creative Society.” 2006. ( PDF ) ↗
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• Resnick, M., F. Martin, R. Berg, R. Borovoy, V. Colella, K. Kramer, and B. Silverman. “Digital Manipulatives: New Toys to Think With.” Proceedings of the CHI ‘98 Conference (1998): 281-287.
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• Ito, M., et al. “Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project.” MacArthur Foundation Reports , November 2008. ( PDF - 2.6MB ) ↗
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• Monroy-Hernández, A., and M. Resnick. “Empowering kids to Create and Share Programmable Media.” Interactions (March-April 2008): 50-53. ( PDF ) ↗
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• Fischer, G. “Social Creativity: Turning Barriers into Opportunities for Collaborative Design.” Proceedings of the Participatory Design Conference , 2004.
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• Brown, J. S., and R. Adler. “Minds on Fire.” Educause Review 43, no. 1 (2008): 16-32.
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• Brown, J. S., A. Collins, and P. Duguid. “[Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning]( http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0013189X018001032 ).” Educational Researcher 18, no. 1 (1989): 32-42. ↗
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• Duckworth, E. “The Having of Wonderful Ideas.” Chapter 1 in “ The Having of Wonderful Ideas” and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning . 3rd ed. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2006.
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• Dewey, J. Experience and Education . Indianapolis, IN: Kappa Delta Phi, 1998 (reprint of 1938). ISBN: 9780912099354.
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• Sawyer, K. “The Schools of the Future.” Chapter 34 (Conclusion) in The Cambridge Handbook of The Learning Sciences . Edited by K. Sawyer. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780521845540. [Preview in Google Books ] ↗
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• Barab, S. A., J. G. MaKinster, and R. Scheckler. “ Designing System Dualities: Characterizing a Web-Supported Professional Development Community .” The Information Society 19, no. 3 (2003): 237-256. ↗
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• Turkle, S., and S. Papert. “ Epistemological Pluralism .” Signs 16, no. 1 (1990) ↗
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• Buechley, L. “LilyPad in the Wild: How Hardware’s Long Tail is Supporting New Engineering and Design Communities.” Upcoming in Proceedings of Designing Interactive Systems (DIS), August 2010, Aarhus Denmark.
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• Gardner, H. “A Multiplicity of Intelligences: In Tribute to Professor Luigi Vignolo.” 1998/2004.
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• Buy at MIT Press Margolis, J., et al. Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780262632690. [Preview in Google Books ] ↗
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• Gee, J. P. In What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy . 2nd ed. New York, NY: Macmillan, 2007. Chapters 1 and 2. ISBN: 9781403984531.
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• Buy at MIT Press Salen, K., and E. Zimmerman. Preface in Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. Chapter 7. ISBN: 9780262240451. [Preview in Google Books ] ↗
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• Fortugno, N., and E. Zimmerman. “Learning to Play to Learn: Lessons in Educational Game Design.” 2005.
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• Kafai, Y. B. “Playing and Making Games for Learning: Instructionist and Constructionist Perspectives for Game Studies.” Games and Culture 1, no. 1 (2006): 36-40. ( PDF ) ↗
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