{"579931":{"#nid":"579931","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Grant to explore how to use tangible interfaces to engage museum learners in expressive programming experiences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Brian Magerko is an Associate Professor of Digital Media at Georgia Tech, head of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/adam.lcc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAdaptive Digital Media (ADAM) Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, and a member of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.cc.gatech.edu\/eilab\/\u0022\u003EEntertainment Intelligence Lab\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/egl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EExperimental Game Lab\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtcmt.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Center for Music Technology\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gvu.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGVU Center\u003C\/a\u003E. His research explores the themes of computation and creativity, which results in work in such expressive fields as interactive narrative, digital performance, AI-based computer game design, and educational media.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe will be involved in work that explores how to use tangible interfaces to engage museum learners in expressive programming experiences.\u0026nbsp;Through a partnership with the Museum of Design Atlanta, the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago, Mike Horn from Northwestern (Co-PI), Jason Freeman (Co-PI) from the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology, and The Findings Group LLC, they will be embarking on a 4 year exploration of how to use basic computer programming concepts to manipulate musical samples and beats in a playful, social, and creative way that can have an effect on learner attitudes towards computing and pre-learning of computational concepts.\u0026nbsp; The focus will be on how to use tangible interfaces in a museum setting to create social spaces for exploring compositions and coding concepts.\u0026nbsp; This work will also explore how to use the museum installation as a gateway to a more formal learning environment, called EarSketch, which will then connect museum learners with over 60k students learning computer science all over the world.\u0026nbsp; The end result of this work will be a learning ecosystem where learners from different environments (e.g. museums, summer workshops, high school CS classes) have online connections for creating a diverse community of practice.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Partnership with Museum of Design Atlanta, the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago and experts in the field exploring compositions and coding concepts"}],"uid":"0","created_gmt":"2016-09-20 14:18:13","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:41","author":"","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-09-20T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"579831":{"id":"579831","type":"image","title":"Prototyping Tangible Interfaces","body":null,"created":"1474393875","gmt_created":"2016-09-20 17:51:15","changed":"1475895391","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:31","alt":"Prototyping Tangible Interfaces","file":{"fid":"207325","name":"tt1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tt1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tt1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2218182,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tt1.jpg?itok=fhW5BSl2"}}},"media_ids":["579831"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}