knowledge adventures for kids: masterclass presentation during the social media week london 2013
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A talk given on 26 Sept 2013, at the Social Media Week London 2013 Masterclass "How technology changes research" (details on the event here: http://socialmediaweek.org/london/events/?id=82923#.UkbS6D_09OJ)TRANSCRIPT
Knowledge adventures for kids
TinkeringSchool
One school, one experiment, one researcher
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Who am I?
o Rayna Stamboliyska:
o PhD in Genetics & Bioinformatics
o Digital and scientific aspects
We are at the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity, Paris Descarts University
o Ange Ansour (pedagogical aspect)
o Kevin Lhoste (tools R&D, engineering)
Who are we?
One school, one experiment, one researcher
TinkeringSchool
Learning through research: started 3 September 2013
in 13 schools in Paris
o 1 PhD fellow
o 1 primary school (18 kids, 8-11 years old)
o 1 hands-on experiment
o 1 hour and a half per week
One school, one experiment, one researcher
TinkeringSchool
Learning through research projects
o Classifying galaxies with GalaxyZoo
o Learning to fly (R&D with birds and wings)
o Ethnobotanics and Japanese pharma
o Ladybugs and flowers
One school, one experiment, one researcher
TinkeringSchool
What benefits?
o Improving language skills
o Engaging youth in STEM curricula
o Gender issues solver
o Unveiling how kids learn
o Teaching teachers to unlearn
One school, one experiment, one researcher
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What digital tools?
o Kidsoverflow
o Kidcyclopaedia
o Kidictionary
o JoYS (Journal of Young Scientists)
Tools Overview (1)Tinkering
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o Rating: qualitative, through 5 criteria
o Badges: attributed depending on cummulated positive rates
o Gamification: development path (‘magician’, etc.
KidsOverflow
Tools Overview (2)Tinkering
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Tools Overview (3)Tinkering
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Kidcyclopaedia workflowTinkering
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Enabled because you are allowed & encouraged to:
o copy, o modify, o criticize,o fork,o …
Co-creation & co-discovery
Kidcyclopaedia workflowTinkering
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One school, one experiment, one researcher
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Journal of Young Scientists (JoYS)
o Peer-reviewed age-wise
o Any age welcome
o Inter-age interactions (teens help primary school pupils)
o Limited adult involvement
One school, one experiment, one researcher
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Knowledge sharing
o Open source software developed
o Open hardware everywhere
o Open Data produced by kids
o Open content published on the web
o External observers welcome
One school, one experiment, one researcher
TinkeringSchool
Keeping you posted
o A website (English coming soon)
o A Twitter account
o Phase 1: adult involvement, narrative
o Phase 2: kids descriptions, observations, etc.
