Rode, Jennifer A;
Feng, Yifan;
Chandrashekar, Annapoorni;
Andreou, Sonia;
Ioannou, Andri;
(2024)
Spools and Sparks: The Role of Materiality in Computational Making with E-textiles and BBC Micro:bit.
In:
HttF '24: Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium.
(pp. pp. 1-11).
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): New York, NY, USA.
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Abstract
This paper presents a qualitative investigation of materiality in computational making with e-textiles and the BBC micro:bit. We worked with 22 children aged 11 to 14 (9 girls and 13 boys) who completed projects, in a mixed Greek-English summer school. Our thematic analysis identified two key themes around the materiality of interaction design: (i) how materials “talk back” during design promotes computational making skills, and (ii) the interactive role of materiality and construction in supporting computational making. Our research demonstrates the criticality of understanding material properties of e-textiles to encourage children to concentrate on the aesthetic and science concepts of computational making. Finally, a key contribution of this paper is demonstrating the relevance of teaching materiality to allow children to engage with the fundamentals of somaesthetic experiences and embodied interaction as a starting point for age-appropriate tangible interaction design education.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Spools and Sparks: The Role of Materiality in Computational Making with E-textiles and BBC Micro:bit |
| Event: | HTTF '24: Halfway to the Future |
| ISBN-13: | 9798400710421 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3686169.3686182 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3686169.3686182 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2024 Owner/Author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International 4.0 License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | BBC micro:bit; children; e-textiles; materiality; qualitative |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Arts and Sciences (BASc) |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199017 |
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