Science Lab as Maker Studio: Creating and Critiquing Electronic Textiles in High School Class

Authors

Breanne Krystine Litts, Utah State UniversityFollow
Debora A. Lui, University of PennsylvaniaFollow
Sari A. Widman, University of Colorado
Justice T. Walker, University of Pennsylvania
Yasmin B. Kafai, University of PennsylvaniaFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Journal/Book Title/Conference

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

Publisher

American Educational Research Association

Location

San Antonio, TX

Publication Date

4-27-2017

Abstract

The push for a more widespread implementation of maker activities into K-12 classrooms requires adaptation of out-of-school makerspaces and practices. In this paper, we draw on research that has emerged around the studio model that brings critique practices from art and architecture into computing class. As an illustration, we examined a maker studio in which a class of 23 high school students worked in teams and with art students to develop an interactive electronic textile design. Our analyses focus on how the structure of critiques, presentations, and reflections in the maker studio impacted students’ design process. In the discussion, we address what we learned about how these features should be integrated with programming activities.

Recommended Citation

Litts, B.K., *Lui, D., Widman, S., *Walker, J., & Kafai, Y.B. (2017, April). Science Lab as Maker Studio: Creating and Critiquing Electronic Textiles in High School Class. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting: San Antonio, TX.