Using Circuit Playground and Maps To Visualize Migration Data

Authors

Christa Cannell, Utah State UniversityFollow
Colby Tofel-Grehl, Utah State UniversityFollow
Kristin A. Searle, Utah State UniversityFollow
Andrea Hawkman, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Journal/Book Title/Conference

International Conference of the Learning Sciences

Publisher

International Society of the Learning Sciences

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Award Number

NSF, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings 1758823

Funder

NSF, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings

First Page

1763

Last Page

1764

Abstract

This paper shares the design and process of development for a data visualization project that centers computing squarely in social studies classroom instruction for social justice. Circuit Playground Express are programmed to engage students in engaging with and creating visualizations of the Great Migration of Black folx from the American South during the Jim Crow era.

Recommended Citation

Cannell, C., Tofel-Grehl, C., & Searle, K. (2020). Using Circuit Playground Express and Maps To Visualize Population Migration Data. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 3 (pp. 1763-1764). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.