Communications of the ACM - Scratch Programming for All
From digital to physical: learning physical computing on interactive surfaces
ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
An open-ended tangible environment for disabled children's learning
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
Flow of electrons: an augmented workspace for learning physical computing experientially
Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces
Midas: fabricating custom capacitive touch sensors to prototype interactive objects
Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
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Programming microcontrollers for tangible interfaces can be easier and more accessible than it is now, empowering a broader audience to participate. The first part of this studio will introduce participants to Scratch for Arduino, a graphical programming language for controlling the Arduino hardware platform. The participants will form small groups to create projects using the Arduino in combination with a kit of input and output devices, and program their creations' behavior using Scratch for Arduino. In the second part of the studio, participants will have a chance to get under the hood of the Scratch for Arduino language and its underlying blocks engine, modifying it or extending it to work with other tangible kits. We will close with a discussion about participants' experiences using and modifying Scratch for Arduino and the blocks engine, comparing them to other environments and considering possibilities for future work and collaborations.