Art and technology for young creators

Authors:
Marikken Høiseth;Letizia Jaccheri
Affiliations:
Department of Product Design, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway;Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Venue:
ICEC'11 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Entertainment Computing
Year:
2011

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Abstract

The general research goal that motivates this work is the aim to produce new knowledge at the intersection between art and technology. The practical goal of the project reported in this paper is to strengthen pupils' interest in computer science and art and to present pupils with possibilities of becoming creators of digital media rather than pure consumers. To reach our practical goal a group of researchers and artists designed and implemented a workshop program for children based on the open source software tool Scratch and the artistic idea of ReMida centers based on recycling and reusing waste materials. The workshops have been documented by notes and pictures which serve as data for workshop evaluation.