ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas
Mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas
Some reflections on designing construction kits for kids
Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Interaction design and children
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom
Storytelling alice motivates middle school girls to learn computer programming
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Communications of the ACM - Scratch Programming for All
A tale of two online communities: fostering collaboration and creativity in scientists and children
Proceedings of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
What motivates children to become creators of digital enriched artifacts?
Proceedings of the 9th ACM Conference on Creativity & Cognition
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
| Hi-index | 0.00 |
In this paper, we investigate the support of online creative collaborations among young programmers in Scratch. We designed and implemented two online collaboration events, the Collab Challenge and Collab Camp, implemented in January 2011 and in August 2011, respectively, in which members of the Scratch community were invited to work together on programming projects. This paper explores what we learned from iteratively designing and implementing the second event Collab Camp. In our analyses, we reflect on how the changes in context of collaboration (context), the opportunities for finding collaborators (connection), and the engagement of members in constructive feedback (critique) emerged as critical spaces supportive of online collaboration. We discuss how these spaces can serve as guiding principles for online communities that support young designers in creating expressive and personally meaningful projects together.