TIC TAC Project. Creativity as a driver of Human Development
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TIC TAC Project. Creativity as a driver of Human Development Eduard Muntaner-Perich, Jordi Freixenet Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
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TIC TAC is a Development Cooperation project of the University of Girona (Spain) focused on helping two elementary schools in Catalonia. These two schools, in the cities of Girona and Salt have very high immigration rates (greater than 85%), and are in danger of becoming “ghetto schools”. Currently, these two schools regularly visit our spaces in the Science and Technology Park of University of Girona, where they actively participate in several workshops and activities designed by our team. In a very significant part of these activities children use Scratch to learn to express themselves creatively through technology, and then as they progress, they participate in workshops on LEGO robots, underwater robots, rescue robots, astronomy and technological gymkhanas in the city. For us, this initiative has evolved from an outreach project to a research project, where we study and measure how these technologies help develop creative thinking and critical thinking. Right now we're starting to get our first results. In the session at the Scratch Conference next July, we would like to present these first results, with particular emphasis on the Scratch workshops we are carrying out in three groups of fifth graders of the two selected schools.
Transcript of TIC TAC Project. Creativity as a driver of Human Development
TIC TAC Project. Creativity as a driver of Human
Development Eduard Muntaner-Perich, Jordi Freixenet
Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Who we are
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Girona - South India - Girona
2005-2006
Shanti Bhavan, India
ICT-Volunteerhttp://www.shantibhavanonline.org
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Girona - South India - Girona
2005-2006
Shanti Bhavan, India
Volunteer
2009-2010
Shanti Bhavan: Robotics +
Scratch
Development Cooperation UdG
“Creativity as a driver of Human Development”
2005-2006
Shanti Bhavan, India
Volunteer
2009-2010
Shanti Bhavan: Robotics +
Scratch
2012-2013
Shanti Bhavan + another school
Telefónica Found.
TIC TAC Project Girona and Salt (Spain)
UdiGital.edu
Girona - South India - Girona
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Development Cooperation UdG
TIC TAC Project
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
• Same idea: Creativity as a driver of Human Development
• 2 Public schools in disadvantaged areas of Girona and Salt
- Dalmau Carles (Girona) and Veïnat (Salt): 3 groups (60 students)
• Concept: Magnet School
- To make attending them an attractive choice- To increase the diversity of the student population within them
• First phase: each fifth-grade class visits us once every two weeks
Organization of the sessions
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Hands-on workshop Creativity capsule
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Program: session 0
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Visiting the schools
Program: session 1
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Introduction to Scratch
Creativity capsule: the importance of observation
Program: session 2
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Creating games by using their own faces
Creative thinking test
Creativity capsule: story-board
Program: session 3
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Introduction to LEGO WeDo + Scratch
Creativity capsule: how to see things from different perspectives
Program: session 4
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Champions League LEGO WeDo +
Scratch
Creativity capsule: how to record videos and interviews
Program: session 5
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Introduction to LEGO Mindstorms
Program: session 6
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
LEGO Mindstorms: following paths
Creativity capsule: how to create contours and scale
Program: session 7
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LEGO Mindstorms: drawing lines
Creativity capsule: importance of lines in art
Program: session 8
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Astronomy: calculating the rotation period of the Sun
Visiting the CIRS: Underwater Robotics
Research Center
Program: session 9
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Legends of Girona: Augmented Reality and Geopositioning
Program: session 10
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Scratch: Programming simulations
Program: session 11
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
Visiting the schools again and 2nd
Creative Thinking Test
Program: session 12
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Forum Impulsa: Scratch workshop
Evaluation: Creative Thinking Test
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- Adapted from Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (1962)
- Figural test (thinking with pictures)
- Verbal test (thinking with words)
- Extra question: mathematical reasoning
Evaluation: Creative Thinking Test
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- Each test has 43 points to be evaluated (0, 0.5, 1)
- We are evaluating characteristics like originality, flexibility, elaboration, emotional expressiveness, fantasy, etc.
- 43 points x 2 tests x 60 students x 4 evaluators = 20,640 points
Preliminary results
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Test results:
Scores (Test 1): Mean (Average): 19.71143Standard deviation: 6.23297
Scores (Test 2):Mean (Average): 18.55714Standard deviation: 4.7832
Reliability of the test • Linear Correlation Coefficient between
evaluators: Min: 0.532, Max: 0.936, Average: 0.729
• Linear Correlation Coefficient between the 2 tests:
Average: 0.325
Conclusions
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- More than 30 workshops completed
- 2 Creative Thinking Tests given
- Very good level of satisfaction of participants (students and accompanying teachers)
- The project has had a good impact: Carme Auguet School, Forum Impulsa…
Conclusions
TIC TAC Project - Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
- The combination of hands-on workshops and creativity capsules seems to work very well.
- We detected an interest of teachers for training. So next semester we will include teacher training activities.
- We need at least an extra year of workshops and some other tests in order to obtain conclusive results.
TIC TAC Project
Eduard Muntaner-Perich [email protected]
Jordi Freixenet: [email protected]
Project website: http://udigital.udg.edu
Scratch Conference 2012 – MIT Media Lab
