Kidding Around: Introduction to Our Audiences (#mw2012)

Kidding Around:Hands-on Digital Learning for Children and Families Shelley Mannion Alex Flowers

UsOur audiencesWhat makes a good learning program?Case studies 10.30 Coffee and teaDesigning digital learning activitiesDigital activity brainstormDesign an activity

Who are our audiences? How do they like to learn, play and create?

Babies, Early yearsPrimary schoolPre-teens, TeenagersFamilies

Babies Designing for parents and carers

Colors, shapes, textures

Safe places foropen-ended play Tot Land, Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, California, USA

Tot Land, Crocker Art Museum

Body Paint, 2009Mehmet Akten

Early yearsExplorers, discoverers

The Whole Experience

May not be object-focused

Active learning Acting things out Shapes ColorsFinding and collecting Faces Emotions Patterns Animals

Pittsburgh Children’s Museum Flickr: KrisNFredStories

Industrious, hard-workingElementary or Primary school

Easily absorbed,Have trouble with transitions

Outcome is crucial

Developed motor skills

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento

Love dirty jokes, blood and gore

Pre-teens

Good at stuff, but can be self-conscious

Self-directedDeveloping personal passions

Like grown-up roles, tasks

Like working with friends rather than adults

Need to do their own thingTeens Question adults’ authority

Need open-ended tasksUnstructured time to create

Use technology for social interaction Photo leppre on Flickr

More serious about future careersAppreciate learning skills, meeting experts

Families Mixed age groupsmakes logistics crucial

Get everyone involved

Prompt talk and discussion (about anything!)

Older children can lead on digital activities

Modelling‘letting go’for parents

What makes a successful learning programme? Which elements requireextra attention when using digital tools?

How can we encourage different types of learning and play through digital experiences? (Social / Collaborative / Experimental)

Kidding Around: Introduction to Our Audiences (#mw2012)

by Shelley Mannion on Jun 25, 2012

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