{"id":1009791,"date":"2024-02-27T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=1009791"},"modified":"2024-06-25T05:01:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T12:01:54","slug":"inclusive-digital-maker-futures-workshop","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/inclusive-digital-maker-futures-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Digital Maker Futures Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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About the workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Host conference:<\/strong> 23rd ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> June 17-20, 2024 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This workshop will bring together researchers and educators to imagine a future of low-cost, widely available digital making for children, both within the STEAM classroom and beyond. The main focus will be on expanding the reach of digital making with programmable microcontrollers <\/em>(such as Arduino, the BBC micro:bit, etc.) to underrepresented children in the STEAM fields, which includes historically excluded or marginalized children as well as those lacking access to computers and\/or the Internet. Participants will report on their experience helping children learn about digital technology while creating physical computing systems, including wearables, robotics, environmental sensors and more. Participants who submit a position paper or work-in-progress report will have an opportunity to present their work and ideas. From these presentations, we will select emerging themes to discuss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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