Author Archives: Anna Keune

Square1: Third PD workshop with girls in Oakland

    During two prior participatory design sessions with girls in the ACORD Woodland public school in Oakland, California we started developed software ideas for the interaction design and functionality of the central device of the Square1 set of devices. … Continue reading

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Maker Education Initiative anniversary

At the 1-year Maker Education Initiative (MakerEd) anniversary celebration at the Maker Faire on Thursday, Dale Dougherty presented his vision for bringing making back into schools by connecting it to science and technology education through Maker Corps Summer programs and Makerspaces in schools. In … Continue reading

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Square1: Second PD workshop with girls in Oakland

In context of the techGyrls mentor program of the YWCA Berkeley/Oakland, program coordinator, Jana, four active mentors, Becca, Jules, Lily and Emily, and I facilitated the second a participatory design (PD) workshop with 13 girls (4th grade) at the ACORN Woodland public School in … Continue reading

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LEAD project Vimeo channel

The new Vimeo channel of the LEAD project is starting out strong with 13 short videos of Participatory Design sessions with girls at the ACRON Wooldland school in Oakland, California.

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Square1: Participatory design with girls in Oakland

Video documentation of the presentation of one group (turn up your volume to listen to the comments of the girls). With the help of Jana, the techGyrls program coordinator of the YWCA Berkeley/Oakland, and four creative mentors, Becca, Melissa, Lily … Continue reading

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Oakland school visit

To further develop the Square1 set of single task dedicated devices in close collaboration with teachers and learners, connections to public schools in the Bay Area were established through the after school mentoring program techGyrls organized by the YWCA Berkeley/Oakland, an NGO that organizes classes … Continue reading

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Square1 cardboard prototype

The Square1 is the concept of a set of single tasks dedicated devices for collaborative and cooperative learning, such as a self-organized learning environment, in school. The ideas is that students and teachers will be able to assemble the devices together … Continue reading

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Square1 – A collection of single-task dedicated learning devices

Isometric drawing of the Square1 drawing device. Square1 (sometimes also spelled “Square One”) is a collection of single-task dedicated learning devices designed for collaborative work at school. The collection consists of three devices: (1) one for writing, (2) one for drawing, and … Continue reading

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