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Go to Your Classroom and Make Meaning: Using the Digital Fabrication Process to Make Original Pop-up Books in an Afterschool Program
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, University of Houston, United States

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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in Austin, Texas, USA ISBN 978-1-880094-92-1 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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This poster session will showcase the educational uses of the digital fabrication process, an affordable, student-friendly design technology. Digital fabrication can be used to make meaningful objects out of paper, vinyl, and thin-media. The focus of this poster is to share research and learning outcomes which developed into standards-based, interdisciplinary lesson units that can transition students from consumers to creators of meaning. Findings from a research study will be highlighted, which indicate interdisciplinary connections with art, language arts, mathematics, science, and technology. Both the mental and physical applications of visual-reasoning ability will be explored to show how students analyzed and created meaningful objects, such as pop-ups and paper sculpture. Implications for a variety of curricula will be explored to connect multiple forms of literacy.

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Smith, S. (2012). Go to Your Classroom and Make Meaning: Using the Digital Fabrication Process to Make Original Pop-up Books in an Afterschool Program. In P. Resta (Ed.), Proceedings of SITE 2012--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1070-1074). Austin, Texas, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 15, 2024 from .

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