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Making Self-Care Fun

How MIT is leveraging game design principles to combat depression.

via Superjump · June 14, 2020
in Affective Computing
#gaming #creativity #wellbeing
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Scratch

Scratch is the world's most popular coding community for kids. Millions of kids around the world are using Scratch to program their ...

in Lifelong Kindergarten
Mitchel Resnick · Natalie Rusk +30 more
#robotics #design #art +14 more
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SpeechBlocks

SpeechBlocks is a medium that allows children (4-5 years old) to engage in open-ended play with writing. They can build arbitrary composi...

in Social Machines
Jim Gray · Ivan Sysoev +1 more
#design #construction #kids +5 more
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Designing digital workspaces for creativity and collaboration in online project-based courses

Bringing project-based work online in two very different contexts: a middle school robotics course and a university product design studio.

May 9, 2020
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#design #kids #learning +3 more
Article Research

Wonder Stories: Proven to engage child readers like digital games

Wonder Stories is always free for teachers, but for the duration of COVID-19, Wonder Stories is free to anyone.

via Patch · May 8, 2020
in Affective Computing
#kids #learning #creativity +3 more
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Episode 46: Pioneer through the pandemic with professor + innovator, Dr. Hugh Herr

Biomechatronics head Hugh Herr discusses his research with the No Barriers USA podcast.

via No Barriers USA Podcast · May 6, 2020
in Biomechatronics
#creativity #community #technology +1 more
Article Research

This MIT app makes self-care as addictive as a video game

Collect cute monsters and make your brain feel better.

via Fast Company · April 29, 2020
in Affective Computing
#gaming #behavioral science #creativity +3 more
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Meet the 2020 LEGO Papert Fellows

The new LEGO Papert Fellows will spend one week at LEGO headquarters in Denmark to share ideas and collaborate on projects.

April 22, 2020
in Lifelong Kindergarten · Opera of the Future · Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #kids #learning +5 more
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Cultivating Creativity during the Coronavirus Crisis

The ability to think and act creatively is now more important than ever before.

March 17, 2020
in Lifelong Kindergarten
#kids #learning #creativity +2 more

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