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Empowering programmability for tangibles

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Eric Rosenbaum,

Evelyn Eastmond,

David MellisAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '10: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction

Pages 357 - 360

https://doi.org/10.1145/1709886.1709974

Published: 24 January 2010 Publication History

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Programming microcontrollers for tangible interfaces can be easier and more accessible than it is now, empowering a broader audience to participate. The first part of this studio will introduce participants to Scratch for Arduino, a graphical programming language for controlling the Arduino hardware platform. The participants will form small groups to create projects using the Arduino in combination with a kit of input and output devices, and program their creations' behavior using Scratch for Arduino. In the second part of the studio, participants will have a chance to get under the hood of the Scratch for Arduino language and its underlying blocks engine, modifying it or extending it to work with other tangible kits. We will close with a discussion about participants' experiences using and modifying Scratch for Arduino and the blocks engine, comparing them to other environments and considering possibilities for future work and collaborations.

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Empowering programmability for tangibles
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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TEI '10: Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction

January 2010

414 pages

ISBN:9781605588414

DOI:10.1145/1709886

Conference Chairs:
Marcelo Coelho
MIT Media Lab
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Jamie Zigelbaum
MIT Media Lab, Oblong Industries
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General Chairs:
Hiroshi Ishii
MIT Media Lab
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Robert J.K. Jacob
Tufts University
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Pattie Maes
MIT Media Lab
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Program Chairs:
Thomas Pederson
IT University of Copenhagen
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Orit Shaer
Wellesley College
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Ron Wakkary
Simon Fraser University

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