Joshua Danish » First SPASES study http://www.joshuadanish.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:35:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Presentation: Play and Augmented Reality in Learning Physics: The SPASES project http://www.joshuadanish.com/2009/11/15/presentation-play-and-augmented-reality-in-learning-physics-the-spases-project/ http://www.joshuadanish.com/2009/11/15/presentation-play-and-augmented-reality-in-learning-physics-the-spases-project/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:03:12 +0000 Joshua http://www.joshuadanish.com/?p=536 Enyedy, N., Danish, J. A., & Delacruz, G. (2010). Play and Augmented Reality in Learning Physics: The SPASES project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

]]> http://www.joshuadanish.com/2009/11/15/presentation-play-and-augmented-reality-in-learning-physics-the-spases-project/feed/ 0 Project: Semiotic Pivots and Activity Spaces for Elementary Science (SPASES) http://www.joshuadanish.com/2009/06/17/project-semiotic-pivots-and-activity-spaces-for-elementary-science-spases/ http://www.joshuadanish.com/2009/06/17/project-semiotic-pivots-and-activity-spaces-for-elementary-science-spases/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:14:19 +0000 Joshua http://209.151.82.2/~jdanish/?p=123 spases_picUsing computer vision, Wii remotes, RFID tags, and other sensing technologies, this project aims to engage first and second grade students in learning the physics of force and motion. Desktop simulations have made force and motion accessible to middle school students. Our goal is to use students’ physical actions in the world as an interface to computer simulations to make these ideas accessible to even younger students.

Young students are good at pretend play. The defining feature of pretend play is not that it is fun (although it often is). The defining feature of play is that it has both an imaginary situation and a set of rules. It is focus on a set of rules that makes play an interesting “pivot” and allow us to put play to work. Like play, the physical world (and computer simulations of force and motion) follow a set of rules. SPASES uses computer-enhanced, embodied play as a means for children to uncover the hidden rules of the physical world.

This project is a collaboration with Noel Enyedy, Fabian Wagmister, Jeff Burk, and Girlie Delacruz Adreani.

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