{"id":22,"date":"2012-09-07T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/brainstem\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2012-11-25T20:12:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T20:12:19","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects-old.etc.cmu.edu\/brainstem\/?page_id=22","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve done a ton of research this semester &#8211; anything from tech and its capabilities to the different ways that kids learn with digital and technological devices! \u00a0First, here&#8217;s a look from David Birchfield himself on the SMALLab!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"An Introduction to SMALLab, featuring David Birchfield\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JN0GgRah_gY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After getting to meet with David, we looked at a lot of the <a href=\"http:\/\/smallablearning.com\/scenarios\/browse\">SMALLab learning scenarios<\/a> that already exist, figuring out which ones we liked and which ones we thought worked \u00a0best. \u00a0Check them out!<\/p>\n<p>We also looked at different web-based games, such as Chicago Museum of Science and Industry&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msichicago.org\/fileadmin\/Activities\/Games\/simple_machines\/index.php\">Simple Machines game<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/color.method.ac\/\">color-mixing game<\/a>, which was interesting because there&#8217;s already a color mixing SMALLab game! \u00a0 Here are a few other resources we looked at, specifically for math and critical thinking. \u00a0We really like the fact that a lot of these games didn&#8217;t feel like &#8216;worksheets,&#8217; rather that they felt like they tricked kids into learning by completing fun objectives with cute, fun characters!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mangahigh.com\/en_us\/games\">Manga High<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.filamentgames.com\/\">\u00a0Filament Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/motionmathgames.com\/\">Motion Math Games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachwithportals.com\/\">Teach with Portals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also looked at a few examples of spatial learning, and a Snibbe Interactive piece called Boundary Functions also stood out to us and really influenced our Living Fractions game!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boundary Functions\" width=\"605\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M52k-AGAieA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, we also got a huge boost from the teachers and the resources they gave us from their curriculum to really zero in on the material we&#8217;d use, as well as finding more resources from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corestandards.org\/the-standards\">Common Core State Standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve done a ton of research this semester &#8211; anything from tech and its capabilities to the different ways that kids learn with digital and technological devices! \u00a0First, here&#8217;s a look from David Birchfield himself on the SMALLab! 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