SBIR Phase II: Digital Media Synchronization, Performance and Urban Education Enhancement

SBIR 第二阶段：数字媒体同步、性能和城市教育增强

• 批准号: 1927573
• 负责人: Charles Spencer
• 金额: $ 75万
• 依托单位: ThinkLive! INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1927573&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Digital; Media

The broader impact of this SBIR Phase II project will be achieved through further development of a novel physical music media platform with advanced instrumentation that is designed to promote deeper engagement in education for underrepresented youths. The platform will provide much needed educational support for youths' STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) learning. The technology's relevance and attractiveness to adolescents have important implications for promoting social resilience of the learners given the salience of STEAM as the "career supporting language of the 21st century". Initially the sensor embedded platter units will be offered for use in after-school programming. By engaging and educating inner city students with their own musical interests, an increased pipeline of diverse STEM learners is expected. The proposed product may also help counteract maladaptive coping patterns (such as truancy) among inner-city youths and inspire them to pursue personally and socially impactful goals. The intellectual merit of this SBIR Phase II project lies in the development of unique sensor embedded turntable designed for delivering entertainment to simultaneously deliver educationally enriching content. Specifically, the project will provide SensorTable platters, software, and STEM curricula. The proposed Turntable Lab will be a school-based program to enhance STEM learning in underserved urban youth communities. To promote effective immersion, the proposed Turntable Lab not only will integrate known musical and visual content but also enable the student to actively manipulate the content. This immersion will keep the students engaged while producing desired educational outcomes. With appropriate curriculum lessons, these advancements will facilitate development of programs designed to instruct students in STEM subjects via the art of DJing and Music. Used in practice, DJs will benefit from learning techniques via the unique instrumentation, while students will benefit from the data collected during live performances.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

SBIR第二阶段项目的更广泛影响将通过进一步开发一个新的物理音乐媒体平台来实现，该平台具有先进的仪器，旨在促进代表性不足的青年更深入地参与教育。该平台将为青少年的STEAM（科学、技术、工程、艺术和数学）学习提供急需的教育支持。鉴于STEAM作为“21世纪世纪职业支持语言”的突出地位，该技术对青少年的相关性和吸引力对促进学习者的社会适应力具有重要意义。最初，传感器嵌入式盘片单元将提供用于课后编程。通过吸引和教育内城学生自己的音乐兴趣，预计将增加多样化STEM学习者的渠道。拟议的产品还可能有助于抵消市中心青年中适应不良的应对模式（如逃学），并激励他们追求个人和社会影响力的目标。这个SBIR第二阶段项目的智力优势在于开发独特的传感器嵌入式转台，旨在提供娱乐，同时提供丰富的教育内容。具体而言，该项目将提供SensorTable盘片，软件和STEM课程。拟议的转盘实验室将是一个以学校为基础的计划，以加强服务不足的城市青年社区的STEM学习。为了促进有效的沉浸感，拟议的转盘实验室不仅将整合已知的音乐和视觉内容，而且还使学生能够主动操纵内容。这种沉浸将使学生参与，同时产生理想的教育成果。通过适当的课程，这些进步将促进旨在通过DJ和音乐艺术指导学生学习STEM科目的计划的发展。在实践中使用，DJ将受益于学习技术通过独特的仪器，而学生将受益于现场表演过程中收集的数据。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。