Collaborative Research: Planning grant: E2textiles: Ethno Electronic Textile Designs for Broadening Participation in Computing for American Indian Youth, Teachers, and Communities

宾夕法尼亚大学和亚利桑那州立大学将调查美国印第安青年、社区和职前教师如何使用计算机纺织品学习和设计。计算机或电子纺织品，包含嵌入式计算机或计算生成的纺织制品，是有希望的门户，进入年轻人对新媒体和设计的现有兴趣，并通过使用土著社区现有的工艺实践将他们与计算机科学教育联系起来，从而加强学校与社区的关系。EthnoEtextiles项目通过整合以下成功的发展和NSF的工作，将电子纺织品扩展到新的方向：(1)一个计算构建工具包，Lilypad Arduino，可以促进学生在技术创造性探索中缺少的技术流畅性；(2)教师专业发展方法，鼓励文化相关和反思性的技术教学；(3)在青年、他们的社区成员和他们的文化遗产之间建立联系的讲习班模式。其目的是为青年和教师建立关系和研讨会模式，使之成为一个平台，为美国印第安青年、教师和社区成员提供更大的系统和可持续的计算机科学教育倡议。拟议的项目将有助于我们对计算机科学教育中电子纺织品的教与学的日益了解，并通过接触传统上服务不足的美国印第安人社区，帮助多样化参与。

The University of Pennsylvania and Arizona State University will investigate how American Indian youth, communities, and pre-service teachers learn and design with computational textiles. Computational or e-textiles,textile artifacts that contain embedded computers or are computationally generated, are promising portals into youths' existing interests in new media and design and connecting them to computer science education by using indigenous communities' existing craft practices and thus strengthening school-community relationships. The EthnoEtextiles project expands e-textiles in new directions by integrating the following successful developments and NSF work: (1) a computational construction kit, the Lilypad Arduino, that can promote the type of technology fluency missing in students' creative explorations with technology; (2) teacher professional development approaches that encourage culturally relevant and reflective teaching with technology; and (3) workshop models that create connections among youth, members of their community, and their cultural heritage. The purpose is to develop relationships and workshop models for youth and teachers that can become a platform for larger systemic and sustainable initiatives in computer science education for American Indian youth, teachers, and community members. The proposed project will contribute to our growing understanding of teaching and learning with electronic textiles in computer science education and help diversify participation by reaching traditionally underserved communities of American Indian peoples.