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人青年、社区和职前教师如何学习和设计计算纺织品。计算机或电子纺织品、含有嵌入式计算机或通过计算产生的纺织品，有望成为了解青年对新媒体和设计的现有兴趣的门户，并通过利用土著社区现有的手艺做法将其与计算机科学教育联系起来，从而加强学校与社区的关系。民族电子纺织品项目通过整合以下成功的开发和国家科学基金会的工作，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，它可以促进学生在利用技术进行创造性探索时所缺少的那种技术流畅性；(2)教师专业发展方法，鼓励利用技术进行与文化相关的反思性教学；以及(3)在青年、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发展关系和研讨会模式，使其成为美国印第安人青年、教师和社区成员在计算机科学教育方面更大的系统和可持续倡议的平台。拟议的项目将有助于我们加深对计算机科学教育中电子纺织品教与学的理解，并通过接触到传统上服务不足的美洲印第安人社区来帮助多样化的参与。

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.