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

SBIR第二期项目的更广泛影响将通过进一步开发具有先进仪器的新型物理音乐媒体平台来实现，该平台旨在促进未被充分代表的青少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、数学）学习提供急需的教育支持。鉴于STEAM作为“21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于促进学习者的社会适应能力具有重要意义。最初，传感器嵌入式盘片单元将提供用于课后编程。通过吸引和教育具有自己音乐兴趣的市中心学生，有望增加多样化STEM学习者的管道。拟议的产品也可能有助于消除市中心青年的不适应应对模式（如逃学），并激励他们追求个人和社会影响的目标。这个SBIR二期项目的智力优势在于开发独特的传感器嵌入式转盘，旨在提供娱乐，同时提供丰富的教育内容。具体来说，该项目将提供SensorTable盘片、软件和STEM课程。提议的转盘实验室将是一个以学校为基础的项目，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，提议的唱机转盘实验室不仅将整合已知的音乐和视觉内容，而且还使学生能够积极地操纵内容。这种沉浸将使学生保持专注，同时产生期望的教育成果。通过适当的课程课程，这些进步将促进旨在通过dj和音乐艺术指导学生STEM科目的课程的发展。在实践中，dj将受益于通过独特的仪器学习技术，而学生将受益于现场表演中收集的数据。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.