I-Corps: Developing technology for social-emotional learning for young children

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力正在使全世界的儿童都能获得社交和情感学习（SEL）。 社会和情感学习从家里开始，照顾者在SEL中发挥着重要作用。学前和幼儿园年龄段的社会和情感发展尤为重要，因为即使社会和情感技能是渐进的，在这些早期发展这些技能有助于孩子为上学做好准备，并在学业和社交方面表现得更好。虽然有些孩子在家里和幼儿园有各种各样的游戏和合作机会，但有些孩子没有。该项目不仅将帮助儿童发展SEL技能，还将帮助家长和教师更多地了解社交和情感发展。这个I-Corps项目包括一种用于社交情感学习的新学习技术。 它将使孩子们能够将抽象的情感转化为他们可以学习和分享的有形物体。该技术使用人工智能来识别儿童创造的物体，然后创建数字内容，以增强社交情商。这项技术可用于加强儿童对现有学习工具的参与。由此产生的数据将有利于社会情感学习研究，并将帮助儿童发展对他们当前和未来的福祉至关重要的技能。该技术通过建构主义方法接近社会和情感学习的世界，学习者将能够与抽象的思想和情感进行互动。该领域的大多数现有技术不需要用户参与，并使用被动学习技术。通过这项技术，孩子们被赋予了积极参与和参与的权力和兴奋，而父母可以发现他们孩子的日常经历和情感表达习惯的见解和趋势。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is making social and emotional learning (SEL) accessible and fun for children worldwide. Social and emotional learning starts at home and caregivers play a significant role in SEL. Social and emotional development at preschool and kindergarten ages is particularly important because even though social and emotional skills are progressive, developing these skills at these early ages helps children get ready for school, and perform better academically and socially. While some children have various play and collaboration opportunities at their home and preschools, some do not. The project will not only help children develop SEL skills, but also help parents and teachers learn more about social and emotional development.This I-Corps project includes a new learning technology for social-emotional learning. It will enable children to transform abstract emotions into tangible objects they can learn from and share. The technology uses artificial intelligence to recognize the objects created by the children and then creates digital content that strengthens social-emotional intelligence. This technology can be used to strengthen child engagement with existing learning tools. The resulting data will benefit social-emotional learning research and will help children develop skills that are crucial for their current and future wellbeing. The technology approaches the world of social and emotional learning through a constructionist approach where learners will be able to interact with abstract thoughts and emotions. Most existing technologies in this space do not require user engagement and use passive learning techniques. With this technology, children are empowered and excited to actively participate and engage, while parents can discover insights and trends into their children's day to day experiences and emotional expression habits.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.