And the interaction tool is clay-made blocks and arrows. When users put a block on the idea cell, it will remain and generate new cells related, other cells will disappear. When users put an arrow between two cells, the system will present an interesting fact connected with the two cell. In this way, we have more and more ideas on the board, and remain the useful ones and build connections between them. Visualization of ideas help people to imagine more and do not constrain their thoughts.

And the bits in this setting is the digital mapping and the facts generated with connections. The atoms are the initial handwriting input and the clay-made block and arrows.

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Xu Wang-project0

xuw714@mail.harvard.edu
www.xuwang.info
Harvard Graduation School of Education, Ed.M’14
Technology, Innovation and Education program

Expertise

★★★☆ Art
★☆☆☆ Architecture
★★☆☆Craft/Fabrication
★★★☆ Design
☆☆☆☆DIY Electronics
★☆☆☆ Electrical Eng.
★☆☆☆ Mech. Eng.
★★★☆Programming/CS

Experience

My undergraduate is in educational technology, which is a combination of education and computer science. I’ve had  experience in developing Augmented Reality-based learning tools and designing educational games. I also took a lot of mathematics courses, and I had experience with data analysis and modeling.

Why

I like the idea of tangible interfaces, and I think it will be fascinating for students to use TUI-based learning tools, when their visual, audio and touching feelings are all involved in the learning process. I want to know more about the application and framework of tangible interfaces and see how to integrate the technology in learning to best serve learning objectives.