2: Creative Coding: Programming for Personal Expression | #CSK8 Podcast with Jared O'Leary
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In this episode I unpack Peppler and Kafaiโs (2009) publication titled โCreative coding: Programming for personal expression,โ which is an analysis of a single project created in Scratch that appears to indicate kids can learn how to create media arts expressions despite little experience with coding.
Article
Peppler, K., & Kafai, Y. (2009). Creative coding: Programming for personal expression. Published in the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Rhodes, Greece.
Abstract
โMedia Arts within primary and secondary education is a relatively new avenue of research. Within the context of the arts classroom, rarely is learning to program emphasized despite its importance for creative expression in a digital medium. We present outcomes from an extensive field study at a digital studio where youth accessed programming environments emphasizing graphic, music and video. Learning the language of creative coding is essential to expression in a digital medium โ one with increasing importance for youth and society at large. Here, we argue that itโs not just in the viewing or playing of digital media but also in the constructive โ or coding โ experience through which connections to art can be established.โ
Author Keywords
Art, design, digital art, education, education design, and media art.
My One Sentence Summary
An analysis of a single project created in Scratch appears to indicate kids can learn how to create media arts expressions despite little experience with coding.
Some Of My Lingering Questions/Thoughts
Not only might coding providing opportunities for arts educators to explore coding and CS, but CS educators to explore the arts.
When does/n't the creation of a product or expression demonstrate understanding?
How much of a creative expression is the result of understanding and how much of it is the result of experimentation and happy accidents?
What are some approaches that can be taken along the way to focus on understanding throughout a process rather than assessment of the product itself?
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00:00 Intro
01:58 Introduction to kids learning to code through media arts
04:44 Design of the study
05:49 Findings
06:02 Findings around personal connections
06:42 Findings on epistemological connections and expressions
09:07 Getting underrepresented students into CS
11:18 Not only might coding providing opportunities for arts educators to explore coding and CS, but CS educators to explore the arts.
12:03 When does/n't the creation of a product or expression demonstrate understanding?
13:47 What are some approaches that can be taken along the way to focus on understanding throughout a process rather than assessment of the product itself?
15:11 Outro