Activity summary

Students were provided with a range of different sensory items, such as colored gel cut-outs, glass beads, bottles with colored liquid, toys, etc. and they were given a three-step task to follow: picking items, placing them on the overhead projector, projecting results. Each student had 3-4 minutes to try different items, place them on the overhead projector and explore different combinations of shapes, colors, and textures.

Composition made by a student projected on the screen

Goals

Learning how students react to different modalities
Observing the way they play, choose items, place them on the overhead projector
Observing whether they are able to follow the steps in the task
Observing whether they are able to notice cause and effect relations
Learning more about how students collaborate (what impedes collaboration and what enables it)

Notes from the session

Most students had difficulty connecting what’s happening on the projector to what was being projected on the screen
A few students were sensitive to the projector’s bright light or the noise its fan was making
Several students were really engaged with diverse sensory items in the basket
For a student with low vision, we needed to use touch and create some sounds and describe items to enable participation
Many students had difficulty letting go of items and placing them on the projector and the teacher had to help them drop the items

Notes for C2LC design

Some students needed fewer options to choose from to be able to stay on task - So we need to have an option for gradual addition/introduction of new items
Most students enjoyed having a variety of options to choose from
Most students need hints/assistance to be able to detect cause and effect relationships. The same behavior was noticed during the summer camps where students couldn’t connect their sequence to robot movements
Students were more intrigued by moving/animated items than static objects

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