For K-12 education to keep pace with the rapid technological advances in other sectors of our society, we must develop new ap-proaches to education that harness emerging technologies, enable collaborative learning, bridge the physical/digital realms, and pre-pare all students for the dynamic world they are entering. We must devise innovative strategies that engage the creativity and in-nate curiosity of our students, and we must design educational activities that engage mi-nority and underserved students and those with diverse learning styles.

AMEEd is an integrated Arts, Media and En-gineering initiative for K-12 education. The project is comprised of an interdisciplinary team of researchers, educators and policy makers drawn from theatre, art, music, dance, education, psychology, computer sci-ence and engineering. The initiative creates student-centered learning environments that can analyze and adapt to the needs of indi-vidual learners. Students use an interactive physical-digital media environment, called SMALLab, developed by our research group. SMALLab is a portable, freestanding media environment that can be installed in class-rooms or community centers. SMALLab en-gages the naturally expressive sound and movement gestures of learners and facilitates free-play, structured movement, and vocali-zation in support of learning. Integrated cur-ricula that draw from both the arts and sci-ences structure the learning experience.

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Lead Faculty David Birchfield Harvey ThornburgParticipating Faculty Roger Bedard, Win Burleson Bing Cheng, Jodi James Michael McBeath, Jacob Pinholster, Gang Qian, Willi Savenye Jennifer Tsukayama

Arts, Media and Engineering ProgramFulton School of Engineering

Herberger College of Fine ArtsArizona State University

SMALLabharnessing technologies & collaborative learning for K-12 education

experience SMALLab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday Afternoon Club 15 September 2006 4 to 6pm Digital Arts Ranch