Art and technology for young creators

Abstract

The general research goal that motivates this work is the aim to produce new knowledge at the intersection between art and technology. The practical goal of the project reported in this paper is to strengthen pupils' interest in computer science and art and to present pupils with possibilities of becoming creators of digital media rather than pure consumers. To reach our practical goal a group of researchers and artists designed and implemented a workshop program for children based on the open source software tool Scratch and the artistic idea of ReMida centers based on recycling and reusing waste materials. The workshops have been documented by notes and pictures which serve as data for workshop evaluation. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.