Center for HighlyInteractive Computing in Education HiCE SoE, CoE, U Michigan

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Center for Highly-Interactive Computing in
Education (Hi-CE)SoE, CoE, U Michigan

• Mission explore use of emerging technologies in
  inquiry-based science in everyday classrooms
  (e.g., Detroit, Chicago)
• 10 years, 25m
• Inter/multidisciplinary School of Education,
  College of Engineering, School of Information

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Activities Funding

• Technology
• MYDL/NSF, IWSHOP/NSF, ASSESS/NSF, ITR/NSF
• Curriculum
• LeTUS/NSF, CHI/, PSN/DoE
• Professional Development
• TKT/NSF, KNOW/Kellogg
• Policy
• ARC/Joyce
• Student Achievement
• Community Engagement
• 10 Ph.D.s in SOE, 3 Ph.D.s in COE
• Hundreds of undergraduates in SOE COE
  participate in Hi-CE

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Productivity ToolS Model-It
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Artemis
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Palm-sized computers are the personal computer
for K-12
PiCoMap
More Palm Tools
Cooties, Fling-It, Critterville, Chat
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NSF Center for Learning Technologies in Urban
Schools

• Partnership Among
• Detroit Public Schools
• Chicago Public Schools
• Northwestern University
• University of Michigan

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Evidence It Works!

• Data from Detroit classrooms
• Kids learn from using Hi-CE units
• Teachers develop more effective practices

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Teachers and Classrooms Enactments in Detroit
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Mean Effect SizesTotal, Content and Process
Scores
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Center for Highly-Interactive Computing in
Education (Hi-CE)SoE, CoE, U Michigan

• Mission explore use of emerging technologies in
  inquiry-based science in everyday classrooms
  (e.g., Detroit, Chicago)
• Inter/multidisciplinary School of Education,
  College of Engineering, School of Information
• Scaling-UP Make a real impact on K-12 do
  serious scholarship
• Classrooms Thousands of K-12 students around the
  country using Hi-CE curriculum/technology
• New Spinoff Learner-Centered Technologies, LLC