1. GoGo Board: Augmenting Computational Materials
Arnan (Roger) Sipitakiat
Future of Learning, MIT Media Laboratory
Digital Nations
Oct 31, 2003

2. GoGo Board

4. Incubating Critical Thinking About Learning

5. Ideas in action
Brazil

6. GoGo Board Applications
Extend programming to the physical world

7. Autonomous
Sensing and Control

8. Data Logging

9. Robotics

10. Programmable Bricks
LEGO
Mindstorms
Cricket
MIT Tower

11. Focus of GoGo Board
$$ Low-cost $$

13. Locally available parts
Focus of GoGo Board
Locally available parts

14. Focus of GoGo Board
Easy Assembly

15. Focus of GoGo Board
Customization

16. Found Materials Broken electronics appliances Scrap materials
Crafts materials

20. Incubator for Critical Thinking

21. Innovation in Education
Materials
Sociology
Organization

22. Thinking Space for Teachers
mastering a teaching tool vs
mastering creative use of ever changing materials

23. Thinking Space for Administrators
Acquisition of tools
Passive vs
Active

24. Future Directions
Develop a mechanism for a school or network of schools to independently produce boards.
Observe possibilities for people to be able to change the board design to fit their particular need.

25. Thank you

27. Computational Technologies