A talk given on 26 Sept 2013, at the Social Media Week London 2013 Masterclass "How technology changes research" (details on the event here: http://socialmediaweek.org/london/events/?id=82923#.UkbS6D_09OJ)

1. Knowledge adventures
for kids
Tinkering
School

2. One school, one experiment,
one researcher
Tinkering
School
Who am I?
o Rayna Stamboliyska:
o PhD in Genetics & Bioinformatics
o Digital and scientific aspects
We are at the Center for Research and
Interdisciplinarity, Paris Descarts
University
o Ange Ansour (pedagogical aspect)
o Kevin Lhoste (tools R&D, engineering)
Who are we?

3. One school, one
experiment, one researcher
Tinkering
School
Learning through research:
started 3 September 2013 in
13 schools in Paris
o 1 PhD fellow
o 1 primary school (18 kids, 8-11
years old)
o 1 hands-on experiment
o 1 hour and a half per week

4. One school, one
experiment, one researcher
Tinkering
School
Learning through research
projects
o Classifying galaxies with
GalaxyZoo
o Learning to fly (R&D with birds
and wings)
o Ethnobotanics and Japanese
pharma
o Ladybugs and flowers

5. One school, one
experiment, one researcher
Tinkering
School
What benefits?
o Improving language skills
o Engaging youth in STEM
curricula
o Gender issues solver
o Unveiling how kids learn
o Teaching teachers to unlearn

6. One school, one experiment,
one researcher
Tinkering
School
What digital tools?
o Kidsoverflow
o Kidcyclopaedia
o Kidictionary
o JoYS (Journal of Young
Scientists)

7. Tools Overview (1)
Tinkering
School
o Rating: qualitative, through 5
criteria
o Badges: attributed
depending on cummulated
positive rates
o Gamification: development
path (‘magician’, etc.
KidsOverflow

8. Tools Overview (2)
Tinkering
School

9. Tools Overview (3)
Tinkering
School

10. Kidcyclopaedia workflow
Tinkering
School

11. Enabled because you are allowed & encouraged to:
o copy,
o modify,
o criticize,
o fork,
o …
Co-creation & co-discovery
Kidcyclopaedia workflow
Tinkering
School

12. One school, one
experiment, one researcher
Tinkering
School
Journal of Young Scientists
(JoYS)
o Peer-reviewed age-wise
o Any age welcome
o Inter-age interactions (teens
help primary school pupils)
o Limited adult involvement

13. One school, one experiment,
one researcher
Tinkering
School
Knowledge sharing
o Open source software
developed
o Open hardware everywhere
o Open Data produced by kids
o Open content published on
the web
o External observers welcome

14. One school, one experiment,
one researcher
Tinkering
School
Keeping you posted
o A website (English coming
soon)
o A Twitter account
o Phase 1: adult
involvement, narrative
o Phase 2: kids
descriptions, observations,
etc.

15. THANK YOU
o www.savantures-parisiennes.org
o @savantures