Talking Tools – learning sloyd with smartphones

• Craft and design (sloyd) is a compulsory subject taught in grades 1-7 in primary schools in Finland. In grades 8-9 the subject is elective. Sloyd is taught often without textbooks or didactically developed teaching materials. Because of the subject’s student-centered and productive nature, teachers create most of the teaching material themselves, depending on the needs of the areas of work, the teaching context and students. Furthermore students in sloyd are not simultaneously in the need of the same information – individual craft processes means individual learning needs. In order to meet the need of didactical teaching materials that focus on presenting craft manufacturing processes, sloyd education and MediaCity at Åbo Akademi University initiated a collaborative project with UpCode Ltd., a software company specialized in developing reading and scanning solutions for smartphones. The project’s ambition is to combine Åbo Akademi’s expertise in education and user experience research and UpCode Ltd.’s know-how about smartphone technology into a pedagogical smartphone application that promotes learning both in and outside of school. With the help of the application the student can find pedagogical, audiovisual information about materials and production techniques. The application will help the student for example to select the right ironing temperature or choose the correct saw. The information is available in the location where it is needed in the moment, at the tool cabinet, sewing machine, or on the bus. The application also includes a notebook function that allows the student to document her design and manufacturing process in various project blogs.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)

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smartphone

app

scanning

sloyd

slöjd

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