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LightUp: a low-cost, multi-age toolkit for learning and prototyping electronics

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Zain Asgar,

Joshua Chan,

Chang Liu,

Paulo BliksteinAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '11: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 225 - 226

https://doi.org/10.1145/1999030.1999067

Published: 20 June 2011 Publication History

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LightUp is a constructionist platform to teach novices about electronics, and also a low-cost rapid-prototyping platform for more advanced users. The LightUp kit contains many basic electronic components attached to magnetic building blocks and a connection base. Various project-based educational materials are also included. Initially designed as an interactive and transparent learning tool, the concept behind LightUp is to provide a "low threshold, high ceiling" learning experience for self-motivated individuals who want to better understand the complex electronics inside the devices they rely on every day. In addition, LightUp also serves as a user friendly, low-cost prototyping tool for people who do not have a strong engineering background but still want to build electronic circuits. This paper gives an overview of the LightUp platform, the construction process and future developments and implementations.

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LightUp: a low-cost, multi-age toolkit for learning and prototyping electronics
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms

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IDC '11: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

June 2011

275 pages

ISBN:9781450307512

DOI:10.1145/1999030

Conference Chairs:
Tom Moher
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Chris Quintana
University of Michigan
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Sara Price
Institute of Education, London, UK

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