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This paper will focus on a new approach to teaching that integrates digital literacy and science fiction into elementary school settings. The approach combines elements of constructivist teaching methods, Science Fiction Prototyping (SFP), the exquisite corpse model and social media to engage young learners. This paper includes background information gathered from previous literature on the effects of constructivist approaches and new technological advances within classroom environments and then analyzes the effects of a new platform called MySciFiStory.com that hopes to combine these approaches to benefit elementary students and educators.
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The researchers of this paper would like to thank Victor Callaghan for his guidance and support throughout the creation of MySciFiStory.com and this paper and CSF for their innovative and creative approaches to teaching content. They would also like to thank Dr. Minjuan Wang for her support and guidance throughout this research project and the original concept development process. Many thanks are given to Peter von dem Hagen for his help developing the initial MySciFiStory.com concept, design document and prototype and to Angeles Gomez for her help creating the initial MySciFiStory.com documents. Lastly, the researchers would like to thank all the students, teachers, and administrators who participated in the testing of the prototype of MySciFiStory.com.
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Lane, C., Solis, J. (2019). A Study of Digital Science Fiction Prototyping in an Elementary School Setting. In: Reyes-Munoz, A., Zheng, P., Crawford, D., Callaghan, V. (eds) EAI International Conference on Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education. TIE 2017. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 532. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02242-6_28
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