READ: Kafai, Y. B., Searle, K., Fields, D. A. (2014). Electronic textiles as disruptive designs: Supporting and challenging maker activities in schools. Harvard Education Review 84(4), pp. 532-566

RESPOND: The Electronic Textiles as Disruptive Designs article poses three research questions which are explored through the experiences of a young student named Tamieka:

• • How does designing with e-textile materials promote transparency of technology, a better understanding of how technology works?

  • What role do aesthetic considerations play in students’ making of e-textiles?

• • What ways do e-textile activities complicate students’ gendered perspectives on computing and engineering?

• Choose one of the questions above and tell us, via an audio recording, how you understand the research question in light of what is shared in the article as well as your first experience doing an e-textile project. Post to our shared Google Slides