Welcome to Doomchit Doom-chit Al Ateliers (Kor : Link)

1. Program Overview

<Doom-chit Doom-chit Al Atelier> is an art convergence creation program. 

In this program, our body, artificial intelligence, and coding can be the materials for exciting play and the creative tools for art pieces. Children make music, pictures, animation, and choreography with these creative materials, exciting physical play. Through these activities, children can understand the main principles of AI, machine learning, and coding.

※ Doom-chit Doom-chit : fun musical instrument sound  

▶ Sensing and expressing art with the body!

We focus on the “body”, the fundamentals of human existence that will not change even in the age of AI. Children use their bodies to sense various materials that stimulate the five senses, such as light and sound. And they move their bodies to express their emotions and thoughts. In this process, Children can discover a new self and express themselves in a new way. Body experiences embodied in art help children grow creatively and healthily.

▶ Coding/AI Playground!

Children have fun playing with AI technology that uses various sensors and recognition technologies. They can use AI technology, coding and other creative materials to create their own games that you love or want to make. Children will challenge and express their ideas without the burden of completion or failure. In this program, they will meet the chances : problem solving, imagination, cognitive challenges, social interactions, body skills development, emotional exploration, and making different choices.

▶ Family Creative Learning!

All family members can have a fun and creative experience together. In this  program, parents can see the kinds of roles they can play from providing encouragement, asking questions, and giving feedback as they work on projects together or play. So, all family members learn to think creatively and computationally as they express their ideas and design their play projects

2. Program Target

Recommended Grade: 3rd ~ 4th grade elementary school students and their families

※ Available from 1st to 6th grade by reorganizing the program content and level

3. Program Goals

• Sense and experience coding and artificial intelligence, which are materials for exciting body play.

• Experiment and express your ideas freely through coding and AI technology. 

• Create and have fun with body games using creative materials, including your body, artificial intelligence, and coding.

• Achieve cognitive, social, and psychic achievements by playing with peers, parents, and family members.

• Do “warm-up exercises” to continue and expand creative activities at home.

4. Program Background

1) Coding and AI for children

• For us, coding is not a set of technical skills but a new type of literacy and personal expression, valuable for everyone, much like learning to write. We see coding as a new way for people to organize, express, and share their ideas. -Resnick & Siegel-

• Coding is a new literacy and playground for children living as digital natives.-Marina Umaschi Bers- 

• We propose to teach AI to children so that they, too, can think more concretely about mental processes. Children can build mental processes in a more informal and personal way to think about themselves. I believe this to be a good thing in that the ability to articulate the progress of thinking enables us to improve them -Seymour Papert-

2) Playful Learning 

• Play is an opportunity to challenge and experiment happily without the burden of failure and completion. Children should have enough freedom to experiment, autonomy for exploration, creative opportunities, and taking risks.  -Marina Umaschi Bers-

• The children are constantly tinkering and experimenting with their creations, trying to build a taller tower or adding new twists and turns to the story. In this process, they learn to develop their own ideas, try them out, experiment with alternatives, get input from others, and generate new ideas based on their experiences . -Mitchel Resnick-

3) Syntonic Learning, sense and knowledge about our bodies

• In Logo Turtle Geometry, children didn't learn about the formalism of calculus, but about its use and its meaning. Children gained insights from sense and knowledge about their bodies, and applied them to programs. -Seymour Papert-

4) Ateliers, where “a hundred languages” are born

• Ateliers are environments promoting knowledge and creativity, suggesting questions and generating evocations; they are the beauty that produces knowledge and vice-versa, the places where “a hundred languages” are enacted. In the atelier, every child is a competent protagonist. Every language a child makes here is equally dignified and important. The media helps to create something new and unpredictable. -Reggio Emilia-

5) Family, the best supporter

• Families learn about creative learning. Families learn from each other when they work on projects together, share their work, and give feedback. Also, everyone learns valuable skills in communication and collaboration. We want families to appreciate the process of learning by designing projects, pursuing their interests, working with others, and trying new things. -Ricarose Roque-

5. Program Details

<Doom-chit Doom-chit AI atelier> is composed of two main modules, a total of four themes. Joshling(씰룩쌜룩) Melody, Breezing(살랑살랑) Drawing, Hippity hoppity(폴짝폴짝) Story, and Wiggle-waggle(덩실덩실) Mirroring are activities that create sound, painting, storytelling, and performance, respectively.

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6. Tools

7. Interview & Survey

Dad : "If you could express today's class in color, what color would it be?"

Yeram(2nd grade) : "Rainbow!

I'm happy to be able to capture various emotions 

like the colors of the rainbow in my heart. 

Also, it was nice to be able to express various feelings with my friends.”

Mom : When it comes to technology, I think that it is difficult to transfer the concept to learning. Until now, at the point where technology and learning are connected, I think that the process and experiences that allow children to express their emotions in a healthy and correct way have been lacking. However, in this class, children were able to break their own limitations and communicate with their friends beyond their own experiences by expressing sounds and movements through play.

▶ Young People Voice 

What was your most memorable activity? Why do you think so?

• I played while telling Mom and Dad what I coded. Because it became good memories with Mom and Dad.

• Making games with Scratch. Because it was difficult, but so much fun and so much fun.

• Drawing follows as I move. Because it was awesome..

• The most interesting thing was putting commands into the game and making the game move. It was because I was amazed by what I was told to do.

• The salad game we played on the first day is the most memorable. Because it was fun and I made a lot of friends. Also, I got to know the fruits my friends like.

▶ Family Voice 

Messages to Doom Chit Doom Chit - AI Ateliers

• Thank you for your effort. All the teachers were kind and grateful. It's too bad that the library ended with a two-week program. I want to do more together!!! I want to spend more fun and happy times with my friends and parents I have always had. Please~

• Thank you so much for making the time so that we can spend a pleasant and fruitful time with our family. always be healthy

• Thank you for guiding children to do AI, movements, and actions without difficulty. Thank you for helping your child have more fun and interest than learning at school or cram school.

• Umm... I always wondered if I was doing well in raising children, but this program made me think again. I've always had children participate in a set program, but I never thought of making them think on their own or making something with them. The direction of raising children seems to change in the future.

• It was nice to have a taste of future classes through creative activities. It was good to learn leadership and consideration that allowed me to think and understand from the other person's point of view, and I was happier to be able to work with the child.

8. Journey

• (July 2024) Kindergarten Teacher & Parents Training, DreamKids Kindergarten , Link

• (January 2024) Kindergarten and Elementary School Teacher Training, Gyeongsangbuk-do Office of Education Training Center, Link

• (December 2023) Doomchit Doom-chit Al Ateliers, Children Play Culture Center, National Asian Culture Center(15 children and their families), Link

• (October 2023) Teaching Artist Training, GANGNEUNG CULTURE & ART FOUNDATION Dreaming Saimdang Art Center, Link

• (September 2023)Share the Scratch Conference Activities. Link

• (July 20, 2023) Doomchit Doom-chit Al Ateliers,  Scratch Conference Hands-On-Workshop, Scratch Foundation: Resources

• (May 2023) AI for Fun Play, Hansung University Digital Hero Camp, MOE, KOFAC (81 children and their families), Link

• (February 2023) Kookmin University Digital Hero Camp, MOE, KOFAC (60 children and their families), Link

• Soah Gwak,YunJae Jang,Seojin Kim,Jeonghyun Yang,Hyunjoo Lee & Hyeoncheol Kim. (2023). Exploring the Application of Playful Learning in AI Convergence Education for Elementary School Students : Focusing on Body Play and Family Creative Learning, The Proceedings of 51th KACE winter Conference, 27(1), 181-184. PDF

• (November 2022) Published an artificial intelligence book : AI for Fun Play, Link

• (October 2022) Sharin g the Scratch Conference, CT Teacher Research Association & Chongshin Media Research Institute, Link

• (October 2021) Doomchit Doom-chit Al Ateliers, Korean Dance Society : World Dance Federation Asia Pacific International Conference, Link

• July 2021 MIT Medialab: Scratch Conference 2021 Class Case Introduction(5 min video share), Scratch Foundation, Link

• June 2021, Doomchit Doom-chit Al Ateliers(12 children and their families), @Sukyoung Lee New Media Library, Link

• March 2021, Doomchit Doom-chit Al Ateliers(4 children and their families), @abclab, Link

• 2021 Program Development, Link