HIGH-TECH, LOW-COST

High Tech Low Cost is a research project that connects digital computational thinking practices to the social, cultural, and historical worlds of young people. We use the term High Tech Low Cost for projects that use low-cost digital tools while engaging in high-complexity thinking and creating. We believe that cost shouldn't be a barrier for meaningfully including technology in creative learning. The purpose of the project is to expand young people's interest in science and computational thinking practices that represent their lives and interests outside of the classroom. We have spent the last several years designing high-tech, low-cost science, engineering, and art projects that after-school educators and families can do with young people... We are a group of educators, artists, computer scientists, and researchers who value science and art as a way of understanding and acting on the world in order to improve our futures. Our team hails from after-school programs, museums,..