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 * CS24. ****Jeff Kupperman, Aviva Dorfman, Susanna Hapgood, Jeremiah Holden **– //A Cabinet of Curiosity//

May 28 Saturday 9:00-10:30 PM HM 148

“How are people inspired to become curious and think creatively?” This presentation aims to explore this question with the help of a “Cabinet of Curiosity” – a collection of objects designed by different people to provoke curiosity itself and reflective thinking about concepts related to curiosity.

See the virtual cabinet here: http://curiosityproject.org/.

Affiliation/Bio: University of Michigan – Flint, associate professor, jkupp@umich.edu. Jeff Kupperman is an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Michigan - Flint and a core member of the University of Michigan's Interactive Communications & Simulations group. A major focus of his work involves the development of technology-mediated programs that allow K-12 and university students to push the boundaries of play, communication, social action, and culture. His resume includes a wide range of teaching experiences as well as professional software engineering.

Co-presenter: Aviva Dorfman is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Michigan-Flint, where she teaches courses in play, curriculum, and assessment in early childhood. Her research interests focus primarily on teachers of young children, in particular on professional development, performance assessment, and facilitating and extending children's play in classrooms. Formerly a modern dancer, she has extensive experience as a teacher of young children in the US and on kibbutz in Israel.

Co-presenter: Susanna Hapgood is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toledo, where she specializes in literacy teaching and learning. Her research interests include the design of texts and experiences that foster young children's content area literacy, particularly scientific literacy. Previously, she has worked as an educator in schools and museums, including the Boston Children's Museum and the National Children's Castle in Japan.

Co-presenter: Jeremiah Holden is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. He has served as Program Coordinator of YouthAction NYC, a civic engagement initiative for high school students sponsored by the Citizens’ Committee for Children in New York City, was a founding faculty member and mathematics teacher at the Voice is Power Academy at Junior High School 22, and is an alumnus of the University of Michigan-Flint Technology in Education: Global Program, and of Teach For America.