designing interactive library spaces - seminar w/ edlab, teachers college of columbia university
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Designing
Interactive Learning
Spaces
EdLab Seminar by Brian Pichman
of the Evolve Project
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Hi I’m Brian PichmanAnd we will explore libraries,
discover new learning spaces,
define interaction and
engagement, and identify that we
all have the creative potential to
bring a positive impact to what
motivates us.
Follow me on Twitter:
@bpichman#edlab_dils
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Did You Know?
Stats from: Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project
Did You Know?
Stats from: Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project
Did You Know?
Stats from: Lee Rainie, Director, Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project
Create a Public VALUE• Not be a “process” but an experience• Move from physical to digital• Create new ways to learn and explore• Libraries should be creating stories• Libraries HAVE TO BE ENGANGING!• Shift Focus To
• Innovation, Interaction, Discovery, Collaboration and Invention
Libraries are like Candles“Libraries Are Screwed” By Eli Neiburger
What Does A Community Ask For?
O Study Rooms / Homework AreaO Open AreasO Tech (Computers)O Business CentersO MakerSpaces O ?Others?
What do these things have in common?
Libraries need to find ways to engage their patrons
Libraries and Learning Spaces Have To Be Engaging
O Encourage Creativity and InventionO Allow DiscoveryO Increase CollaborationO Generate InteractionO Foster Innovation
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Evolve: A Library Playground
O Fab Lab / “Hackerspace” / “MakerSpaceO A location where people with common interests
(usually in computers, technology, science, or digital or electronic art) meet, socialize and/or collaborate.
O Can be viewed as open community labs incorporating elements of workshops and/or studios where people can come together to share resources and knowledge to build and make things and ideas.
O Combining the positive & fun aspects of schools, museums, and playgrounds into one “entity”.
Take Risks
We All Have Creative Potential
Collaborative Areas (Either Network Based or In A Room)
Provide Tools (Hardware and/or Software)
Learning Labs or Training Centers
Types of Learning Spaces
Music / Graphic Design / Video Editing
3D Printing
Allen County Public Library
Multimedia Room / Learning Centers
Room Set Up Features: Clickers
Allows for jeopardy style gaming Smart Board (interactive white board) Full DVD/BluRay/Sound System Easy to use and start (Touch Panel System)
You Can Use This Room For Jeopardy Movie Nights Presentations / Interactive Style Board Game Night Create a Business Plan, Project Plan, etc
The 4th floor is a public laboratory and educational facility with a focus on information, design, technology, and the applied arts.The 14,000 sq foot space hosts equipment, expertise, programs, events, and meetings that work within this scope.While traditional library spaces support the consumption of knowledge by offering access to media, the 4th floor is unique because it supports the production, connection, and sharing of knowledge by offering access to tools and instruction.
Chattanooga ”Fourth Floor”
DOK Lab (www.doklab.nl)
If you build it they will come
Designing Interactive Learning Space
Key Design Concepts
Adding Color Art Have Open Areas Furniture Modularity Technology
Adding Color
White = Boring Think about Parks (typically colorful)
Painting walls is an inexpensive redesign Use Fun Colors
Be Bold! Children Areas should use bright attractive
areas.
Art
Have patrons/users create the art Donate it to the space Mix it up as often as you like. There is no
cost.
Open Areas
Open Space! Seating Tables Multi Functional Areas
Less Closed Rooms Activity Rooms, Meeting Rooms, etc
Furniture
Fun Colors
Modularity
Allows the environment to change easily Let your users define the space Put things on wheels
Desks …No Need For Shelves To Be On Wheels
Don’t fasten furniture to floor… no one will be stealing a desk
Fill The Space With Fun Interactive Technology
Allow People to CHECK THINGS out
INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Play Time
Kurio Tablet
Cheap Tablet Locked Down Secure
Little Bits
littleBits is an open source library of electronic modules that snap together with tiny magnets for prototyping, learning, and fun.
Meet Sphero.
Creation Station – Sifteo Cubes
Small LCD screens that can sense when there are nearby cubes and react accordingly
Creation Station – Lego We-DoRobotic Legos that move; teaches how to program through a GUI interface
Smart Tables
Interactive Touch Table Top
Easy to load and install games
Up to 8 children can play, 100 finger touches
Laser Tag (Yes inside the library) Ubisoft Laser Tag
System Up to 8 can play Multiple different
game scenarios
The Menageri-E
A “Digital Petting Zoo” or “E-Bar”
Music Station
Children’s Collection Rotating Collection
Provides an “always new” environment Child Friendly Shelves
Bin style shelving, so children can “flip” through books
Bright, Fun, Attractive Colors.
See a virtual tour at http://tinyurl.com/Evolve-VirtualTour
Your environment can have all the best tech toys and cool fablabs but it could still fall short.
It is up to the frontline staff to ENANGE their audiences. A friendly hello goes a long way. Allow the staff to play with the tech; get them involved to reflect that excitement to the users.
Social Media• Use the tools
your users use• Communicate
on their level• These are your
#1 Marketing Tools
Poetry, Music, Video, ArtDigital Content Curation
Encourage creativity
Zombie MovieFilm A Zombie Movie (Cameras and some Face Paint for Your Library)
QR Code Link Books to E-BooksFind New ContentScavenger Hunts
Augmented Reality
Open a new dimension in your library. Buy using an app, you can see a new “world” within your physical space.
Mystery Grab Bag
Place books into color themed bags. Barcode number written outside of bag. Allow patrons to check out and take them home.
Holiday Displays
During special holiday periods, find books that are colored the holiday colors (not necessarily about the holiday) and place them on a stand near your end caps.
Miniature Golf
Purchase Cheap Plastic and Foam to setup Paths and fairways with felt. Have it throughout the library, engage the participants through your space.
How Else Can You Engage a User?
Gamification
Interactive Library Cards• Put a “Reward System” into the library card• Badges• Prizes• Exclusive Programming / Event registration
• Low Tech:• Print new more colorful library cards, allow patrons to
customize their card with different and increasingly more desired badges – based off books read, programs attended, etc.
• High Tech:• Create Library Cards with screens• Send Messages to card when they are in the library
(wirelessly connected)• Display “reading level” or “badges they own”
Game of Books• The Game of Books is gamifying the reading
experience.• In the Game, you are the character that you are
leveling up; books are the magical items that give you rewards.• This is a project from BookLamp.Org• Each Book in the world has a very specific DNA, a
structure that contains specific themes, writing style, density, etc.
• The themes in the book relate to points – and those points apply to your character.
• More Details: www.gameofbooks.com
Technology As An Evolution
O 1990 – 2000: Internet BurstO 2000 – 2010: Value Adds to
TechnologyO 2010 – 2020: Technology Burst
Future of TechnologyO To discover and curate of informationO Value adds (efficiency, reliability)O To build or discover new “things”
Future of Search Has Changed
Searches based off of visuals instead of
keywords
Clicking Images rather than entering in words
General ThemesO Touch-BasedO Gesture-BasedO Object OrientatedO Mobility/ConnectivityO Open Source Hardware
Touch BasedO People want to touch everything
O Discover Through TouchO Search Through TouchO Learn Through Touch
Gesture BasedO Communicate with Technology Hands
FreeO Uses multiple cameras to detect
depth/movementO Microsoft Kinect
O Sites to Explore: O Microsoft KinectO PrimeSenseO Evoluce
Wearable Gesture Based Computing
http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/
Object OrientatedO Use Objects to interact with surfaces
Back To SearchingO Technology is becoming more
“visual” orientatedO Whether it be from touch, gesture, or
objectsO Search Dynamics are changing
What’s this talk about “Big Data”
O Technology is being used to identify trends in our lives. This data is being curated and collected.
O This can help us with:O Identifying health trendsO Saving Time or Energy
O Increase efficiency in our lives
Memoto – Life Logging Camera
Waze – Crowd-Sourced Traffic Data
NestLearning Thermostat
GojiSmart Lock
FitBitTracks What You Do
Future ConceptsO People watching TV can point and
click to buy content (clothes, cars, etc)
O Predictive searches (Amazon does it now)
O Ask yourself, what do you want to create?
There never seems to be enough money to do anything
So Where Can Money Come From?
Crowd-Source Funding
• People across the world group together to fund new projects and ideas
• People are encouraged to donate by either the attractive name or “awards” based off the amount they donate.
• Kickstarter.com• Indiegogo.com
Social Media
• Market your “Brand” heavy through social media– And Blogging
• Solid companies pro-actively manage their social media accounts.– They watch what people are saying because everyone else
can see what people say– They want only positivity about their company on the web,
they will work to only have positive comments. – If a company does provide assistance, always show your
support through social media • (you may need more support later on down the road).
Social Media is a way to develop relationships
Tips - Twitter
• Only use positivity when communicating on twitter
• 140 Characters, make them count!– Wow! @COMPANYX has some really great stuff. I need
to get my hands on it– Who would like to see @PRODUCT in our library
space?• Once you build a good relationship ask the hard
questions– Can you help me on the cost @COMPANYZ
Tips - Facebook
• Go to the Company’s Pages, be sure to “Like” their page before commenting
• Again, be only positive. Tell your story, pitch your idea.
Handling Objections
• You will hear “no”– A LOT
• But that just means phrased the question wrong or asked the incorrect person.– Who else can I talk to about discounted pricing/donations– Does anyone make a similar product that would be more
inline with our budget (ask them about their competitors).– What other things would you recommend?
• Don’t be afraid to ask the hard questions of “why”• Everyone has a bottom line.
Just Ask
Places to save money
• Buy Refurbished– Refurbishment is the distribution of products (usually electronics)
that have been previously returned to a manufacturer or vendor for various reasons. Refurbished products are normally tested for functionality and defects before they are sold, and thus are the approximate equivalent of certified pre-owned cars. - Wikipedia
– Refurbs are OK!!!• Discount Sites:
– 1SaleADay.Com– Woot.Com– Monoprice.Com – E-Bay
Questions?
@bpichman815.534.0403bpichman@evolveproject.org
Brian Pichman
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