Kylie Peppler

Associate Professor of Learning Sciences
& Director of The Creativity Labs
at Indiana University Bloomington

An artist by training, Dr. Peppler engages in research that focuses on the intersection of arts, technology and interest-driven learning. In addition to serving as the Director of the Creativity Labs at Indiana University, Dr. Peppler is the lead of the MacArthur Foundation’s Make-to-Learn initiative, an advisor to the Connected Learning Research Network, and a member of the 2015 National Educational Technology Plan Committee sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.

Dr. Peppler is the recipient of several recent awards, including 2016 Mira Tech Educator of the Year and an NSF Early CAREER recipient, as well as grants from the Spencer Foundation, Moore Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation. Her current scholarly interests include theorizing how changing the tools and materials in today’s classrooms can help broaden participation in STEM, particularly from women and minority populations, and improve overall learning outcomes.

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Media Features

MIRA Tech Educator of the Year, Awarded April 23, 2016
Dr. Kylie Peppler, Indiana University School of Education, is incorporating artistic creativity into STEM fields immersion. In this video, Peppler explains how she has worked to understand the connection between arts and technology in learning and how her work is essential in attracting children, especially girls, into STEM fields.

Her Story, Published online in March 2015
Kylie Peppler is one of 15 powerful women making an impact at Indiana University. Read her profile: There is little understanding of how to teach science productively in elementary school, so Kylie Peppler is falling back on a tried and true tool: puppets!

Brilliant Minds, Published on Oct 14, 2014
Brilliant Minds is a series of short videos showcasing the research and creative activity of faculty at Indiana University Bloomington. In this video, meet Kylie Peppler, a professor of education who focuses on how hands-on, design-based learning—especially the use of computational textiles (or e-textiles)—can transform the education process, inside and outside the classroom.

Highlighted Books

Research Interests

Arts Education Computation Computer Science Ed Constructionism Creativity Design DIY (Do It Yourself) E-Textiles Gaming Informal Learning Interest-Driven Learning Maker Culture New Media Scratch Programming Systems Thinking Wearable Computing

For a sortable list of work related to my research interests, please see the publications section of this website.

Education

2007–2008: Post-Doc — University of California, Irvine
- Postdoctoral Research Associate,
- Uncovering Literacies, Disrupting Stereotypes: Media Arts Practices of Youth with (Dis)Abilities
- Supervisor: Mark Warschauer

2007: Ph.D. in Education — University of California, Los Angeles
- Dissertation: Creative Bytes: Literacy and Learning in the Media Arts Practices of Urban Youth
- Committee: James Catterall, Yasmin Kafai, Ernest Morrell, and C.E.B. Reas

2002: B.A. — Indiana University, Bloomington
- Psychology, French, and Studio Art

Academic Appointments

2008 - now

Indiana University Bloomington

Appointed July 2015:

Associate Professor of Learning Sciences

As Director of the Creativity Labs at Indiana University (www.creativitylabs.com), I bring together educators, designers, artists, and learning theorists interested in constructionist and hands-on, design-based learning. The lab focuses on computational tools and materials that support learning by leveraging youths’ interests in digital culture, design, and making.

Much of my current thinking around making and interest-driven learning is highlighted in my report for the Wallace Foundation, New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age (2013), which showcases how today’s youth learn on their own time and according to their own interests through digital production tools and social media. I also collaboratively designed curricula with the National Writing Project—a four-volume series called Interconnections: Understanding Systems through Digital Designs (MIT Press)—that investigates how designing digital stories, e-fashion, e-puppetry, and videogames in and out of school can help youth connect to core systems thinking concepts emphasized in the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards (Peppler, Gresalfi, Salen Tekinbaș, & Santo, 2014; Peppler, Salen Tekinbaș, Gresalfi, & Santo, 2014; Salen Tekinbaș, Gresalfi, Peppler & Santo; Peppler, Santo, Gresalfi, & Salen Tekinbaș, 2014).

Understandings from projects like these, in addition to several studies funded to study emerging maker communities by the National Science Foundation, the Wallace Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative, and others have guided my current research. A primary focus of this work is on an emerging community of makers creating computational textiles (or e-textiles)—textile artifacts that are computationally generated or that contain embedded computers like the LilyPad Arduino—which capture youths’ pre-existing interests in new media, fashion, and design while supporting learning and creativity in computer science, arts, design, and engineering. My recent research findings indicate that introducing such novel, cross-disciplinary technologies can broaden participation, particularly by women as well as improve learning outcomes (Buechley, Peppler, Eisenberg, & Kafai, 2013; Peppler, 2014).

While the major focus of my work is studying how new technologies support learning, I also design new learning environments and educational applications. Most notable of these design efforts is BioSim, a participatory simulation enhanced with e-puppetry that provides a context for classroom teachers to enable embodied, first person explorations of complex biological systems (Danish, Peppler, Phelps, & Washington, 2011; Peppler, Danish, Zaitlen, Glosson, Jacobs, & Phelps, 2010). These pilot designs have been featured in a host of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) outlets, including Craftzine.com, Instructables.com and MAKE magazine and have won numerous awards within these communities.

→ View the Creativity Labs website

2007

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

During my postdoctoral research position with Dr. Mark Warschauer, we collaboratively investigated the utility of the Scratch visual programming environment for non-dominant learners. Together, we found this to be a highly motivating introduction to computer programming for children who would otherwise not engage with this important practice (Peppler & Warschauer, 2012). In addition to notable benefits for English Language Learners, we found Scratch to be an effective tool to foster traditional literacy development for students with a range of disabilities but particularly those with cognitive disabilities.

2002 - 2007

Graduate Research Assistant: UCLA

A natural extension of my arts background came through my work with Dr. James Catterall, where I investigated the nature of arts learning in several notable projects funded by the Ford Foundation as well as the US Department of Education. In this work, we explored how childrens' creativity and worldview was positively impacted by High-Quality Visual Arts Education (HQVAE). We also worked to create new measures for a range of arts learning, as well as document and evaluate rich models of arts education.

Seeking to forge an understanding of how new technologies are transforming the arts, I began working with with Dr. Yasmin Kafai and Dr. Mitchel Resnick on the NSF-sponsored development and early study of the visual programming language, Scratch (scratch.mit.edu). Scratch was developed specifically for marginalized youth to develop fluency with computational technologies. What this mediated interface provides for youth (and what makes it fundamentally different from other programming languages) is an emphasis on media manipulation, which supports programming activities that resonate with the interests of youth, such as creating animated stories, games, and interactive presentations (Peppler, 2010; Kafai & Peppler, 2011; Peppler, Warschauer, & Diazgranados, 2010; Peppler & Kafai, 2010).

My dissertation work, sponsored by a fellowship from the Spencer Foundation, merged my interests in the arts and computational technology to examine into the ways in which a community of under-represented youth at a Computer Clubhouse (Kafai, Peppler, & Chapman, 2009) in South Los Angeles cultivated deep learning of core computer science and media arts concepts in Scratch (Peppler, 2007). This research was one of the first to assert that this type of learning in the arts and computer science can occur in informal learning communities (Maloney, Peppler, Kafai, Resnick, & Rusk, 2008a; Peppler & Kafai, in preparation). I have since written extensively to the arts and computer science education audiences on this subject, calling for curricula to focus on the “new fundamentals” of computer programming in the arts education curriculum (Peppler, 2010a/b). Such initiatives blend the arts with computation (a foundational concept of computer science and engineering fields).

The online Scratch community has since grown to showcase millions of projects and the design work for Scratch was awarded the Eliot Pearson Award for Excellence in Children’s Media in 2008 and an Honorable Mention in the Digital Communities category of Prix Ars Electronica (one of the most distinguished awards in new media), in which my contribution to the early work on Scratch was recognized.

Highlighted Projects from the Creativity Labs

Current and prior support from:

For a full list of projects, please visit the Creativity Labs website.

E-Textiles

Capitalizing on youths’ pre-existing interests in new media, fashion, and design, this project encourages youth to integrate electronic circuits and computer technology with cloth to make fashions, puppets, and more.

Interconnections

This 4-volume collection uses a design-based approach to learning and offers up a toolkit for supporting systems thinking in ways that are aligned to standards, but also relevant to youth interests in digital culture.

BioSim

This study capitalizes upon the alignment between participatory simulations and the play activities of young children, who are already apt to explore topics of interest to them through play-acting and games.

LATA: Learning & Achieving
Through the Arts

The Creativity Labs are working to enhance, document, and evaluate the model for LATA's core arts integration, and to share it with other school districts around the country.

Make-to-Learn

The Maker movement and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture celebrates innovation, creativity, and community engagement centered on hands-on creation.

Maker Ed Open Portfolio Project

The Open Portfolio Project is aimed at developing technology solutions and a common set of practices for portfolio creation, reflection, sharing, and assessment.

E-Textiles

PI: Kylie Peppler

Funded by the National Science Foundation

Where Fashion Meets Computer Electronics

A multidisciplinary team composed of computer scientists, artists, and learning scientists from the University of Pennsylvania, MIT and Indiana University are researching how to encourage youth (ages 10-18) to creatively engage with computational textiles in afterschool and school settings. Computational textiles-textile artifacts that are computationally generated or that contain embedded computers-can capture youths’ pre-existing interests in new media, fashion, and design while supporting learning and creativity in computer science, arts, design, and engineering. This project presents a novel opportunity to study creativity within an emergent IT field (i.e., computational textiles and their applications) and will contribute to creativity research by providing empirically validated accounts of the system nature of creativity captured in interactions between individual designers and community feedback. Furthermore, we are developing tools for how to tailor programming to support 3D textile design, investigating an online community for sharing and validating creative computational textile designs, and discovering learning approaches for workshop models to support computational textiles design with novice programmers.

Most recently, projects have been or currently are being completed with preschoolers in a study known as "Squishy Circuits," with girl scouts to study the importance of planning in computational textiles, and with girls and boys clubs to explore gender differences in kit testing.

Featured publication from this project:

Textile Messages:
Dispatches From the World of E-Textiles and Education
Textile Messages focuses on the emerging field of electronic textiles, or e-textiles—computers that can be soft, colorful, approachable, and beautiful. E-textiles are articles of clothing, home furnishings, or architectures that include embedded computational and electronic elements.

This volume introduces a collection of tools that enable novices—including educators, hobbyists, and youth designers—to create and learn with e-textiles. It then examines how these tools are reshaping technology education—and DIY practices—across the K–16 spectrum, presenting examples of the ways in which educators, researchers, designers, and young people are employing them to build new technology, new curricula, and new creative communities.

The Interconnections Book Collection

Kylie Peppler, Katie Salen Tekinbas, Melissa Gresalfi, and Rafi Santo

Coming in August, 2014

Published by MIT Press

Collection Overview

Digital media are central in almost every aspect of daily life, most notably in how we communicate, understand political issues, reflect (co-)produce, consume, and share knowledge. Perhaps nowhere is this digital influence contested more than in education, where questions arise about the ability of traditional systems to prepare young people for the social, economic, and political demands of a complex and connected new century. From these concerns springs an innovative approach to supporting the development of systems thinking in young people; one that allows them to see how systems are at play in the digital contexts they regularly engage and one that puts them in the position of designers of those systems.

The collection, Interconnections: Understanding Systems through Digital Design uses a design-based approach to learning and offers up a toolkit for supporting systems thinking in ways that are aligned to current Common Core State and Next Generation Science Standards, but also relevant to youth interests in digital culture. Most prior work on teaching systems thinking concerns the biological, physical, and social sciences. By contrast, this book collection aligns itself with a growing body of work emerging from the fields of game design, digital storytelling, and DIY electronics as contexts for engaging in systems thinking.

The four books in the collection include:

Gaming the System: Designing with Gamestar Mechanic
This volume orients readers to the nature of games as systems, how game designers need to think in terms of complex interactions between game elements and rules, and how to pull out systems concepts in the design process. The core curriculum uses Gamestar Mechanic, an online game design environment with a strong systems thinking focus.

Script Changers: Digital Storytelling with Scratch
This volume focuses on how stories offer an important lens for seeing the world as a series of systems and provides opportunities for young people to create interactive and animated stories about the systems around them. The projects in this book utilize the Scratch visual programming environment as a means to tell stories about how to affect change in youths' local communities.

Short Circuits: Crafting e-Puppets with DIY Electronics
This volume explores the field of electronics and "e-textiles," which involves making physical computing projects based in fabrics and other everyday materials. This volume focuses that exploration on the use of electronic hand puppets, sound-enabled storyboards, and DIY flashlight-enabled shadow puppetry in order to delve into literacy and storytelling.

Soft Circuits: Crafting e-Fashion with DIY Electronics
This volume explores the field of electronics and "e-textiles," which involves making physical computing projects based in fabrics and other everyday materials. This volume incorporates microprocessors into these materials and programs them with an accessible tool called Modkit to further enhance e-fashions like light-up wristbands and t-shirts, as well as solar-powered backpacks.

Publications

In Preparation:

Peppler, K. (Ed.) (in preparation, 2017). Encyclopedia of out-of-school learning: Volumes 1 and 2. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.
Peppler, K. (in preparation). Informal music learning and making communities. In A. Ruthmann and R. Mantie (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of technology and music education. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Santo, R., Ching, D., Peppler, K., & Hoadley, C. (in preparation, 2017). Participatory knowledge building within research-practice partnerships in education. In SAGE Research Methods Cases - Education. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.

Tan, V., Keune, A., & Peppler, K. (in press). The materiality of design in e-textiles. In S. Goldman & Z. Kabayadondo (Eds) Taking Design Thinking to School. New York, NY: Routledge.

Thompson, N., Peppler, K., & Danish, J. (in press, 2017). Designing BioSim: Playfully encouraging systems thinking in young children. In Zheng, R. & Gardner, M. (Eds.), Handbook of research on serious games for educational applications, Ch.7 (pp. 149-167). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

2016

Cantrill, C., & Peppler, K. (2016). Connected learning professional development: Production-centered and openly networked teaching communities. In New literacies and teacher learning: Professional development and the digital turn (New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Ching, D., Santo, R., Hoadley, C., & Peppler, K. (2016). Not just a blip in someone’s life: integrating brokering practices into out-of-school programming as a means of supporting and expanding youth futures. On the Horizon, 24(3), pp. 296-312. DOI: 10.1108/OTH-05-2016-0026

Litts, B., Kafai, Y. B., Fields, D. A., Halverson, E. R., Peppler, K., Keune, A., ... & Tan, M. (2016). Connected making: Designing for youth learning in online maker communities in and out of schools. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Volume 2, pp. 1041-1047. Singapore: International Society of the Learning Sciences, ISBN: 978-0-09903550-8-3

Peppler, K. (2016). A review of e-textiles in education and society. In Guzzetti, B. & Lesley, M. (Eds.), Handbook of research on the societal impact of digital media: Ch.11 (pp. 219-241). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Peppler, K. (2016). ReMaking arts education through physical computing. In Peppler, K., Halverson, E. & Kafai, Y. (Eds.). Makeology: Makers as learners, Vol 2, Ch. 13, pp. 206-226. New York, NY: Routledge.

Peppler, K. & Hall, T. (2016). The Make-to-Learn youth contest: Gaining youth perspectives on learning through making. In Peppler, K., Halverson, E. & Kafai, Y. (Eds.), Makeology: Makerspaces as learning environments , Vol 1, Ch. 10, pp. 141-157. New York, NY: Routledge.

Peppler, K., Halverson, E. & Kafai, Y. (Eds.) (2016). Makeology: Makerspaces as learning environments (Volume 1). New York, NY: Routledge.

Peppler, K., Halverson, E. & Kafai, Y. (Eds.) (2016). Makeology: Makers as learners (Volume 2). New York, NY: Routledge.

Santo, R., Ching, D., Peppler, K., & Hoadley, C. (2016). Working in the open: Lessons from open source on building innovation networks in education. On the Horizon, 24(3), pp. 280-295.

Wohlwend, K., Keune, A., & Peppler, K. (2016). Design playshop: Preschoolers making, playing, and learning with Squishy Circuits. In Peppler, K., Halverson, E. & Kafai, Y. (Eds.), Makeology: Makerspaces as learning environments , Vol 1, Ch. 6, pp. 83-96. New York, NY: Routledge.

2015

Chien, H., Seehra, J., Verma, A., Peppler, K., Ramani, K., Cheng, Y., Lee, C., and Chierico, A. (2015). Demo hour. In ACM Interactions XXII.3, May-June 2015 (pp. 8–11). Association for Computing Machinery, New York.

Ching, D., Santo, R., Hoadley, C., Peppler, K. (2015). On-ramps, lane changes, detours and destinations: Building connected learning pathways in Hive NYC through brokering future learning opportunities. New York, NY: Hive Research Lab.

Keune, A., Gomoll, A., and Peppler, K. (2015, September 26-27). Flexibility to learn: Material artifacts in makerspaces. Paper presented at the fifth annual FabLearn Conference: Equity and Diversity in Making. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University.

Peppler, K. (2015). Tool selection and its impact on collaborative learning In Constructivist Foundations, July 2015; Vol. 10(3): pp398-399. Brussels, Belgium: Center Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Research.

Peppler, K., Catterall, J.S., and Bender, S. (2015). Learning and achieving through the arts: A collaborative project of inner-city arts and Los Angeles Unified School District 4 (Deliverable to the U.S. Department of Education). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.

Open portfolios maker education initiative (2015). Research Brief Series. Retrieved from: http://makered.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Open-Portfolio-Project-Research-Brief-Series_FULL_final-small.pdf

Seehra, J., Verma, A., Peppler, K., and Ramani, K. (2015). HandiMate: Create and animate using everyday objects as material. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (pp. 117-124), New York.

Wohlwend, K. and Peppler, K.(2015). All rigor and no play is no way to improve learning. In Phi Delta Kappan, May 2015; vol. 96, 8: pp. 22-26.

2014

Buchholz, B., Shively, K., Peppler, K., & Wohlwend, K. (2014). Hands on, hands off: Gendered access in sewing and electronics practices. In Mind, Culture, and Activity. July 2014, 21(4) pp. 1-20. DOI:10.1080/10749039.2014.939762

Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (2014). Transparency reconsidered: Creative, critical, and connected making with e-textiles. In M. Boler & M. Ratto (Eds.), DIY citizenship (Ch.12, pp.179-188). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Peppler, K. (2014). Foreword. In A. Garcia (ed.), Teaching in the connected learning classroom. Irvine, CA: Digital Media and Learning Research Hub.

Peppler, K. (2014). New creativity paradigms: Arts learning in the digital age. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Peppler, K., Gresalfi, M., Salen Tekinbaș, K. & Santo, R. (2014). Soft circuits: Crafting e-fashion with DIY electronics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Peppler, K., Salen Tekinbaș, K., Gresalfi, M. & Santo, R. (2014). Short circuits: Crafting e-puppets with DIY electronics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Peppler, K., Santo, R., Salen Tekinbaș, K., & Gresalfi, M. (2014). Script changers: Digital storytelling with Scratch. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Peppler, K. A., Powell, C. W., Thompson, N., & Catterall, J. (2014, October). Positive impact of arts integration on student academic achievement in English language arts. In The Educational Forum (Vol. 78, No. 4, pp. 364-377).

Portowitz, A., Peppler, K., Downton, M. & Lichtenstein, O. (2014). In harmony: A technology-based music education program designed to improve children's musical understanding, cognitive skills, and inter-cultural understanding. International Journal of Music Education, 32(2).

Salen Tekinbaș, K., Gresalfi, M., Peppler, K., & Santo, R. (2014). Gaming the system: Designing with Gamestar Mechanic. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Santo, R., Ching, D., Peppler, K., Hoadley, C. (2014). What does it mean to “work open” in Hive NYC? A vision for collective organizational learning. New York, NY: Hive Research Lab

2013

Buechley, L., Peppler, K., Eisenberg, M., & Kafai, Y. (Eds.) (2013). Textile messages: Dispatches from the world of e-textiles and education. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing. (E-textbook version available from the: Kortext Digital Textbook Catalog)

McKay, C. & Peppler, K. (2013). MakerCart: A mobile fab lab for the classroom. Position Paper at the Interaction Design for Children Conference (IDC), New York, NY.

Peppler, K. (2013). New opportunities for interest-driven arts learning in a digital age. (Deliverable to the Wallace Foundation). Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University.

Peppler, K. (2013). On screen and onstage: Interest-driven arts for teens. Opera America, Fall 2013, pp. 30-31.

Peppler, K. (2013). Social media and creativity. In D. Lemish (Ed.), Routledge international handbook of children, adolescents, and media (pp. 193-200). New York, NY: Routledge.

Peppler, K. (2013). STEAM-powered computing education: Using e-textiles to integrate the arts and STEM. IEEE Computer, September 2013, pp. 38-43.

Peppler, K. & Bender, S. (2013). Maker movement spreads innovation one project at a time. Phi Delta Kappan, 95(3), pp. 22-27.

Peppler, K.& Danish, J. (2013). E-textiles for educators: Participatory simulations with e-puppetry. In Textile messages: Dispatches from the world of e-textiles and education (Ch 10, pp. 133-141). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Peppler, K., Danish, J. & Phelps, D. (2013). Collaborative gaming: Designing board games to teach young children about complex systems and collective behavior. In Simulation & gaming: An interdisciplinary journal of theory, practice and research. September 18, 2013, 46(9), pp. 38-43. doi: 10.1177/1046878113501462

Peppler, K. & Glosson, D. (2013). Learning about circuitry with e-textiles. In M. Knobel & C. Lankshear (Eds.), The New Literacies Reader, New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Peppler, K.& Glosson, D. (2013). Learning about circuitry with e-textiles in after-school settings. In Textile messages: Dispatches from the world of e-textiles and education (Ch 5, pp. 71-83).New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Peppler, K. & Glosson, D. (2013). Stitching circuits: Learning about circuitry through e-textile materials. Journal of Science Education and Technology. October 2013, 22(5), pp. 751-763.

Peppler, K. & McKay, C. (2013). Broadening participation and issues of inclusion and accessibility in making. Paper at the Interaction Design for Children Conference (IDC), New York, NY.

Peppler, K., Sharpe, L., & Glosson, D. (2013). E-textiles and the new fundamentals of fine arts. In Textile messages: Dispatches from the world of e-textiles and education (Ch 8, pp. 107-117). New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishing.

Wohlwend, K. & Peppler, K. (2013). Designing with pink technologies and Barbie transmedia. In G. M. Boldt & McArdle, F. (Eds.) Young children, pedagogy and the arts: Ways of seeing (pp. 129-145). New York, NY: Routledge.

2012

Downton, M. P., Peppler, K. A., Portowitz, A., Bamberger, J. & Lindsay, E. (2012). Composing pieces for peace: Using Impromptu to build cross-cultural awareness. Visions of Research in Music Education, 20, pp. 1-37.

Kafai, Y. B. & Peppler, K. A. (2012). Developing gaming fluencies with Scratch: Realizing game design as an artistic process. In C. Steinkuehler, K. Squire and S. Barab (Eds.), Games, learning, and society: Learning and meaning in the digital age. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Peppler, K. (2012). Scratch: digital art making. ChildArt Magazine, 12(1), Number 42. iv.

Peppler, K. & Warschauer, M. (2012). Uncovering literacies, disrupting stereotypes: Examining the (dis)abilities of a child learning to computer program and read. International Journal of Learning and Media, 3(3), pp. 15-41. doi:10.1162/IJLM_a_00073

2011

Danish, J., Peppler, K., Phelps, D. & Washington, D. (2011). Life in the hive: Supporting inquiry into complexity within the zone of proximal development. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20(5), 454–467.

Davis, H., Peppler, K. & Hickey, D. (2011). Assessment assemblage: Advancing portfolio practice through the assessment stage theory. Studies in Art Education, 52(3), pp. 213-224.

Downton, M., Peppler, K., & Bamberger, J. (2011). Talking like a composer: Negotiating shared musical compositions using Impromptu. Published In the proceedings of the 2011 Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference. Hong Kong, China.

Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (2011). Beyond small groups: New opportunities for research in computer-supported collective learning. Published in the proceedings of the 2011 Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference. Hong Kong, China.

Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (2011). Youth, technology, and DIY: Developing participatory competencies in creative media production. In V. L. Gadsden, S. Wortham, and R. Lukose (Eds.), Youth cultures, language and literacy. Review of Research in Education, 35(1), pp. 89-119.

Peppler, K., Downton, M., Lindsay, E., & Hay, K. (2011). The nirvana effect: Tapping video games to mediate music learning and interest. International Journal of Learning and Media, 3(1), pp. 41-59.

Peppler, K., Fields, D., Kafai, Y., & Glosson, D. (2011). Articulating creativity in a new domain: Expert insights from the field of e-textiles. Published in the ACM Cognition & Creativity Conference Proceedings. ACM: Atlanta, GA.

Peppler, K. & Solomou, M. (2011). Building creativity: Collaborative learning and creativity in social media environments. On the Horizon, 19(1), pp. 13-23. Also published in the proceedings of the 2010 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL.

2010

Barab, S., Dodge, T., Ingram-Goble, A., Pettyjohn, P., Peppler, K., Volk, C., Solomou, M. (2010). Pedagogical dramas and transformational play: Narratively-rich games for education. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 17(3), pp. 1-30. Also presented at the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) 2009, LNCS 5915. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Germany, pp. 332–335.

Danish, J., Peppler, K., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSign: Designing to support mediated group inquiry of complex science by early elementary students. Published in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.

Downton, M., Peppler, K. & Portowitz, A. (2010). Building tunes block by block: Constructing musical and cross-cultural understanding through Impromptu. Published in the proceedings of the 2010 Constructionism Conference, Paris, France.

Horcher, A. M., Peppler, K., & Glosson, D. (2010). E-textiles: The softer side of computing. Published in the proceedings from the 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Atlanta, GA.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Burke, Q., Moore, M., & Glosson, D. (2010). Fröbel’s forgotten gift: Textile construction kits as pathways into play, design and computation. Published in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.

Peppler, K. (2010). Media arts: Arts education for a digital age. Teachers College Record, 112(8), 2118–2153.

Peppler, K. (2010). The new fundamentals: Introducing computation into arts education. In E. Clapp & M. J. Bellino (Eds.) 20under40: reinventing the arts and arts education for the 21st century, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.

Peppler, K., Danish, J., Zaitlen, B., Glosson, D., Jacobs, A., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSim: Leveraging wearable computers in participatory simulations with young children. Published in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.

Peppler, K. & Davis, H. (2010). Arts and searning: A review of the impact of arts and aesthetics on learning and opportunities for further research. Published in the proceedings of the 2010 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Chicago, IL.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (2010). Gaming fluencies: Pathways into a participatory culture in a community design studio. International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(4), pp. 1-14.

Peppler, K., Warschauer, M., & Diazgranados, A. (2010). Game critics: Exploring the role of critique in game-design literacies. E-Learning and Digital Media, 7(1), pp. 35-48.

2009

Kafai, Y.B., Desai, S., Peppler, K., Chiu, G., & Moya, J. (2009). The multiple roles of mentors. In Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.), The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities, Chapter 8. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.) (2009). The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (2009). A place for the future. In Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.), The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities, Epilogue. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (2009). The computer clubhouse: A place for youth. In Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.), The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities, Introduction. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., Chiu, G., Maloney, J., Rusk, N., & Resnick, M. (2009). From Photoshop to programming. In Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.), The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities, Chapter 12. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Peppler, K. (2009). Evaluation of the Inner-City Arts Teachers’ Institute. (Deliverable to the Heller Foundation). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.

Peppler, K. & Alvarez, M. (2009). Evaluation of the Inner-City Arts Creativity in the Classroom Series. (Deliverable to the Heller Foundation). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.

Peppler, K., Catterall, J. & Feilen, K. (2009). Arts in the middle: A collaborative project of Inner-City Arts and Los Angeles Unified School District 4 (Deliverable to the U.S. Department of Education). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.

Peppler, K., Chapman, R. & Kafai, Y.B. (2009). Perspectives from the field: It takes a village to raise a clubhouse. In Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.), The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities, Chapter 3. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2009). Creative coding: Programming for personal expression. Published in the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Rhodes, Greece.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y.B. (2009). Making games, art, and animations with Scratch. In Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.), The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities, Chapter 4. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y.B. (2009). Video production and dance performances. In Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.), The computer clubhouse: Creativity and constructionism in youth communities, Chapter 6. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

2008

Hayes, E., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Games, I., Torres, R., ... & Zimmerman, E. (2008). New perspectives on learning through (game) design. Published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Kafai, Y. B., Desai, S., Peppler, K., Chiu, G. & Moya, J. (2008). Mentoring partnerships in a community technology center: A constructionist approach for fostering equitable service learning. Mentoring & Tutoring, 16(2), (May 2008), pp. 191-205, doi:10.1080/13611260801916614

Maloney, J., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y.B., Resnick, M. & Rusk, N. (2008b). Media designs with Scratch: What urban youth can learn about programming in a computer clubhouse. Published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Maloney, J., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y. B., Resnick, M. & Rusk, N. (2008a). Programming by choice: Urban youth learning programming with Scratch. Published in the proceedings by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) conference, Portland, OR.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y.B. (2008a). Developing a design culture at the computer clubhouse: The role of local practices and mediators. Published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (2008b). Learning from krumping: Collective agency in dance performance cultures. Published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y.B. (2008c). New literacies and the learning sciences: A framework for understanding youths’ media arts practices. Published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2008d). Youth as media art designers: Workshops for creative codings. Published in the proceedings of the 2008 Interaction Design for Children (IDC) Conference held at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

2007

Catterall, J.S. & Peppler, K. (2007a). Learning in the visual arts and worldviews of young children. Cambridge Journal of Education, 37(4), pp. 543-560. DOI: 10.1080/03057640701705898

Catterall, J.S. & Peppler, K. (2007b). Learning in the visual arts and worldviews of young children : Where self-efficacy and originality meet. In Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Cultural Education: A European and International Research Symposium, Centre Pompidou, Paris.

French translation: Catterall, J.S., & Peppler, K. (2007). Initiation aux arts visuels et vision du monde chez les jeunes enfants: quand confiance en son efficacité et originalité se rencontrent. In Symposium européen et international de researche: Évaluer les effets de l’éducation artistique et culturelle (pp. 283-293). Paris: La documentation Française.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K. & Chiu, G. (2007). High tech programmers in low-income communities: Seeding reform in a community technology center. In C. Steinfield, B. Pentland, M. Ackerman, &. N. Contractor (Eds.), Communities and technologies 2007 (pp. 545-564). New York: Springer.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y.B. (2007a). Collaboration, computation, and creativity: Media arts practices in urban youth cultures. Published in the proceedings of the 2007 Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2007b). From SuperGoo to Scratch: exploring creative digital media production in informal learning. Learning, Media, and Technology, 32(2), pp. 149-166. DOI:10.1080/17439880701343337

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (2007c). What video game making can teach us about learning and literacy: Alternative pathways into participatory culture. In Akira Baba (Ed.), Situated Play: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) (pp. 369-376). Tokyo, Japan: The University of Tokyo.

2006

Barron, B., Kafai, Y., Joseph, D., Pinkard, N., Resnick, M., Martin, C., Schatz, C., Shapiro, B., Millner, A., Peppler, K., Chiu, G. & Desai, S. (2006). Clubs, homes, and online communities as contexts for engaging youth in technological fluency-building activities. Symposium and proceedings published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pages 1022-1028), Bloomington, IN.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Alavez, M. & Ruvalcaba, O. (2006). Seeds of a computer culture: An archival analysis of programming artifacts from a community technology center . Proceedings Published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. (2006). Ryman Arts 2000-2006: An overview of the program and an assessment of student portfolio work (Deliverable to the Ryman Arts Program). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.

Peppler, K. & Catterall, J.S. (2006). Year two findings on the arts learning of children enrolled in the LA’s BEST after school arts program (Deliverable to the LA’s BEST After-School Arts Program). Los Angeles, CA: University of California.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2006). Creative codings: Investigating cultural, personal, and epistemological connections in media arts programming. Proceedings published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Bloomington, IN.

Honors & Awards

MIRA Tech Educator of the Year, (April 23, 2016) from TechPoint, the growth initiative for Indiana’s tech ecosystem, which honored Indiana’s best companies, entrepreneurs, educators, and other leaders for their technology excellence and innovation during the 17th annual Mira Awards gala.

Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from Indiana University (2014). The awards, presented by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, honor tenure-track faculty who have begun to develop nationally recognized research or scholarship programs and devoted productive time to teaching and service, but who have not yet achieved tenure.

“Be Great!” Award Recipient (2012) from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington in recognition for volunteer work technology lab work

American Education Research Association (AERA) (2011) Highest Ranked Paper Submission Award in the Peace Education Special Interest Group (SIG)

American Education Research Association (AERA) (2011) Best Emerging Media Paper in the Media, Culture & Curriculum (MCC) Special Interest Group (SIG)

Indiana Governor’s Award for Tomorrow’s Leaders (2009). Top Award given to outstanding young leaders in the state of Indiana who have shown exemplary leadership under the age of 30

Honorable Mention in Prix Arts Electronica in Community Art for work on the Scratch Online Community (2008). One of the highest international awards in the digital arts community

Group Volunteer of the Year (2008) at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Bloomington for outstanding service to the organization

Top Paper at the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Conference (2008)

UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship (2007-2008)

Spencer Dissertation Fellowship for Research Related to Education (2006-2007)

Hoyt Foundation Fellowship (2004 – 2005). Graduate Fellowship awarded to recipients within the University of California schools

Courses Taught

Graduate Topical Seminar: Designing for Change (ED P647/Formerly P650), Indiana University

Graduate Topical Seminar: Learning in New Media (ED P574), Indiana University

Online Graduate Topical Seminar: Learning in New Media (ED P574), Indiana University

Apprenticeship in the Learning Sciences (ED P573), Indiana University

Educational Psychology for All Grades (ED P254), Indiana University

Culture, Technology, and Human Development (ED 194B), UCLA

Culture, Communications, and Human Development (ED 194C), UCLA

Quantitative Statistics (PSYCH P211), Indiana University

Neural Bases of Human Behavior (PSYCH E105), Indiana University

Introductory Psychology (PSYCH P101), Indiana University

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Talks & Presentations

Kisselburgh, L., Ramani, K. & Peppler, K. (2014). Visually-integrated collaborative ideation: Changing the dynamics of creativity in design teams. International Communication Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.

Santo, R. & Peppler, K. (2013). Make-to-Learn. Presentation at the 2013 Games, Learning and Society Conference, Madison, WI.

Peppler, K., Santo, R., Cloud, J., Rufo-Tepper, R., O’Keefe, D., Midolo, C. & Cantrill, C. (2013). Whole School Approaches to Systems Thinking. Symposium chair at the 2013 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Shively, K. & Peppler, K. (2013). Judging Creativity in New Digital Art Domains. Paper at the 2013 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Buccholz, B., Shively, K. & Peppler, K. (2013). The Art of Getting Unstuck: Tinkering to Support Creative Learning in Digital Art Practice. Paper at the 2013 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (2013). DIY Beyond the Screen: Creative, Critical, and Connected Making with E-Textiles. Paper at the 2013 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Peppler, K. (2013). E-Textiles, Physical Computing, and Arts Education “v2k”. Paper at the 2013 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Eidman-Aadahl, E., Peppler, K., Resnick, M., & Thomas, A. M. (2013). Broadening Participation in Maker Communities. Presentation at the Digital Media and Learning Conference, April 2013. Chicago, IL.

Peppler, K. (2012). Computational Textiles as Materials for Creativity. Un-poster presentation at the Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) Conference. January 6, Washington DC.

Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Fields, D., Eisenberg, M., Buechley, L., Searle, K., & Hsi, S. (2012). Tinkering with Tangibles: Electronic Textiles in Classrooms, Colleges, and Clubs. Symposium at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference, March 1-3 in San Francisco, CA.

Peppler, K., Gresalfi, M., Shute, V., Salen, K., Pinkard, N., Siyahhan, S. & Santo, R. (2012). Seeing the Bigger Picture: Supporting Systems Thinking through Designing Digital Systems. Symposium at the 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Peppler, K., Santo, R., Downton, M., Glosson, D., Shively, K., & Volk, C. (2012). New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age. Paper presented at the 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Downton, M., Peppler, K. & Bamberger, J. (2012). Emerging Musical Sense-Making: Constructionism and collaboration in computer-aided music composition. Paper presented at the 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Wohlwend, K. & Peppler, K. (2012). Pink Technologies and Playful Pedagogies: Gender, Design, and Barbie Transmedia in Digital and Museum Spaces. Paper presented at the 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Peppler, K., Berland, M., Santo, R., Danish, J., Phelps, D., Gresalfi, M., & Barnes, J. (2012). Fiddling on the Fly: Thinking, Learning, and Designing Using Board Games. Symposium at the 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Peppler, K. & Santo, R. (2012). Informal Learning Environments as 21st Century Pre-Service Learning Spaces for Teachers. Paper presented at the 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Buechley, L., Fields, D., Searle, K., Eisenberg, M., Eisenberg, A., Huang, Y., & Danish, J. (2012). Textile Messages: Dispatches from the World of E-Textiles and Education. Symposium at the 2012 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Downton, M. P., Peppler, K. A., and Bamberger, J. (2012). Collaborative Meaning Making in Music: Youths’ Discourse During Computer Aided Composition. Paper presented at the 2012 Music Educators National Conference (MENC) Music Creativity Special Research Interest Group. St. Louis, MO.

Danish, J., Peppler, K. & Phelps, D. (2011). BeeSign: Designing to Support Mediated Group Inquiry of Complex Science by Early Elementary Students. Paper presented at the 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.

Downton, M. & Peppler, K. (2011). Pieces for Peace: Using Impromptu to Build Musical and Cross-Cultural Understanding. Paper presented at the 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.

Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (2011). Interactivity as a Lens on Youths’ Computational Thinking in an Urban Game Design Studio. Paper presented at the 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.

Peppler K., Berland, M., Duncan, S., Games, A. and Gresalfi, M. (2011). Fostering Computational Thinking in Games and Gaming Communities. MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Peppler, K. & Solomou, M. (2011). Building Creativity: Collaborative Learning and Creativity in a Virtual Gaming Environment. Paper presented at the 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.

Peppler, K. & Glosson, D. (2011). Here, There and Everywear: Rhizomatic Activity Structures in an online DIY Community of E-Textile Producers. Paper presented at the 2011 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.

Horcher, A. M., Peppler, K., & Glosson, D. (2010). E-Textiles in Everyday Things. Workshop at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Atlanta, GA.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Resnick, M., & Brennan, K. (2010). SCRATCH: Programming for Everyone. Symposium at the Constructionism Conference, Paris, France. Lewin, C., Erstad, O., Peppler, K., Grennhow, C., Crook, C., Naylor, S., Facer, K., Sorensen, B. H., Manchester, H., & Kahr-Hojland, A. (2010). At the interface – building new relations between formal and informal learning. Symposium at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Helsinki, Finland.

Peppler, K., Babcock, E., Panganiban, R., & Erickson, I. (2010). Creating Connections and Promoting Networks. Panel at the 2010 Webwise Pre-Conference Events, Denver, CO.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Resnick, M., Fields, D., Brennan, K. & Diazgranados, A. (2010). Cultivating Creativity and Criticality in Schools and After-School Programs with Scratch, for the first Digital Media and Learning Conference in La Jolla, California.

Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Diazgranados, A., Buechley, L., Eisenberg, M. (2010). Computational Textiles as New Media Texts: Digital Media Learning in Youth and DIY Communities, for the first Digital Media and Learning Conference in La Jolla, California.

Peppler, K. & Warschauer, M. (2010). Lessons from Brandy: Creative Media Production by a Child with Cognitive (Dis)Abilities. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.

Peppler, K., Lindsay, E., Downton, M. & Hay, K. (2010). The Nirvana Effect: Tapping Rhythmic Videogames to Leverage Learning and Motivation. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.

Davis, H., Peppler, K. & Hickey, D. (2010). Assessment Assemblage: Advancing Portfolio Practice Through the Assessment Stage Theory. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO. Davis, H. & Peppler, K. (2010). Voice Portfolios: Artistry in Assessment. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO.

Feilen, K., Peppler, K. & Catterall, J.S. (2009). Models for Evaluating the Impact School-and Community-Based Arts Programs. Paper presented at the American Evaluation Association (AEA), November 2009.

Peppler, K. A., Downton, M. P., and Hay, K. (2009). Turn That Noise Up: How Rock Band© Helps Youth Develop Rhythmic Intuitions. Paper presented at the Society for Music Perception, Cognition, and Research Conference, August, 2009.

Peppler, K., Catterall, J., & Feilen, K. (April, 2009). Curtains Up! Revealing the Mechanisms of Transfer Between Drama and Academic English Language Development. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Barab, S., Peppler, K., Ingram-Goble, A., Dodge, T., & Solomou, M. (April, 2009). Identity Experiments: Using Narrative-Rich Games to bring Together Personal, Student, and Disciplinary Lifeworlds. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Rusk, N., Beals, L., Bers, M., Breslow, G., Chapman, R., Martin, C., Barron, B., Wise, S., Millner, A., Rusk, N., Resnick, M., Cooke, S., Sylvan, E., & Cole, M. (April, 2009). The Computer Clubhouse Learning Model: Learning Inquiry, Collaboration, and the Development of 21st Century Skills in Informal Learning Spaces. Symposium at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Peppler, K., Warschauer, M. & Diazgranados, A. (April, 2009). Developing a Culture of Critical Game Design in a Second Grade Classroom. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA.

Peppler, K., Downton, M. & Hay, K. (April, 2009). Building musical intuitions through video games: A performance analysis of Rock Band in after-school communities. Paper presentation at the 2009 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA. Peppler, K. and Solomou, M. (July, 2008). The Virtual Builder: Scaffolding Creative Production through Game Play. Presentation at the 2008 Games, Learning, and Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.

Peppler, K., Hay, K., and Downton, M (July, 2008). The Nirvana Effect: Tapping the Power of Video Games to Leverage Musical Interest. Presentation at the 2008 Games, Learning, and Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.

Peppler, K., Diazgranados, A., Kafai, Y., and Fields, D. (July, 2008). Creating a Culture of Critical Game Designers in Elementary Classrooms and Clubs. Presentation at the 2008 Games, Learning, and Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.

Peppler, K. (March 2008). Media Arts: Arts Education for the 21st Century. Paper presentation at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (March 2008). Creative Bytes for the Learning Sciences: The Technical, Creative and Critical Practices of Media Arts Production. Paper presentation at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (March 2008). Creating A Culture of Design: A Closer Look at Role of Mediation and Local Practices in a Community Technology Center. Paper presentation at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.

Hayes, E., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y., Games, I., Torres, R., Pinkard, N., Hooper, P., Klopfer, E., Scheintaub, H., Eugene, W., Daily, S., Ancholou, U., Barron, B., Forssell, K., Kennedy, C., Rogers, M., Takeuchi, L., Walter, S. & Zimmerman, E. (March 2008). New Perspectives on Learning Through Design. Symposium at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.

Steinkuehler, C., Squire, K., Barab, S., Thomas, D., Peppler, K. & Klopfer, E. (March 2008). Games and Participation: Why Games Matter to Educators. Symposium discussant at the 2008 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, New York, NY.

Yardi, S., Bruckman, A.S., Druin, A., Jeffries, R., Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K. (October 2007). Broadening the Field of Computing through a Design-Based HCI Curriculum. Position paper at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2007, Orlando, FL.

Tishler, B., Kirsch, J. & Peppler, K. (October 2007). Partnerships Serving up Arts as the Main Course! NETWORK's conference Arts Education: Building Bridges through Arts Integration and Partnerships, Oakland, CA.

Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y.B. (July 2007). What Video Game Making Can Teach Us About Literacy and Learning: Alternative Pathways into the Participatory Culture. Paper presented at the 2007 Games, Learning, & Society (GLS) Conference, Madison, WI.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., & Chiu, G. (July 2007). High Tech Programmers in Low Income Communities: Seeding Reform in a Community Technology Center. Paper presented at the International Conference on Communities and Technologies held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Peppler, K. (April 2007). Videogames and Interactive Art: New Genres and a New Era in Media Education. Paper presentation at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Peppler, K. & Catterall, J.S. (April 2007). Unraveling the Impacts of the Arts: Measuring Learning in the Arts for Cognitive Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy Analysis. Paper presentation at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Goode, J., Margolis, J., Kafai, Y., Peppler, K. & Chiu, G. (April 2007)‘Beyond Point and Click’: Opportunities and Challenges in Broadening the Participation in Computer Science in Inner-city High Schools and After-school Programs. Symposium at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Ching, C., Kafai, Y., Barron, B., Davis, A., Peppler, K., Martin, C., Lewis, S., Yardi, S., Perkel, D., Leander, K., Wang, C., Hoadley, C., Honwad, S., & Tamminga, K. (April 2007). Technobiographies: Researching Life Stories with Technology. Interactive Symposium at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Kafai, Y., Feldon, D., Giang, M., Quintero, M., Fields, D. & Peppler, K. (April 2007). Where in the World is the Science in Whyville? Informal Science in a Multi-User Virtual Community. Symposium at the 2007 American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.

Kafai, Y., Desai, S., Peppler, K., Chiu G. & Moya, J. (2007) Mentoring Partnerships in a Community Technology Center: A Constructionist Approach for Fostering Equitable Service Learning. Presentation at the 5th Annual CAFÉ Conference sponsored by the Paulo Freire Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Catterall, J.S. and Peppler, K. (November 2006). Measuring Learning in the Arts: Lessons learned from Survey, Observation, and Videotape Methodologies. Paper presented as part of a symposium, Measuring the Arts: Quantifying, Evaluating, and Understanding, Symposium presentation at the 2006 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Portland, OR.

Peppler, K., Catterall J.S. and Feilen, K. (November 2006). Towards a Unified Framework: A Model for Evaluating Arts Learning in Music, Drama, Visual Arts, and Dance. Paper presentation at the 2006 American Evaluation Association (AEA) Conference, Portland, OR.

Peppler K., Kafai Y., Desai, S. and Chiu, G. (September 2006). Programming Partnerships: A Constructionist Approach to Teaching Computer Programming Through Service Learning. Paper presented at the 2006 Conference on Service Learning in Engineering, Washington D.C. Desai, S., Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., and Chiu, G. (April 2006). What is a Mentizo? A Contructionist Approach to Mentoring. Paper Presentation and abstract published in the 2006 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Peppler, K. and Kafai Y. (February 2006). Programming with a Purpose: Opening the Back Door to Technology Literacy. Presentation at the 2006 "Thinking Gender" Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

Invited Talks

Peppler, K. (2013). Cultivating Computational Thinking in Youth Communities. Invited presentation at the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity Conference, Seoul, South Korea.

Peppler, K. & Gresalfi, M. (2013). Understanding Systems through eTextile (Puppet) Design. Invited workshop at the National Writing Project Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

Peppler, K. (2013). STEAM-Powered Computing: Arts, crafts, and new media. Invited presentation at CODING AND CREATIVITY: programming, computational thinking and the arts in schools. A policy and practice summit presented by the London Knowledge Lab and D%7CA%7CR%7CE (Institute of Education); the Observer; the RSA; and Creativeworks London. London, UK.

Peppler, K. (2013). Broadening Participation through E-Textile Creation. Invited presentation for the Learning Labs convening, Pittsburgh, PA.

Peppler, K. (2013). Make-to-Learn in Libraries. Invited Keynote for the 2013 American Library Association’s Virtual Conference.

Peppler, K. (2013). Make-to-Learn in Afterschool Spaces. Build, Create and Innovate: Strategies for Engaging Youth Through Making – Afterschool Alliance webinar.

Resnick, M., Brennan, K. & Peppler, K. (2013). Host and participant on “Coding is for Everybody: Learning Through Creating, Personalizing, Sharing, and Reflecting” a month-long webinar on the Connected Learning Network, sponsored by the DML Research Hub.

Peppler, K. (2013). The Grinding New Lenses Project: Short Circuits designing with and for educators. Presentation at the NSF Intersections Summer Designs Institute, hosted by the National Writing Project and the Association of Science-Technology Centers, Denver, CO.

Peppler, K. (2013). Textile Messages: Dispatches from the World of E-Textiles and Education. Invited Presentation at the 2013 Mini University, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. (2013). New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age. Invited Presentation at the National Guild for Community Arts Education. Chicago, IL.

Peppler, K. (2013). Evidence of Interest-Driven Learning in a Digital Age. Invited Keynote presentation at the Cyberlearning Synthesis and Envisioning Meeting, June 26-27, 2013. Washington, DC.

Peppler, K. (2013). Broadening Participation with E-Textiles. Invited Presentation at the Maker Faire Bay Area on May 18, 2013.

Peppler, K. (2013). New Opportunities for Design Research: The Hive Networks and Broader DML Community. Invited presentation at the Connected Learning Research Network meeting, Boston, MA.

Peppler, K. (2013). Learning by Making in a Digital Age. Presentation to IUMakes in March, 2013, Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. & Bender, S. (2013). E-Textile Cuff Workshop for the Girl Scouts of America. November 2013 in Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. & Bender, S. (2013). E-Textile Cuff Workshop for the Girl Scouts of America. October 2013 in Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. & Bender, S. (2013). E-Textile Cuff Workshop for the Girl Scouts of America. September 2013 in Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. & Bender, S. (2013). E-Textile Cuff Workshop for the Girl Scouts of America. May 2013 in Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. & Bender, S. (2013). E-Textile Cuff Workshop for the Girl Scouts of America. March 2013 in Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. (2013). Digital Media and Learning Communications Meeting. Held January 31-February 1, 2013 in Chicago, IL.

Santo, R. & Peppler, K. (2012) Grinding New Lenses: Seeking coherence in a digital age. Invited workshop at the National Writing Project (NWP) Annual Meeting.

Peppler, K. & Santo, R. (2012). Grinding New Lenses Hands-On Workshop. Invited presentation at the National Writing Project (NWP) Annual Meeting.

Peppler K. & Bender, S. (2012). Hacking and Making with E-textiles. Invited presentation at the Girls in STEM workshop at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Peppler, K. (2012). Interest-Driven Learning. Invited workshop at the LDC Meeting hosted jointly by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Gates Foundation in Chicago, IL.

Peppler, K. & Santo, R. (2012). Short Circuits: Crafting with DIY Elecronics. Invited Presentation at the Maker Faire in New York, NY on September 24, 2012.

Peppler, K. (2012). Learning and Doing by Making in High-Tech Textile Design. Invited presentation on the MacArthur Foundation’s Connected Learning TV series. Available at http://connectedlearning.tv/kylie-peppler-high-tech-textile-design-learning-doing-and-making

Peppler, K. (2012). Learning and Achieving through the Arts (LATA) Evaluation. Invited talk at Inner-City Arts, Los Angeles on August 28, 2012.

Wolfenstein, M., Zimmerman, E., Malaby, T., Halverson, E., Simkins, D., Martin, C. & Peppler, K. (2012). You put your right foot in… Invited session at that Games, Learning, and Society (GLS) conference in Madison, WI on April 15, 2012.

Peppler, K. (2012). Evidence of Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age. Invited talk by the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC). Chicago, IL.

Peppler, K. (2012). New Opportunities for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in a Digital Age. Invited talk by the National Art Education Association Museum Division Preconference, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.

Peppler, K. & Eidman-Aadahl, E. (2012). Short Circuits: Scaling with and for teachers. Invited talk at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago, IL.

Catterall, J. & Peppler, K. (2011). How Arts Rich Environments Impact Achievement. Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Televised Public Broadcast, Cleveland, OH.

Peppler, K. & Catterall J. (2011). Assessment Workshop for 20 Premier Arts Specialty Schools (PASS) Teachers. Cleveland, OH.

Peppler, K. (2011). Materializing Design Thinking with E-Textiles Education. Invited Talk at the Stanford University REDlab’s Forum on Design Thinking, Palo Alto, CA.

Peppler, K. (2011). E-Textiles for Interest-Driven Arts Learning in the Digital Age. Invited Talk at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Peppler, K. (2011). Learning and digital technology. Invited session as part of The Wallace Foundation’s Reimagining the School Day: A Forum on More Time for Learning, held May 16-17 in Washington, D.C.

Peppler, K. (2011). Art, Artifact, and Discourse. Keynote at the keynote talk at the Indiana University Discourse Analysis in Educational Research Conference.

Peppler, K. (2011). New Opportunities for Self-Directed Arts Learning in a Digital Age. Invited Talk at the Wallace Foundation, New York.

Danish, J., Peppler, K. & Johnson, K. (2011). Invited Panel for the EC Moore Symposium, Indiana University, Indianapolis.

Peppler, K. (2011). IN%7CFORMAL learning: Reconceptualizing the divide between in and out-of-school learning practices. Invited presentation at the Indiana University School of Education’s “First Fridays” faculty research seminar.

Peppler, K. (2010). E-Textiles: Moving Beyond the Screen. Invited Workshop at the Indiana Women in Computing Conference, Spencer, IN.

Peppler, K. (2010). Documenting Learning in the Arts: Opportunities for Research. Invited Presentation at the International School on Mind, Brain and Education (MBE), Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture ,Erice, Siciliy, Italy.

Baldwin, T., Haynes, R., Reigeluth, C., Peppler, K. & Stolterman, E. (2010). Invited Key Panel Discussion at the IST Conference on Design and Technology for Teaching, Learning, and Working, Bloomington, IN.

Peppler, K. (April, 2009). What exactly are kids learning in Scratch? Observations from the Clubhouse. Invited Presentation, Irvine, CA.

Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (July, 2008). What exactly are kids learning in Scratch? Observations from the Clubhouse. Invited Presentation at the Scratch@MIT Conference, Boston, MA.

Kafai, Y.B., Raessens, J., Copier, M., von Mastrigt, J., Deterding, S., Dubbelman, T., Fields, D., Peppler, K., Renger, W.J., Millenaar, K., Hrehovcsik, M., Ritterfeld, U., Wang, H., & Ratan, R. (June, 2008). Serious Games in the Learning Sciences: Making International Connections. Invited Workshop at the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Kafai, Y., Peppler, K. & Chapman, R. (April, 2008). The Computer Clubhouse Book: A Sneak Preview. Invited Presentation at the Annual Computer Clubhouse Conference Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Computer Clubhouse Network, Miami, FL.

Peppler, K. (April, 2008). In Dialogue: Links Between Drama and Academic English Language Development of At-Risk Youth. Keynote at the 2008 International Conference Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Peppler, K. (January, 2008). The Computer Clubhouse Model: Creativity and Constructionism in the After-School Hours. Invited presentation to the Hennepin Library Association, Minneapolis, MN.

Peppler, K. (February, 2005). Growing up Gifted. Keynote at the 2005 Indiana Department of Education/Indiana Association for the Gifted Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

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2016

Peppler honored at the TechPoint MIRA Awards ceremonyrepresenting the best of tech in Indiana on April 23: Tech Educator of the Year. Available at INside Edge E-Newsletter and http://techpoint.org/2016/04/ius-dr-kylie-peppler-wins-tech-educator-year-mira-award/

2014

Featured on the Brilliant Minds research video series, Indiana University. Available at http://research.iub.edu/2014/10/kylie-peppler/

Along with the Purdue V-ICED project, featured in PCB Design blog: ‘Cyberlearning’ Platforms Allow Non-artists to Illustrate. Available at http://www.pcbdesign007.com/pages/zone.cgi?a=101164

Highlighted on ALA news: Dr. Kylie Peppler of the Learning Research Network to speak at ASCLA's President's Program. Available at http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2014/04/dr-kylie-peppler-learning-research-network-speak-asclas-presidents-program

Profiled on IU Bloomington Newsroom: Indiana University Bloomington presents Outstanding Junior Faculty Awards. Available at http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2014/03/outstanding-junior-faculty-awards.shtml

Highlighted in Education Daily’s cover article, Experts: Bridge formal, informal learning using digital media by Emily Ann Brown, Volume 47, No. 42, Thursday, March 6, 2014

Peppler’s work on interest-driven arts learning highlighted on the DML Central Blog by Barry Josephs. Available at http://dmlcentral.net/blog/barry-joseph/exploring-digital-media-and-museum-based-learning/

Educator Innovator press release around Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom. Available at http://blog.nwp.org/educatorinnovator/2014/02/28/teaching-in-the-connected-learning-classroom-ebook-now-available/

2013

Peppler profiled on New Learning Times. Available at https://newlearningtimes.com/cms/article/1157

Peppler’s Interest-Driven Arts Learning Report among the top 10 downloaded at the Wallace Foundation. Available at http://www.wallacefoundation.org/viewlatest- news/InTheNews/Pages/The-Wallace-Foundations-10-Most-Popular- Publications-in-2013.aspx

IU Newsroom Press Release: Federal grant funding IU project to understand the best teaching to help children learn about complex systems. Available at http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/university-wide/2013/09/education-complexsystems.shtml

IU Newsroom Press Release: School of Education faculty member, center heading up free Chicago 'Make-to-Learn' symposium. Available at http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/23929.html

New Jersey (nj.com) article: Wallace Foundation finds new technology fuels young artists' creativity and artwork. Available at: http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2013/07/digital_technologies_wallace_foundation_arts_education.html

Digital Education Blog: Arts Education Moves Beyond the Classroom. Available at blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2013/07/arts_education_moves_beyond_th.html

89.3 KPCC Southern California Radio: Where do we learn? New report finds arts education increasingly happens outside of school. Available at http://www.scpr.org/blogs/education/2013/07/30/14385/where-do-we-learn-newreport-finds-arts-education/

The Almanac.net: Area teachers attend STEAM workshops. Available at thealmanac.net/article/20130726/LIFESTYLES02/130729961/0/news#.UfaKkVPqBzq

Creativity Labs and Peppler highlighted in Bloomington Makevention advertisements: Available at youtube.com/watch?v=BWbbChzkHt0&feature=youtu.be

Remake Learning: The Maker Movement Finds its Way into Pittsburgh Classrooms. Available at remakelearning.org/blog/2013/08/26/the-makermovement- finds-its-way-into-pittsburgh-classrooms/

Playground Magazine: The Maker Movement Finds its Way into Pittsburgh Classrooms. pgpnewscenter.com/play/maker-movement-finds-itsway- urban-classrooms

Blending High- and Low-Tech Worlds with a Maker-Driven Agenda. RiFFs: The expert interview series of the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub. 16 Available at: dmlhub.net/newsroom/expert-interviews/blending-high-andlow-tech-worlds-maker-driven-agenda (last accessed August 28, 2013).

2012

60 minute Live Webinar with Julian Sefton-Green and the DML Hub on Learning in Out-of-School Contexts: Education in Non-Formal Settings. The webinar is page on connectedlearning.tv: connectedlearning.tv/julian-sefton-greenlearning- out-school-contexts-education-non-formal-settings

60 minute Live Webinar with Kylie Peppler and the DML Hub on High-Tech Textile Design: Learning by Doing and Making. The webinar page on connectedlearning.tv: connectedlearning.tv/kylie-peppler-high-tech-textiledesign-learning-doing-and-making#asked

60 minute Live Webinar with Mitchel Resnick and the DML Hub on Sowing Seeds for a more Creative Society: Available in the Livestream Channel's Video Library: livestre.am/1kIHL. The webinar page on connectedlearning.tv: connectedlearning.tv/sowing-seeds-more-creative-society

Featured in an article in the Lafayette, IN Journal & Courier newspaper on the educational value of smart devices: iPlaytime: More children reaching for smartphones and tablets raises some concern from parents by Taya Flores. Also available online at jconline.com/article/20120109/LIFE/201080323/Sunday-rewindiPlaytime-More-children-reaching-smartphones-tablets-raises-some-concernfrom-parents (Last Accessed January 14, 2012).

BeeSim highlighted on fashioningtech blog by Syuzi Pakhychan: fashioningtech.com/profiles/blogs/beesim-interactive-epuppet (Last Accessed March 20, 2012).

BeeSim highlighted on Makezine.com: blog.makezine.com/2011/02/16/beesim-game-using-lilypad-and-xbee/ (Last Accessed March 20, 2012).

Book Review of the 20Under40 Edited Volume: Funk, C. (2011). Things to come, things already done: a review of 20UNDER40: Reinventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century. Visual Inquiry, (1)1, p. 71-75(5): ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/viq/2011/00000001/00000001/art00009;jsessionid=ghwt4tu55qai.alice

2011

90-minute interview on Public Television Broadcast in Cleveland, OH, interviewed on the program “How Arts Rich Environments Impact Achievement.“Community Forum event @ Westfield Insurance Studio Theater, Idea Stream at Playhouse Square.

Featured in Make Magazine: Hayes, G. (2011). Hivemind for Kids. In Make Magazine’s Volume 28 on Toys and Games. Also available online at makezine.com/28/beesim/

National Writing Project Podcast on Exploring “Systems Thinking” with Grinding New Lenses: tinyurl.com/GrindingLensesSummerCamp. This podcast features teachers as well as members of the Indiana University research team sharing and reflecting on the 2011 Chicago summer camp implementation.

Grinding New Lenses Work Featured on the Institute of Play’s Website and National Writing Project: Zaman, R. (2011). Curriculum, Rewired: Teachers and Students Come Together Around Innovative New Pedagogy. instituteofplay.org/2011/09/curriculum-rewired/ and nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3653

Book Review on The Computer Clubhouse: Curran, C. (2011). Book Review of the Computer Clubhouse: Creativity and Constructionism in Youth Communities. E–Learning and Digital Media, (8)1, p. 86-89.

Featured on the Ed Wenck show/WIBC radio in Indianapolis for work on Rhythmic Videogames producing the next prodigy.

Feature on the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School l of Education News on Programming from Scratch: gse.upenn.edu/programmingfrom-scratch

Indiana Daily Student (IDS) coverage: Assistant Professor connects games, art: idsnews.com/news/NewStoryPrint.aspx?id=80466

School of Education researcher investigating how 'Guitar Hero' might produce the next prodigy: newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/17692.html

Make Magazine coverage of BeeSim: blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/02/beesim-game-using-lilypad-andxbee.html

Make: Japan coverage of BeeSim: jp.makezine.com/blog/2011/02/beesim-game-using-lilypad-and-xbee.html

2010

Teachers College Record Interview highlighting “Arts Education for a Digital Age” article: www.tcrecord.org

Live Interview with Paul Allison on EdTechTalk: paulallison.posterous.com/please-join-kylie-peppler-and-several-other-t (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)

Webwise 2010 “Imagining the Digital Future” talk highlighted: tvworldwide.com/events/webwise/100303/default.cfm?id=12058&type=flv&test=0&tab=1&live=0

Pegasus Communications, Systems Thinking in Action Coverage of the MacArthur Grant: blog.pegasuscom.com/Leverage-Points-Blog/bid/30132/MacArthur-Foundation-Funds-Systems-Thinking-in-Education-Project (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)

Interview with Pegasus Communications, Systems Thinking in Action: blog.pegasuscom.com/Leverage-Points-Blog/bid/30818/Not-Your-Old-School-Systems-Thinking-Using-New-Media-to-Learn-by-Play (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)

Indiana University Coverage of the MacArthur Grant on Systems Thinking: newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13104.html (Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)

Indiana Women in Computing (InWIC) Coverage: vgvisionary.com/?p=133(Last Accessed: Oct. 6, 2010)

Chalkboard (Winter, 2010): Faculty members publish, receive honors education.indiana.edu/Portals/205/chalkboard/Winter10Chalkboard-Web.pdf

Chalkboard (Spring 2010): Grants Fund New Research education.indiana.edu/Portals/205/chalkboard/CHALKBOARD%20SPRING%202010.pdf

2009

Indiana State Coverage for the Governor’s Award for Tomorrow’s Leaders: indianahumanities.org/prog_big_ideas_gov_awards.aspx

Interview with Henry Jenkins featured on his blog henryjenkins.org

2008

Podcast on RezEd: The Hub For Learning and Virtual Worlds: rezed.org

Indiana University News Coverage of MacArthur Scale-Up Grant: homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/13260.html
2007

Videogame Visionary: Video coverage of DiGRA conference presentation vgvisionary.com/?p=133 (Last Accessed: May 27, 2008)

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Service

National & International

2014

Co-Chair, FabLearn Conference, Palo Alto, CA

2014—present

Advisor, Connected Learning Research Network (CLRN) of the MacArthur Foundation (clrn.dmlhub.net/)

2013—present

National ArtsEdSearch Review Panel Member

2013—present

National Common Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) reviewer for The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

2013—present

Host of the Monthly MacArthur Design Research Call Series

2013

Peppler, K. (2013). Digital Media and Learning Communications Meeting. Held January 31-February 1, 2013 in Chicago, IL.

2013

Ad-hoc Reviewer, Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis Group), Psychology of Popular Media (APA), Science Education, and Mind, Culture & Activity

2013

Provided E-Textiles Workshops for the Chicago Public Libraries

2013

Provided E-Textiles Workshops for the South Fayette School District, Pittsburgh PA

2013

Participant, Conference on Longitudinal Study of Out-of-School Time Science Programs June 17-19, 2013, Convened by National 4-H Council and Dr. Robert Tai at the Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA

2013

Participant, MacArthur DML Major Projects Meeting in Chicago, IL

2013

Participant, CSCL Workshop: From Data Sharing to Data Mining: A Collaborative Project to Create Cyber-Infrastructure to Support and Improve Design Based Research in the Learning Sciences.

2013

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference in Madison, WI

2013

Participant, US Department of Education/MacArthur Foundation ReImagining Education: Empowering Learners in a Connected World event. Knight Conference Center at the Newseum, Washington, DC. May 28-29, 2013

2013

Chair, Make-to-Learn Symposium held on March 13, 2013 in Chicago, IL

2012—2013

Chair, Make-to-Learn (m2l.indiana.edu) thematic initiative for the MacArthur Foundation

2012

National Science Foundation Review Panel, REESE Competition

2012

Judge, Instructables.com challenge competition for connecting making and learning in schools

2011

Ad-hoc reviewer for Oxford University Press, Journal of Creative Behavior, The Journal of the Learning Sciences, Journal of Children and Media, and the Tangible Embedded and Embodied Interaction Conference

2011

Consultant for the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Department of Arts Education’s Premier Arts Specialty System (PASS), the district's four K-8 arts infused, and culturally responsive schools in Ohio.

2011

Consultant for the Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, KY Gheens Academy of Curriculum and Instruction, which designs and supports curriculum throughout a district of 150+ schools.

2011

AERA Presidential Working Group Leader: Interest Driven Learning and Participatory Democracy: A 21st-Century Agenda for Technology and Education

2011

Wallace Foundation’s Policy Panel on Reimagining the School Day

2011

National Science Foundation Review Panel, Cyberlearning Competition

2010—2013

Member of the ScratchEd Advisory Board

2009—present

Ad-Hoc reviewer for the Journal of the Learning Sciences, Oxford University Press, Teachers College Record, Journal of Science Education and Technology, International Journal of Learning and Media, Science Education, the Psychology Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts and other major journals/presses

2008–2010

Advisory Board of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Nation of Leaders Research Grant Advisory Board (“Media MashUp”) for the Science Museum of Minnesota, Wilmette Public Library (IL), Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County, Memphis Public Library, the Free Library of Philadelphia, and the Seattle Public Library

2008

Reviewer, Session Chair, and Discussant for the American Educational Research Association (AERA)

2008

DIGITEL (Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning) Conference Program Committee

2008

Reviewer for the Interaction Design for Children (IDC) Conference in Chicago, IL

2006—2008

Member of the International Society for the Learning Sciences (ISLS) Education Committee

2004—2007

Volunteer in South Los Angeles Computer Clubhouse funded by Intel

2007

Reviewer for the Journal of Science Education

2005–2006

Member of the UCLA, Principal Leadership Instruction (PLI) Faculty Search Committee

2005

Opportunities Unlimited Charter High School, Arts and Technology Curriculum Development Consultant: http://www.youincla.org/clubhouse/charterschool

State & Local

2013

Wonderlab Professional Development for Area Third Grade Teachers. June 2013.

2013—present

Partnership with the Girl Scouts of America: provide ongoing e-textile workshops for badges

2013

Co-Chaired and organized the IUPartnershare Event for Indiana State Superintendents

2013—present

Partnership with the Monroe County Public Library: provide ongoing e-textile workshops and other hands-on maker programming, guidance on the design of the new digital creativity space for teens

2012

Hacking and Making with E-textiles. Invited presentation at the Girls in STEM workshop at Indiana University, Bloomington.

2012

Wonderlab Professional Development for Area First Grade Teachers. June 2012.

2010

Provided Computational Textile Workshops for the Indiana University Harris Science Camp for Underrepresented Youth

2010

Provided Computational Textile Workshops for the Purdue University SPIRIT Summer Cam

2009—present

Partnership with Bloomington Project School: provide ongoing technology support, creation on MakerCart model, grant support assistance, assist in creating a new vision for technology at the School, provide regular programming in computational textiles, computer programming, game design, and the arts

2008—present

Partnership with Bloomington Boys and Girls Clubs: Responsible for sending a steady flow of 50 undergraduate and graduate mentors yearly, provide ongoing technology support, assist in creating a new vision for technology at the Club, and provide regular programming in computational textiles, computer programming, game design, and the arts

School of Education & University

2014–2015

Agenda Committee, Indiana University School of Education Policy Council 2013-present Member, Indiana University School of Education Policy Council

2013

Provided E-Textiles Workshops for the Indiana University Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs (DEMA)

2012—present

Faculty Leader, Indiana University Center for Excellence for Women In Technology (CEWIT), http://cewit.indiana.edu/faculty/leadership/index.shtml

2012

Member, Joint School of Education & School of Informatics Computer Science Education Search Committee

2012

Chair, Recruitment Weekend, Learning Sciences Program, Indiana University

2011—present

Co-Chair of New and Existing Undergraduate Programs, Learning Sciences Program, Indiana University

2011—present

Co-Founder of IUMakes, Committee for the creation of a new FabLab at Indiana University/Bloomington community. (http://www.iub.edu/~iumakes/)

2011—2012

Member, Search Committee for Position in Computer Science and Education, Indiana University.

2011—2013

Alternate, Indiana University, School of Education Policy Council

2010—2012

Chair, Indiana University School of Education Dissertation of the Year Committee

2010—2013

Member, Indiana University Graduate Studies Committee (GSC/RAFA)

2009—2010

Ad-Hoc presenter for P544, P600 and Learning Sciences Pro-Sem events 2009 Member, Dissertation Award Committee, Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University

2009—2013

Co-Chair of the Recruitment Committee, Learning Sciences, Indiana University

2009—2012

Co-Chair of the Learning Sciences, Media, Technology (LSMT) Certificate Program, Learning Sciences, Indiana University

2008—present

Chair of the Masters of Learning and Developmental Sciences Committee, Indiana University

2008

Chair of the Learning Sciences Recruitment Weekend Committee, Indiana University

1998

Member of the Indiana Board of Education’s Character Education Committee with Dr. Suellen Reed

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