Orchestrating collaborative science curriculum across formal and informal contexts

This demonstration presents an evolving body of work around the development of anew open source framework for smart classrooms - known as Sail Smart Space (S3) - That supports research of complex pedagogical configurations, emphasizing student collaborations, emergent knowledge repositories, and real-time semantic analysis of student data. The project involves the development of Physics curriculum in two diverse classroom settings: a first year college Physics course and a grade 12 advanced placement physics class. This session will acquaint attendees with the iterations and refinement involved in bringing such a curriculum into a classroom, and the unique opportunities such environments afford researchers and teachers. The presentation will provide a brief history of the project to its present state both technically and pedagogically; followed up by a hands-on demonstration of the current iteration; and closes with a series of videos and discussions about our vision of the future of the S3.