Setting the Stage for Interaction
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Transcript of Setting the Stage for Interaction
Drew HarryMIT Media Lab
Setting the Stage for Interactiona tablet application to augment group discussion in a seminar class
Eric GordonEmerson College
Chris SchmandtMIT Media Lab
Not everyone is equally comfortable participating.
People talk one-at-a-time; simultaneous speaking is viewed as impolite.
Power dynamics can diminish participation.
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Promotion
“I feel like [the professor] would be a speaker for people who couldn’t speak, you know. The fact that he was really into Tin Can, so he would read something that [a student] had written and be like oh, I want to quote this or talk about it and [act] as a spokesman for people who aren’t really comfortable speaking”
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Prioritizing Stages
“I can remember a particular ... presentation that he was doing a lot of PowerPoint, I think he was completely oblivious to the Tin Can conversation and [the Tin Can conversation] ended up going in a very good direction ... as a result, I do not remember anything he said, because ... the conversation on Tin Can was a little more engaging”
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“[I like to] organize my language a lot before I actually talk because I want my thoughts to be systematical and clear, I want people to get it.”
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“something that was on my side, so to speak. You know what I mean? ... Like it was a resource.”
Questions?Drew HarryMIT Media Lab
Eric GordonEmerson College
Chris SchmandtMIT Media Lab
tincan.it
@drewwww