Curiosity Creek
Themed Afterschool Computer Club: Themed Green & Entrepreneurial
Tiffany A. Koszalka, Associate Professor of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation in SU’s School of Education and Marilyn P. Arnone Associate Research Professor in SU’s iSchool, will use an afterschool computer club to engage middle school and college students in entrepreneurship.
The Curiosity Creek© themed afterschool computer club uses an innovative storytelling approach to engage club members in educational and entrepreneurial activities. Club members form design teams to create story- and technology-based products for their younger audience. Club members learn how to assess their audience’s needs, design and develop unique technology–based products, test and revise their products based on data, and post for public use, all-the-while hopefully developing subject knowledge, technology skills, and a sense of entrepreneurship. Koszalka and Arnone will also create and test online modules in entrepreneurial skills, innovation, and creative educational product development to help SU students develop and model these competencies in their own work.