{"id":5844,"date":"2022-08-18T14:59:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T14:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech2\/?page_id=5844"},"modified":"2025-01-10T19:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:34:56","slug":"welcome-to-the-devtech-research-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the DevTech Research Group!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-6171\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-6171 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"New Slideshow\" data-height=\"200\" data-width=\"900\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_6171\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_6171\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-11351 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-10-17 20:21:53\" data-filename=\"Group-275-900x200.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/10\/Group-275-900x200.png\" height=\"200\" width=\"900\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-6171 slide-11351 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Group 275\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-6173 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2022-11-07 22:51:11\" data-filename=\"Group-274-900x200.png\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/10\/Group-274-900x200.png\" height=\"200\" width=\"900\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-6171 slide-6173 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Group 274\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-12827 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-06-04 16:23:37\" data-filename=\"banner3-900x200.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2025\/06\/banner3-900x200.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"900\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-6171 slide-12827 msDefaultImage\" title=\"banner3\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size has-custom-lineheight\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400;line-height:1.5;font-size:18px\"><br>The Developmental Technologies (DevTech) Research Group at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bc.edu\/bc-web\/schools\/lynch-school.html\">Lynch School of Education and Human Development&nbsp;<\/a>at Boston College promotes young children\u2019s learning about computational thinking, coding, making and engineering in a playful, developmentally appropriate way. We focus on the design and use of creative technologies for&nbsp;leading more fulfilling lives and for making the world a better place.&nbsp;DevTech is<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/press\/\">&nbsp;recognized nationally and internationally&nbsp;<\/a>as a pioneering interdisciplinary research lab with high impact. The group was started by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinabers.com\/\">Prof. Marina Umaschi Bers<\/a>&nbsp;in 2001 at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. In 2022, Prof. Bers and DevTech moved to a new home to Lynch School of Education at Boston College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-lightbox\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/theory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Theoretical-Contributions-logo-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10878\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:219px;height:219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Theoretical-Contributions-logo-4.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Theoretical-Contributions-logo-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Theoretical-Contributions-logo-4-230x230.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Theoretical contributions,&nbsp;such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/theory\/ptd-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Positive Technological Development (PTD)<\/a>&nbsp;framework<\/strong> <strong>which enables the design and evaluation of coding playgrounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-lightbox\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/design\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Technologies-logo-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10880\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:219px;height:219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Technologies-logo-4.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Technologies-logo-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Technologies-logo-4-230x230.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Design of new technologies, such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research\/kibo-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KIBO<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research-2\/scratchjr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ScratchJr<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/learn-with-us\/for-educators\/\">teaching materials<\/a>, such as the<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/codingasanotherlanguage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Coding as Another Language<\/a>&nbsp;curriculum,&nbsp;and strategies for<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/professional-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> professional development<\/a> and community engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-lightbox\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Research-logo-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10881\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:219px;height:219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Research-logo-5.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Research-logo-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Research-logo-5-230x230.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Research centered around technologies like ScratchJr (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research\/scratchjr-around-the-world-2\/\">related projects<\/a>) and KIBO (<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research\/kibo-around-the-world\/\">related projects<\/a>), to inform sustainable and scalable evidence-based programs for young children and the adults in their lives<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-lightbox\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/learn-with-us\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Outreach-Logo-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10879\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:219px;height:219px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Outreach-Logo-4.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Outreach-Logo-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2024\/09\/Outreach-Logo-4-230x230.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Outreach&nbsp;to scale the impact nationally and internationally, including <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/learn-with-us\/for-educators\/\">professional development workshops for educators<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/learn-with-us\/for-children-and-families\/\">learning opportunities for children<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Developmental Technologies (DevTech) Research Group at the&nbsp;Lynch School of Education and Human Development&nbsp;at Boston College promotes young children\u2019s learning about computational thinking, coding, making and 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