danceON and softWEAR: Education-level creative coding and programmable wearables.

Our research collaborative has been exploring movement computing educational technology experiences. That is, we have been building tools that simultaneously support both movement and computing learning objectives at entry-level. We will demo two products in development. danceON is a domain-specific language and a web app that allows users to create interactive graphics overlaid on video from pre-recorded or live (webcam) sources. softWEAR is a solderless and breadboardless ecosystem using sensors, LEDs, and the Adafruit Trinket M0. It is designed to support a workflow from ideation, prototyping, and iteration to a durable, wearable final project embedded into clothing or accessories.