Publications

2011

Davis, H., Peppler, K. & Hickey, D. (in press, 2011). Assessment Assemblage: Advancing Portfolio Practice Through the Assessment Stage Theory. Studies in Arts Education.
Kafai, Y. &Peppler, K. (2011). Beyond Small Groups: New Opportunities for Research in Computer-Supported Collective Learning. Paper published in the proceedings of the 2011 Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference.
Kafai, Y. & Peppler, K. (in press, 2011). Youth, Technology, and DIY: Developing Participatory Competencies in Creative Media Production. In V. L. Gadsden, S. Wortham, and R. Lukose (Eds.), Youth Cultures, Language and Literacy. Review of Research in Education, Volume 34.
Peppler, K. & Solomou, M. (in press, 2011). Building Creativity: Collaborative Learning and Creativity in Social Media Environments. On the Horizon.
Kafai, Y. B. & Peppler, K. A. (in press). Developing Gaming Fluencies with Scratch: Realizing Game Design as an Artistic Process. In C. Steinkuehler, K. Squire and S. Barab (Eds.), Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

2010

Barab, S., Dodge, T., Ingram-Goble, A., Pettyjohn, P., Peppler, K., Volk, C., Solomou, M. (2010). Pedagogical Dramas and Transformational Play: Narratively-Rich Games for Education. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 17(3), pp. 1-30.
Danish, J., Peppler, K., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSign: Designing to Support Mediated Group Inquiry of Complex Science by Early Elementary Students. Paper published in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.
Downton, M., Peppler, K, & Portowitz, A. (2010). Building tunes block by block: Constructing musical and cross-cultural understanding through Impromptu. Paper published in the proceedings of the 2010 Constructionism Conference, Paris, France.
Horcher, A. M., Peppler, K., & Glosson, D. (2010). E-Textiles: The Softer Side of Computing. Workshop at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Atlanta, GA.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Burke, Q., Moore, M. & Glosson, D. (2010). Fröbel’s Forgotten Gift: Textile Construction Kits as Pathways into Play, Design and Computation. Paper published in the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.
Peppler, K. (2010). Media Arts: Arts Education for a Digital Age. Teachers College Record, 112(8), pp. 2118–2153.
Peppler, K. (2010). The New Fundamentals: Introducing Computation into Arts Education. In E. P. Clapp & M. J. Bellino (Eds.) 20Under40: Reinventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century.
Peppler, K., Danish, J., Zaitlen, B., Glosson, D., Jacobs, A., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSim: Leveraging Wearable Computers in Participatory Simulations with Young Children. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, Barcelona, Spain.
Peppler, K. & Davis, H. (2010). Arts and Learning: A Review of the Impact of Arts and Aesthetics on Learning and Opportunities for Further Research. Paper published in the proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (2010). Gaming Fluencies: Pathways into a Participatory Culture in a Community Design Studio. International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(4), pp. 1-14.
Peppler, K. & Solomou, M. (2010). Building Creativity: Collaborative Learning and Creativity in a Virtual Gaming Environment. Paper published in the proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Chicago, IL.
Peppler, K., Warschauer, M., & Diazgranados, A. (2010). Game Critics: Exploring the Role of Critique in Game-Design. E-Learning, 7(1), pp. 35-48.

2009

Barab, S., Dodge, T., Ingram-Goble, A., Volk, C., Peppler, K., Pettyjohn, P., Solomou, M. (2009). Pedagogical Dramas and Transformational Play: Realizing Narrative through Videogames Design. I.A. Iurgel, N. Zagalo, and P. Petta (Eds.), International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) 2009, LNCS 5915, pp. 332–335. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Germany.
Kafai, Y.B., Peppler, K., & Chapman, R. (Eds.) (2009). The Computer Clubhouse: Creativity and Constructionism in Youth Communities. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
 

2008

Kafai, Y. B., Desai, S., Peppler, K., Chiu, G. & Moya, J. (2008). Mentoring Partnerships in a Community Technology Center: A Constructionist Approach for Fostering Equitable Service Learning. Mentoring & Tutoring, 16(2), pp. 194-201.
Maloney, J., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y. B., Resnick, M., Rusk, N. (2008). Programming by Choice: Urban Youth Learning Programming with Scratch. Proceedings published by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education, Portland, OR.
Maloney, J., Peppler, K., Kafai, Y.B., Resnick, M. and Rusk, N. (2008). Media Designs with Scratch: What Urban Youth Can Learn about Programming in a Computer Clubhouse. Proceedings published in the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y. B. (2008). Learning from Krumping: Collective Agency in Dance Performance Cultures. Paper published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2008). Youth as Media Art Designers: Workshops for Creative Codings. Paper published in the proceedings of the 2008 Interaction Design for Children (IDC) Conference held at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y.B. (2008). Developing a Design Culture at the Computer Clubhouse: The Role of Local Practices and Mediators. Paper published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y.B. (2008). New Literacies and the Learning Sciences: Creating a Framework for Understanding and Analyzing Youths’ Media Arts Practices. Paper published in the proceedings of the 2008 International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) held at the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

2007

Catterall, J.S. & Peppler, K. (2007). Learning in the Visual Arts and Worldviews of Young Children. Cambridge Journal of Education, 37(4), pp. 543 – 560.
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., & Chiu, G. (2007). High Tech Programmers in Low Income Communities: Seeding Reform in a Community Technology Center. In C. Steinfield, B. Pentland, M. Ackerman, &. N. Contractor (Eds.), Communities and Technologies 2007 (pp. 545-564). New York: Springer.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. (2007). From SuperGoo to Scratch: exploring creative digital media production in informal learning. Learning, Media, and Technology, 32(2), pp. 149–166. 
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (2007). What videogame making can teach us about literacy and learning: Alternative pathways into participatory culture. In Akira Baba (Ed.), Situated Play: Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) (pp. 369-376). Tokyo, Japan: The University of Tokyo.
Catterall, J.S., and Peppler, K. (2007). Learning in the Visual Arts and Worldviews of Young Children: Lessons from Skid Row. A European and International Research Symposium, Centre Pompidou, Paris.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y.B. (2007). Collaboration, Computation, and Creativity: Media Arts Practices in Urban Youth Cultures. Proceedings published by the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2006
Kafai, Y., Peppler, K., Alavez, M., and Ruvalcaba, O. (2006). Seeds of a Computer Culture: An Archival Analysis of Programming Artifacts from a Community Technology Center. Proceedings Published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.Peppler, K. and Kafai, Y. (2006). Creative Codings: Investigating Cultural, Personal, and Epistemological Connections in Media Arts Programming. Proceedings published in the 2006 International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IN.

 

Under Review

Barab, S., Peppler, K. & Ingram-Goble, A. (under review). Videogames as a Form of Transactive Art with Dramatic Agency.
Danish, J., Peppler, K., & Phelps, D. (under review). BeeSign: Designing to Support Technology Mediated Group Inquiry of Complex Science by Early Elementary Students.
Kafai, Y. B. & Peppler, K. A. (under review). The Scratch Game Design Studio: Development of Gaming Fluencies in a Computer Clubhouse. In C. Steinkuehler, K. Squire and S. Barab (Eds.), Games, Learning, and Society: Learning and Meaning in the Digital Age. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Peppler, K., Downton, M., Lindsay, E., & Hay, K. (in preparation). The Nirvana Effect: Tapping Rhythmic Videogames to Leverage Learning and Motivation.
Peppler, K. & Kafai, Y. B. (under review). Media Arts Practices: Framing Literacy and Learning in Youths’ Informal Media Arts Production.
Peppler, K. & Warschauer, M. (under review). The Role of Technology Mediation in Early Literacy Development: A Case for Learning to Computer Program before Learning to Read and Write.