Interactivos?'2006

Interactivos? was conceived as an evolution of the different activities and dynamics developed within the educational programme of MediaLabMadrid. Two workshops held in 2005, Making Things Move by Zachary Lieberman and Arduino: Open Hardware Tools by David Cuartielles, led to the creation of a local community of like-minded creators who became MediaLabMadrid regulars. After those experiences, the idea was to offer a workshop long enough to develop projects that could be finished and shown during the five week event.

Moreover, one of the main goals of Interactivos? was to transcend the model of the workshop as a one way-dynamic where a closed group of experts teach and another group of students learn. In our more interactive model, the group of experts sharing their knowledge included the workshop participants, and the whole process was opened to a wider audience (that could also become participants themselves). To make this possible, a team of cultural mediators introduced the general public into the main concepts of the project and put them in contact with the developers.

Thus the title Interactivos?, with a question mark, referring to this challenging the notion of interactivity understood as "a choice between a few given options". The word "interactivity" is more fully expressed through the collective creation using open hardware and open software tools. Participants get the opportunity to both learn and teach how the technology works, and the chance to “do it themselves” with the help of others. 

>Advanced project development workshop

>Projects

>Seminar: En Abierto

>Casey Reas:  Processing workshop

>Arduino workshop for secondary school teachers