Project Deliverables

1. a well-integrated package of networked functionality capable of supporting and analyzing the results of learning in HubNet.
2. a collection of field-tested participatory simulations covering a range of mathematical and scientific topics.
3. a suite of networked connections to traditional analytic tools (graphing, spreadsheet, etc.) and to powerful systems modeling tools (e.g., STELLA/ProSim and StarLogoT).
4. a Java version of StarLogoT capable of supporting layers of network interaction focused primarily on the classroom but with extensions to intra-school and internet-based interactivity.
5. fundamental research into using participatory simulations as ways into systems learning.
6. a collection of activity design specifications for participatory simulations drawn from our experience that can help guide others in developing new activities.
7. a collection of tools for programming HubNet that would allow the activities and models we develop to be extended or that would allow users to create new participatory simulations.

Research into dynamic systems touches on some of the deepest issues in science and philosophy, including order vs. chaos, randomness vs. determinacy, analysis vs. synthesis. At the same time, this new field has introduced new objects of study. These objects were barely conceivable before the development of systems analysis tools and barely renderable without computational media. These new media allow us to analyze not just laboratory-based phenomena but also connect strongly to many patterns and phenomena found in the everyday world.

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