Tactile Technologies
Tactile Technologies is a curriculum product that introduces learners to 3D printing technologies and accessibility principles. Modules and interactive, in-person workshops help learners gain the skills needed to transform visual media into a 3D learning experience.
Participants choose their media (usually a children's book), adapt the story into 3D, design/edit 3D models, and create a tactile product. Tactile Technologies updated an aging curriculum and offered a new, project-based learning experience for practicing accessibility in educational environments.
SHANNON BUTTS
RESEARCH
COMMUNICATION - WRITING - TECHNOLOGY
Emerging writing technologies have shifted how and where writing happens. My work examines both the technological and the rhetorical affects of such changes. Using augmented reality, 3D printing, GIS mapping, and physical computing, I explore how new writing technologies can help articulate hidden histories, advocate for social change, or mobilize information. To learn more about how I research, make, and critically engage with emerging technologies, click on my projects and publications below.
COMMUNICATING CHANGE
DIGITAL MATERIAL MAKING
