Lisa Tolentino

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Lisa Tolentino is a Media Arts and Sciences doctoral student in the K-12 Embodied and Mediated Learning Group at School of Arts, Media and Engineering (AME) at Arizona State University (ASU). She approaches social change through collaborative and inclusive efforts that connect mediated learning experiences with community-building, cultural inquiry, performance and disability studies. Currently, she organizes a multidisciplinary team of high school teachers, designers, artists and education researchers that design multimodal learning games to support social interaction and communication through play for high school students in special education. This work approaches peoples with disabilities as people first by leveraging student strengths and building on localized teacher knowledge and experience. These efforts are then supported by inclusive design practices such as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles outlined by Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), research in affective robotic companions, game design principles, and learning design methods for SMALLab (Situated Multimedia Arts Learning Lab). Lisa is a creative consultant for the Equity Alliance at ASU, a technical assistance center serving state and local school systems in Arizona, California, and Nevada, by supporting their capacity to promote equity, access, and participation for all students and to reduce disparities in academic achievement. She is also a director for urbanSTEW, a not-for-profit collective that creates art and innovative technology for use by communities; and a performing member of Crossing 32nd Street, a Phoenix-based contemporary and experimental music performance group.

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