“Difficult but Good”: enjoying accessible digital creativity

Figures & data

Figure 1. Example poetry output from MakeWrite.

Figure 2. Example still image from CreaTable video sequence output.

Figure 3. Example comic strip output from Comic Spin.

Figure 4. Example image output from Inker.

Table 1. Community workshop participant characteristics.

Participant name	Age (years) at time of workshops	Overall Score on FAST (max score possible = 30)	AIQ Score (min = 0, max = 84)	Score for tech used in the last month (min = 0, max =18)
Ceri	68	29*	24	7
Jo	47	26	33	14
Hilary	67	28*	20	12
Pat	68	25*	33	14
Dom	55	21	18	12
Alex	47	22	12	13
Dev	56	19	27	8
Robin	53	7	20	11
Jodie	62	24	36	9

* Scored above the bedside aphasia screening cut off score for given age range - indicating milder aphasic deficits in the context of existing chronic aphasia diagnosis.

Figure 5. Participants exploring non-digital mark-making activities in workshop 1.

Figure 6. CreaTable group creation in progress.

Figure 7. Participants engaging in a tablet-based Comic Spin activity.

Table 2. Workshop series structure and content.

Setting, goals and schedule	Workshop 1 – Non-digital creation	Workshop 2 - Inker	Workshop 3 - MakeWrite	Workshop 4 - CreaTable	Workshop 5 – Comic Spin	Workshop 6 - Curation
Setting	In person	In person	In person	In person	In person	Online
Goals	For participants to make a range of marks using at least 3 different materials.	For participants to explore mono-printing For participants to explore Inker To gather feedback on Inker	For participants to explore MakeWrite To gather feedback onMakeWrite	For participants to explore CreaTable To gather feedback on CreaTable For participants to revisit Inker and MakeWrite on the tablets	For participants to explore Comic Spin To gather feedback on Comic Spin	For participants to each record a description of one of their pieces of work To curate works from sessions 1-5 for showcase event
Introduction – whole group activity, led by facilitator	Introduction to the project and the day’s activities	Recap of the previous week’s activities and introduction to the day’s activities, including a review of Twitter activity related to tweeted images from the previous session.				Recap of week 5 activities and introduction to the day’s activities
Activity 1 - Individual or whole group activity, led by facilitator	Mark-making with charcoal (individual)	Mono-printing (individual)	Group wordplay activity (whole group)	Group sequencing activity (whole group)	Demonstration of Comic Spin (whole group)	Selection of a series of works from preceding workshops (whole group)
Break
Activity 2 – Individual, small group or whole group activity	Mark making with watercolour (individual: Figure 5)	Use of Inker (individual: Figure 4)	Use of MakeWrite (individual or in pairs: Figure 1)	Use of CreaTable (small group: Figures 2 & 6)	Use of Comic Spin (individual or in pairs: Figures 3 & 7)	Adding titles to works, providing narration (whole group, led by facilitator)
Presentation - whole group activity led by facilitator	Group review of creations made during the session, responses to those creations and discussion of the experience of the session.					Discussion of project experience
Feedback Sheet	Individual completion of five item paper questionnaire rating and commenting on the experience of using the day’s target technology. Question-reading and response-writing supported by volunteers as required.					Scheduling interviews