Alisha Panjwani

Bio

Alisha is a designer and educator interested in exploring experiential and experimental ways of integrating storytelling, craft, wellness, play, and interactive technologies to create participatory learning practices. Her practice centers on nurturing children’s creative confidence with new technologies and encouraging their involvement in creative acts within their communities. She is the founder of SEEDS (Science, Engineering, Esthetics, Design and Storytelling) interdisciplinary StudioLab and the cofounder of the Duct Tape Network. She completed her master’s degree in Media Arts and Sciences at MIT and worked as a research assistant in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. Before coming to the MIT Media Lab, she worked as a design and research associate at Project Vision, an international research initiative based in India that focuses on developing appropriate instructional strategies and technology-related tools that foster creative cognitive architectures in young children from urban poor communities.