Latest Posts from the 2016 Fellows
Mathias WunderlichApril 8, 2023About 11 years ago I founded the first Repair Café in a German high school near Dusseldorf where we started to fix devices, repair chairs, and made things work again which were broken, abandoned, or out of function. The kids volunteered to stay after school and learned to fix things. Once, a 12-year-old boy from… Read more » [...]
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Sylvia MartinezMarch 11, 2021So there’s a lot happening behind the scenes with the FabLearn Fellows! The new cohort is starting to meet, virtually, of course. New blog posts and videos will be coming soon. We are in the very early stages of planning Volume 3 of the Meaningful Making book series. And the previous cohorts of FabLearn Fellows… Read more » [...]
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Mathias WunderlichFebruary 25, 2021Weekend Maker Camp a.k.a. 48 Hour Tinkering-Monastery Instead of writing a boring blog post, I asked a friend of mine to ask me some questions about my latest activities as a maker educator. Claire: How did you come up with the idea of a 48 Hour Makercamp? Mathias: We have a weekend and the weekend… Read more » [...]
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Josh AjimaOctober 23, 2020Happy Mole Day! Mole day is an unofficial holiday celebrated on October 23rd between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM. The time and date are based on Avogadro’s number, 6.02×10^23, which is the number of atoms/molecules in one mole of a substance. A mole is one of the seven base units of the International System of… Read more » [...]
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Josh AjimaOctober 13, 2020Cherokee Language Syllabary in Tinkercad: Go directly to https://www.tinkercad.com/things/j3LfzeEOhm8 to make a copy of this design. Each character represents a syllable in the Cherokee language. Learn more about the Cherokee language at https://language.cherokee.org/. The purpose of this article is to present an approach to incorporating indigenous languages into the teaching of 3D printing design. This… Read more » [...]
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Sylvia MartinezApril 21, 2020In 1999, Seymour Papert, the father of educational technology, embarked on his last ambitious institutional research project when he created the constructionist, technology-rich, project-based, multi-aged Constructionist Learning Laboratory inside of Maine’s troubled prison for teens, The Maine Youth Center. As Gary Stager shares in the book, Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, Papert outlined these… Read more » [...]
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Sylvia MartinezApril 4, 2020In this video conversation, Nalin Tutiyaphuengprasert speaks with Sylvia Martinez about how the DSIL Fab Lab in Bangkok Thailand is working with local hospitals and medical professionals to design, prototype, and build aerosol boxes for COVID-19 patients. These acrylic boxes are placed over a patient during procedures requiring close contact, reducing the chance of disease… Read more » [...]
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Josh AjimaNovember 11, 2019I was recently asked to give a presentation and makerspace tour for a learning environment conference hosted at my school. The audience was architects, furnishing sellers, edtech distributors and Virginia educators currently in the process of planning new building construction and major renovations. I assembled a short list of resources that I thought would be… Read more » [...]
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David HannJune 8, 2018Based on Idea from INCOSE Table at the Detroit Maker Faire 2015 The Challenge Your tower must be designed to hold a paper cup as high as possible. This design must support the forces created when a golf ball is dropped into the cup. Design is up to your innovation and creativity. Time of 15-20 minutes,… Read more » [...]
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Sylvia MartinezMay 5, 2018We are pleased to share a recent webinar led by Daniel Schermele with several FabLearn Fellows in a conversation about assessment strategies for maker courses. The conversation included: Intent of assessment / why do we teach specific content Types of assessments Backwards planning vs. self-determined education Why do we assess? Accountability or just part of an… Read more » [...]
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