LEARNING RESOURCES FOR THE LAB

Online

• Meaningful Making: Projects and Inspirations for Fab Labs + Makerspaces Edited by Paulo Blikstein, Sylvia Libow Martinez, and Heather Allen Pang in collaboration with 2014–2015 cohort of FabLearn Fellows, Stanford University

• Educating the Reflective Educator: Design Processes and Digital Fabrication for the Classroom, Aarhus University (this group is currently doing a follow-up survey and interview study among Danish K-12 teachers and students, in relation to their technological competences and ability to engage designerly with wicked problems

General education activities and resources by tools at a lab

• Junior Handyman Toolkit (Brought to our attention by Austin and Lane, two great internet adventurers!)

• Construction And Building Projects And Activities For Kids (Brought to our attention by Maddie, whose motivation and optimism inspires us all).

• Kid’s Online Learning Tools for Science, Technology and Beyond! (Brought to our attention by great future engineer Hanna B.!)

• Title Pro’s Tinkering Guide (Brought to our attention by the great and curious Lake Jennings BSA Troop 325)

• Fabfellow Fablearn group at Transformative Learning Laboratory, Stanford University (Paulo Blikstein)

• The tinkering Studio, Exploratorium, San Francisco (Mike Petrich)

• Lifelong Kindergarten, M.I.T. (Mitchel Resnick )

Experiences and approaches

• Teachers Camp, WAAG society

• Teachers Camp and methodology approach, Design Factory, Aalto University

• Social engaging community, South End Technology Center

• Speculative design, Ricado Dutra, Sonali Ojha and Janson Cheng

Inspiration

• Playfulness pedagogical approach, Edith Ackermann, Professor of Developmental Psychology, at the University of Aix-Marseille, Centre International d’Epistémologie Génétique, under the direction of Jean Piaget, M.I.T. Visiting Scientist

• Inclusive making, Leah Buechley, designer, engineer, and educator, Lilypad Arduino toolkit, High-Low Tech group M.I.T.

Books

• Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
• The Art of Tinkering: Meet 150 Makers Working at the Intersection of Art, Science & Technology