Commitment: 21st century skills
Join us for live performances of playful computational activities that are accessible to all learners - a sensor driven chain reaction, a robotic carnival, and more!
It is crucial for the next generation to act in a digital world, as familiarity with computational concepts is important for navigating the world of today and tomorrow. Making and tinkering with approachable digital technologies engages all learners in a playful and personally relevant way, it adds joy, levity, and extra points of entry for learners of all ages.
Experience concrete examples and learn about the guiding principles behind this approach to engaging learners in computation and coding.
Facilitator
MIT Media Lab - Research Affiliate
San Francisco
United States
Session speakers
Head of Tech and Tinkering Lab
München
Germany
Digitalisation is bringing more and more sensors into our everyday lives: the smartphone counts the daily steps, the car recognises obstacles. The Tech & Tinkering Lab at the Deutsches Museum develops an open programme to enable visitors to engage with the principles of sensors in a playful way: Sensors detect light, sound or movement. They activate motors, light and much more. Using various objects visitors can create exciting chain reactions... Do people with no previous knowledge to sensors manage this? How does the best facilitation look like? Can such a programme foster curiosity for digitalisation topics?
Designer and Researcher
University of Colorado Boulder
boulder
United States
Materials like lights, cardboard boxes, paper, and code can be powerful tools for creative expression that invite learners to tell stories and explore their ideas. You will get an idea of what this might look like through a live demonstration of two explorations, computational lanterns and computational light play. These explorations combine craft, code, and electronics and are shaped by the learner's personal interests and experiences. Additionally, some design and facilitation considerations will be discussed for each exploration.
Tinkering and Education Project specialist
Winterthur
Switzerland
Digital Orchestra - Technorama has developed a workshop in which the group builds musical instruments, plays them with servo motors and controls them via Micro:bit. Cooperation is needed for coordinating the individual instruments via light impulse to form an entire orchestra. Learn from our experience in setting up the workshop and developing the prefabricated components.
Museum educator
The Exploraotrium
San Francisco
United States
Contribution from Tinkering Studio