Episode 15: Fablearn Webinar on "Maker Mindset" part 2
Previously recorded the Fablearn Fellows discuss the history of "mindsets" and how the "Maker Mindset" is fundamental to the work done in Fablabs and makerspaces.
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Episode 14: Fablearn Webinar on "Maker Mindset" part 1
Previously recorded the Fablearn Fellows discuss the history of "mindsets" and how the "Maker Mindset" is fundamental to the work done in Fablabs and makerspaces.
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Episode 13: What is AI – Educator Edition with Stefania Druga
More about Stefania Stefania Druga is the creator of Cognimates, platform for AI education for families and a Ph.D candidate at the University of Washington. Her research on AI education started during her master in Personal Robots Group at MIT Media Lab. Currently, she is also a Weizenbaum research fellow in the Critical AI Lab and an assistant professor at NYU ITP and RISD, teaching graduate students how to hack smart toys for AI education. She co-founded Hackidemia, a global community for maker education present in 40 countries, Afrimakers, initiative for learning by solving global challenges in 10 African countries and MakerCamp , global camps for learning how to build and run maker spaces. During her research in the past two years, she has observed in longitudinal studies how 450 children from 7 countries are growing up with AI and how they can acquire AI literacy concepts through creative learning activities with the open source AI coding platform she has created.
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Episode 12: Assessment Strategies for Maker Courses
We 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 contentTypes of assessmentsBackwards planning vs. self-determined educationWhy do we assess? Accountability or just part of an antiquated educational system?What should we be assessing? Standards vs. skills. Knowledge vs. InformationHow do we assess?Using a product as assessment (when the process is really what’s important)TestingIndividual vs. team
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Episode 11: Tony Perry of the Lehmlson-MIT Invention Education program
Tony shared the goals of the program and current opportunities for young people in their Invention contests and programs. Justin Brown, one of the FabLearn Fellows, discussed how the InventTeams program works in his high school in Hawaii. It was an interesting conversation, as we discussed the similarities between “maker” and invention programs in schools, how to gain support from students, parents, teachers, and administration, fundraising, and encouraging students to believe that they can invent things.
Meaningful Making is a podcast that unpacks the world of maker education - brought to you by the FabLearn Fellows. FabLearn promotes hands-on, minds-on education for the modern world, with an eye towards global equity and sense-making.
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