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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.

  1. 05/19/2020

    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.

    50 min

  2. 05/19/2020

    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.

    56 min

  3. 05/09/2020

    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.

    1h 10m

  4. 05/01/2020

    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

    1h 4m

  5. 04/17/2020

    Episode 11: Tony Perry of the Lehmlson-MIT Invention Education program

    Originally recorded on November 17, 2017, We are pleased to share a webinar with guest Tony Perry, Invention Education Coordinator at the Lemelson-MIT Program that celebrates outstanding inventors and inspires young people to pursue creative lives and careers through invention.

    58 min
  6. Episode 10: Heather Pang on History at Home

    04/09/2020

    Episode 10: Heather Pang on History at Home

    Heather Pang, history teacher at the Castilleja School (Ca) discusses the ah-ha moments of remote learning, including how to teach concepts when homes have varied access to art supplies.

    33 min
  7. Episode 9: Webinar with Gary Stager Part 3

    06/23/2017

    Episode 9: Webinar with Gary Stager Part 3

    In this last installment, we’ll discuss What it means to prepare students for the real world, how learning is not necessarily the result of having been taught and when it’s good to give instructions. Gary Stager is one of the world’s leading experts on and advocates for computer programming, robotics and learning-by-doing in classrooms. He worked closely with Seymour Papert on a number of projects. He led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. He is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators. He and our very own Sylvia Martinez are the authors of Invent to Learn.

    22 min
  8. Episode 8: Webinar with Gary Stager Part 2

    06/23/2017

    Episode 8: Webinar with Gary Stager Part 2

    In this second installment of three, you’ll join Stager in a discussion with the FabLearn Fellow about the difference between instructionism and constructionism, the importance of instilling students’ pride in their work, and whether tis nobler to document or not to document. Gary Stager is one of the world’s leading experts on and advocates for computer programming, robotics and learning-by-doing in classrooms. He worked closely with Seymour Papert on a number of projects. He led professional development in the world’s first laptop schools and played a major role in the early days of online education. He is the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute for educators. He and our very own Sylvia Martinez are the authors of Invent to Learn.

    49 min
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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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  • Creator
    Fab Learn
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2020
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
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