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.
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.
19 May 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.
9 May 2020
Episode 13: What is AI – Educator Edition with Stefania Druga
Our expert guest is Stefania Druga, whose research on AI education can inform educators in all subjects and grade levels.AI is a “hot topic” in education, but not well understood. In this webinar, Stefania will help us separate the hype from the true educational value of AI now and in the future, and point to resources that educators can use today. Stefania will also share her research and insight on how children view AI, smart toys, and other intelligent agents that are increasingly common in their lives.
This webinar concluded on Friday, May 24th 9AM -10AM PDT.
1 May 2020
Episode 12: Assessment Strategies for Maker Courses
Originally recorded on May 5, 2018, 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.
17 Apr 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.
9 Apr 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.
23 Jun 2017
Episode 9: Webinar with Gary Stager Part 3
Gary Stager dives deep into Maker Education with the FabLearn fellows in the third and last installment of a three part series.
23 Jun 2017
Episode 8: Webinar with Gary Stager Part 2
Gary Stager dives deep into Maker Education with the FabLearn fellows in the second installment of a three part series.
22 Jun 2017
Episode 7: Webinar with Gary Stager Part 1
Gary Stager dives deep into Maker Education with the FabLearn fellows in the first installment of a three part series.
9 Jun 2017
Episode 6: Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn
Sam is joined by Tracy Rudzitis (2014 FabLearn Fellow) and chats with Betty Elias (UMass Dartmouth), Tyla Smart (University of New Hampshire), and Naeem Wilson (UMass Dartmouth) from Learn 2 Teach, Teach 2 Learn about their experience as college mentors , designing making experiences for youth of color in Boston.
31 May 2017
Episode 5: From East Palo Alto to Kigali, Rwanda
Sam talks to Nico Janik and Alphonse Habyarimana about creative capacity-building, fidget spinners, and designing professional development opportunities for maker-educators
12 May 2017
Episode 4: The 3Cs of Maker Education (Part 2)
This is the first of two webinars where we explore the three Cs that underline maker pedagogy, which are constructionism, constructivism and critical pedagogy. In this webinar, the FabLearn Director Paulo Blikstein sits down with a group of the FabLearn Fellows and the Principal Advisor Sylvia Martinez to delve deep into the 3Cs.
5 May 2017
Episode 3: The Three Cs of Maker Education
In this episode, we share webinar where we discussed a paper by the late and great Edith Ackerman called Constructing Knowledge and Transforming the World. This is the first of two webinars where we explore the three Cs that underline maker pedagogy, which are constructionism, constructivism and critical pedagogy.
20 Mar 2017
Episode 2 - Making in Younger Classrooms
Sam, Daniel, and Andrew invite Angie O'Malley, David Hann, and Sarah Emerson to take over the podcast and talk about designing hands-on projects with accessibility and integration in mind.
23 Feb 2017
Episode 1 - Design Make Teach
Josh Ajima (Virginia, USA) joins Daniel and Sam to talk about ways of scaling up maker education, diversity in digital fabrication, and ways to design a makerspace from scratch.
13 Jan 2017
Episode 0 - Computer As Material
Andrew Carle, Daniel Schermele, and Sam Phillips discuss Seymour Papert's seminal essay COMPUTER AS MATERIAL in this podcast pilot.
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