Slides covering all my maker tips and ideas to help educators and students.

2. Session begins
Write your name on a
Piece of paper along
With your email!
Put your name on the paper!!

3. Aaron Maurer
@coffeechugbooks
coffeeforthebrain.com/

4. MakeGeeking
Hacks and Tricks

5. Discover the ideas right
before your eyes

7. You may look at something every single day, but you never
really "see" it.
Let's put that hypothesis to the test, shall we?
Given this all-black Google logo, determine which color
should fill in each letter.

9. I have one personal goal…….

10. To not feel like this about this session…….

11. But to feel like this!

12. Goals
• Learn some things you can use TOMORROW!
• Less THEORY and More REALITY
• Enhance prior learning
• Understand importance of tinkering
• Infuse years of nerdy wisdom
• Have fun!

13. Criteria
• Cheap
• Applicable to any learning space
• Quick and easy
• Follow Up Support
• Stupid DUH!
• Have fun!

15. –JAKE THE DOG
“DUDE, SUCKIN’ AT SOMETHING IS
THE FIRST STEP TO BEING
KINDA GOOD AT
SOMETHING.”

17. S T E A M
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math

18. STEAM is really dancing
between the disciplines

20. TECHNOLOGY
HUMANITY
PEDAGOGY
SWEET SPOT

22. We express
who we are through what
we make.

28. Are we creating
learning artifacts that
parents would be
ashamed of throwing
away if they were
caught?

29. Not About The Tools
“Our greatest invention in the past 200 years
was not a particular gadget or tool but the
invention of the scientific process itself.”
Kevin Kelly

34. Remember
It is not about the tools, but creating the space to
enable making and discovery.

35. Organization

39. Dot Stickers
• Green = use and keep
• Yellow = use and return
• Red = adult supervision

80. Sample Board

81. Anchor Charts for Making!

84. Mathematical Tables
Different Sizes for Different Configurations

85. Planning for Making

86. First Aid Kit
Do you know where you materials are?

87. Safety Glasses

88. 2 types of
people who
solder
1. Those that have
burned themselves
2. Those that will

89. 2 types of
people who
use hot glue
1. Those that have
burned themselves
2. Those that will

90. How NOT to test if hot glue has cooled down
Never use finger, it hasn’t!

91. Proper Attire
Hair, loose items, anything that could be an issue!

92. Richard Feynman
Mock Teach for Mastery

93. Kenny Rogers Logic
You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em
Know when to walk away and know when to run

94. Kenny Rogers Logic
The extent in which you don’t want to stop working on a project with
frustration is directly proportional to the time in which you need to do so!

95. 10% Order Rule

96. Time
Quote It And Double It

97. Pick 2
•It can be built well
•It can be built quickly
•It can be built cheaply

98. PROTOTYPE
• LOOKS LIKE PROTOTYPE
• WORKS LIKE PROTOTYPE

103. Making

108. Sand Cardboard
300 grit or higher

113. Spray Paint
10-12 inches away
Sweep horizontally
Overlap slightly
Go beyond object

120. Hot Glue as Electronics Insulator

124. General Reminders

130. WD-40 or Duct Tape
If it moves and shouldn’t = duct tape
If it does not move and should = WD-40

132. Action Goal
Write down one thing you plan to experiment with
between now and September