21st Century Notebooking is a STEM and STEAM-learning program that combines electronics with journals and sketchbooks, turning the traditional notebook into a tool for prototyping. It’s based on the techniques and affordances of paper circuitry and offers a low-cost platform for exploring technical and expressive expertise, systems thinking and trouble-shooting. 21st Century Notebooking is especially useful for introducing a tinkering mindset and the fundamentals of electronics hand-in-hand with the many literacies and design principles connected with writing, reflection and production-centered learning. www.nexmap.org/21c-notebooking-io/ www.cv2.co

1. "Ten years ago, building something as
simple as a networked thermometer
required some understanding of electrical
engineering. Now it’s a Saturday-afternoon
project for a beginner.”
Jon Bruner, O’Reilly Radar
Dec 10, 2014

2. 21st Century Notebooking
(re)imagining literacy and hands-on learning

3. 21st Century Notebooking combines electronics with journals
and sketchbooks, turning the traditional notebook into a tool
for prototyping.
It’s based on the techniques and affordances of paper circuitry
and offers a low-cost platform for exploring technical and
expressive expertise, systems thinking, and trouble-shooting.
21st Century Notebooking is especially useful for introducing a
tinkering mindset and the fundamentals of electronics hand-in-
hand with the interdisciplinary literacies and design principles
connected with STEM, STEAM, and production-centered
learning.

4. TRADITIONS & INNOVATIONS

5. Writer’s Notebook
JK Rowling

6. Artist’s Notebook
Freda Kahlo

7. Engineer’s Notebook
Leonardo Da Vinci

8. Lab Notebook
Chad Orzel

9. NEW LITERACIES

10. Spark Core
Wifi dev board for
connected projects and
prototypes
Other Mill
Personal CNC Milling
Machine
Chibitronics
Circuit Stickers: “solder-free,
peel-and-stick electronic
modules for crafting circuits”
ELECTRONICS
and DIGITAL as
MATERIAL

11. What if your notebook
had a lightbulb
moment?
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12. Hands-on Learning
Creative Play and Experimentation

13. Systems Thinking
Design Principles

14. Collaborative
Participatory

15. Physical / Digital
Production-centered

17. Inside Out and CV2 are working with Circuit Stickers from
Chibitronics.com (“solder-free, peel and stick electronic
modules for crafting circuits,” developed by Jie Qi, a MIT
Media Lab doctoral candidate and her manufacturing
partner, Andrew “Bunnie” Huang) and low-cost hardware,
such as the ATtiny85 microcontroller andAdafruit’s Trinket,
to explore embedded electronics and introductory
fabrication as a framework for personalized learning and
production. CLICK TO VIEW CIRCUIT STICKERS
ON CHIBITRONICS.COM

18. 3rd Grader, San
Francisco
Public Library
STEAM Coordinator
for Santa Clara
County of Education
Bay Area
Teacher Training
Workshop
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VIEW VIMEO FILES

20. The “Hack Your Notebook” series is used in workshops,
conferences, and public presentations with educators
exploring instructional practices and pedagogies which
support introductory electronics and the intersection of art
and science in the classroom and out-of-school learning
programs.
Participants complete a project in their notebooks,
experiencing the process and steps learners go through when
working with electronics-as-material in an open-ended design
prompt or challenge.

22. • Develop open-source
experimental kits
• small number of exemplary projects that
provide materials and guidance
• allow for individual creative freedom and diverse talents to be
exploited in the design and construction of authentic problem-
based projects
• Develop projects whose performance results in organic,
objective, authentic assessment of a student’s technical
competence and teamwork skills.
- Focus Area 3 DARPA Manufacturing
Experimentation and Outreach Two (MENTOR2)

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24. Tidal Notebook
• Prototype
• Open Data
• Interest-driven
• Pulls real-time tidal
information from
NOAA.gov into the
notebook
• Data viz in real-time
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25. • Connected Device
• Hardware/Software
• Design for X – a model for an interest-driven learning project
• Built with a cell phone battery and a Spark Core, an ARM Cortex
M3 Chip w/Wifi dev board

26. Circuit diagram by CS instructor and NEXMAP
collaborator, Natalie Freed, @eilatann

27. Studio Thinking
8 Studio Habits of Mind*
• Stretch and Explore
• Express
• Develop Craft
• Envision
• Understand Community
• Observe
• Engage and Persist
• Reflect
*Project Zero, HGSE
21st Century Skills
• College and Career Ready
• Common Core – Math/ELA
• 4 Cs: Critical Thinking,
Collaboration,
Communication, Creativity
Practices of Science
and Engineering
Next Generation Science Standards
• Asking questions (for science) and
defining problems (for engineering)
• Developing and using models
• Planning and carrying out investigations
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Using mathematics and computational
thinking
• Constructing explanations (for science)
and designing solutions (for engineering)
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Obtaining, evaluating, and
communicating information

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G+ COMMUNITY

35. Museums
and
Science
Centers
Libraries
After-
School, at-
home
School
Districts

36. • 350 educators
• 400 youth
• Pre-service Teachers
• Museums Programs and
Professionals
• Libraries
• Schools
• Summer Camp
• Webinars
• STEAM-learning Professional
Development with SFUSD educators
• National Writing Project Annual Meeting
• Educator Innovator: Hangout on Air
with Jie Qi
• Prototyping with the ATtiny85, Workshop
with CA Writing Project Lead Teachers
• Public Talk @ SWISSNEX, San Francisco
• Sessions @ MacArthur’s DML2014,
Boston, MA
• Teacher Training with Everett Public
Schools, Everett WA – WA State’s 1st K-12
STEM district
• Pre-service Teacher Professional
Development San Francisco State, Science
& Art instructors
• JFK University Museum Studies Workshop
• San Jose Public Library Maker Night
• Mountain View Public Library STEAM-
Learning Day
• The Tech Museum, Hack Your Notebook
for Parents and families

37. • 350 educators
• 400 youth
• Pre-service Teachers
• Museums Programs and
Professionals
• Libraries
• Schools
• Summer Camp
• Webinars
• NWP’s NSF Intersection Grant, Cohort #2:
Science Education and Literacy: ASTC
Science Centers & their local Writing
Project sites
• Denver Writing Project’s Tech Matters
Workshop
• Hack Your Notebook Day, 7/9/14 with
Educator Innovator, National Writing
Project, Mozilla Foundation
• Bay Area Writing Project PD: Hack Your
Notebook
• Girl Scout Summmer Camp, Novato, CA
• San Francisco Public Library Paper
Circuitry Workshop with Teen Mentors
• Session for “The Digital Shift: Libraries at
the Center,” online conference
• Edcamp Bay Area
• Pursuitery.com webinar with Howard
Rheingold
• NCTE, Hacking the Notebook in the
Classroom
• MUSE (Multicultural Urban Secondary Ed)
at UC Berkeley

38. NEXT STEPS
Connecting with Educator Networks
• Training and Curriculum
Collaborating with Research Partners
• Prototyping and Design
Workshops and Webinars
• Hands-on learning, demonstrations, outreach

39. Contact:
info@nexmap.org
@sfnexmap

40. Contact:
david@cv2.co
@dmcole_