Presentation from a workshop at the Episcopal Academy Innovation in Teaching 2015 conference in Philadelphia, PA. The workshop's goal was to provide participants with an introductory MakerEd experience that showcased learning content through tinkering.

1. Jim Tiffin Jr. - @JimTiffinJr
Mount Vernon Presbyterian School
EA Innovates – Episcopal Academy
July 13 - 16, 2015
ImageCredit:“Magnet”,JohnKeoghviaFlickr,CCBY-NC2.0

2. Timeslot Plan
Overview of the next 60+ minutes maker-
centered learning time with each other…
• Philosophies
• Discoveries
• “Builderies”

3. (Some of) My Goals for
Maker-centered Learning
• Develop innovative habits of mind…
• Promote agency…
• Create opportunities for collaboration
and idea exchanges…
• Become a contributing learner, not just a
consuming learner…

4. Why Tinker?
“Tinkering is a mindset – a playful way to
approach and solve problems through
direct experience, experimentation, and
discovery.”
Sylvia Martinez & Gary Stager
Invent to Learn

5. Why Tinker?
“Tinkering is a mindset – a playful way to
approach and solve problems through
direct experience, experimentation, and
discovery.”

6. Why Tinker?
“Tinkering is a mindset – a playful way to
approach and solve problems through
direct experience, experimentation, and
discovery.”

7. Why Tinker?
“Tinkering is a mindset – a playful way to
approach and solve problems through
direct experience, experimentation, and
discovery.”

8. Why Tinker?
“Tinkering is a mindset – a playful way to
approach and solve problems through
direct experience, experimentation, and
discovery.”

9. Why Make?
To Learn
Content
To Learn
to Learn
To Show
Learning

10. Why Make?
To Learn
Content
To Learn
to Learn
To Show
Learning

11. Less Me, More You
Exploring some of our components for
today…

12. Tinker Time
What behaviors of these magnets
can you discover?

13. A Prompt for You
“Create a levitation scene using
magnets.”

14. Debriefing
What other
points can
you raise?
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