The document discusses the Fessy iLab, a makerspace at The Fessenden School. It provides statistics on how the iLab is used, with over 300 students participating in class projects and over 130 students enrolled in elective courses. The iLab aims to help students achieve academic goals like problem solving, effective communication, and creativity. It is integrated with classroom work and curriculum. The iLab encourages failing forward and sees learning as applied, integrated, and alternatively assessed hands-on experiences.
6. “The aim is to unleash teachers -- and their
students -- to design learning experiences that
are applied, integrated, situated, expeditionary,
and alternatively assessed.”
- Rob Riordan
President HTH Graduate School of Education
Author: Schooling for the Real World: The Essential Guide to Rigorous and Relevant Learning
10. The Fessy iLab is:
● a resource to help us achieve our academic goals*
● rooted in overarching curricular objectives
● seamlessly integrated with classroom work
● working in tandem with the library to enhance learning
● a space where “failing forward” is encouraged
● a magnet and beacon for 21st century learning
iLab Mission & Vision
11. Guiding the curriculum are six common goals for students to achieve:
● think analytically and problem solve.
● communicate effectively in writing and speech.
● gain, apply and synthesize knowledge.
● build the foundation for future learning and education.
● develop the capacity for creativity and innovation.
● work cooperatively with others.
*Academic Goals
12. iLab by the Numbers
Other
QED/EDP
(80 Students)
Tech
Electives
(136 Students)
Class
Projects
(312 Students)
13. iLab Classroom Projects
Lower
● 4H - Collaboration Indicators
● 2B & 2H - Float Your Boat
● 3H & 3O - Interactive Trees
● 4A - Historical Documentaries
● (Science Bob!)
95 students
Middle
● Banister - River Models & Bird’s
the Word
● O’Hara - Timeline Project
● Pepi/Beatty - Create a Country &
Bizarre Bazaar
● Paine - Latin Games
● Sanborn - Operation & Robotics
● Tejada - Green Screen Music
Videos
● Brophy - Make Something That
Makes Art
130 Students
Upper
● Belin - Imagining Boston 2024
● Morrissey - Dharavi Reimagined
● Singleton/Boudreau - Fedex
Challenge
● Stirling - Solder Something
● Johnson - Design Your Own
Puzzle
● Cincotta - City of the Future
85 Students
18. Authentic Learning
“Students engaged in direct
experience with materials,
unforeseen obstacles, and
serendipitous discoveries may result
in understanding never anticipated by
the teacher.”
- Sylvia Libow Martinez:
Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom