PolyU Design I MAKE Initiative
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This is for promoting the I MAKE initiative from PolyU Design (School of Design, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University) to local teachers. This initiative is aiming at promoting the importance of making and the maker culture to students, parents and teachers in local primary and secondary schools. This is relevant to teaches from the following subjects/disciplines: visual arts, design and technology, information technology, science and mathematics.
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PolyU Design I MAKE Initiative
- 2. I MAKE • An initiative by PolyU Design for promoting the importance of making and the maker culture to general public • Plan • Competition, summer courses, summer workshops • Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015 • Schools’ engagement activities on make and design after the Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015, leading to Maker Faire Hong Kong 2016
- 3. Why PolyU Design? • “Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.” • “… design … makes ideas tangible, it [design] takes abstract thoughts and inspirations and makes something concrete.” • Designers think through making • Making is not just about production or fabrication, but also involve creativity, critical thinking, self‐learning, exploration and experimentation and more, which helps to develop life‐long learning skills (Herbert Simon, 1981, as cited by John Hesket, 2009) (Mat Hunter, 2014)
- 4. Maker Faire • A family‐friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness • For makers to gather, show what they have made and share what they have learned • Part of science fair, part of fun fair • First launch in Bay Area, USA, in 2006 • In 2014, 119 independently‐produced Mini and 14 Featured Maker Faires around the world, including Tokyo, Rome, Detroit, Oslo and Shenzhen • 215,000 people attended the two flagship Maker Faires in the Bay Area and New York in 2014 • Promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) education
- 8. 手毬 Temari (Fabrics) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18‐19 Oct 2014)
- 13. UpCycling (Aluminum Can) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18‐19 Oct 2014)
- 19. Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18‐19 Oct 2014) Hand Prosthetics (3D printed materials)
- 23. Personalized Motorized Mobility Devices (Electro‐Mechanical System) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18‐19 Oct 2014) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2012, PolyU (11 Aug 2012)
- 25. Bluetooth Low Energy (Electronics + IT) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18‐19 Oct 2014)
- 26. Urban Farming (Plant) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2014, JCIT, PolyU (18‐19 Oct 2014) Hong Kong Mini MakerFaire 2013, PolyU (17 Aug 2013)
- 28. Who are makers? • Those who make things • Not just production or fabrication, but also apply critical thinking and problem solving skills • Explore materials, tools, processes • Learn, create, share • Do‐it‐yourself (DIY) with others • Not just local communities in old days, but through Internet to collaborate with people around the world • We are all makers
- 29. Who are makers? • Some create enabling technologies • Some use technologies creatively • Some do both • They are • Hobbyists • Entrepreneurs • Inventors • Educators • Artists • ….
- 33. Attributes developed through Making • Tinkering, hacking • Learning • Exploring • Experimenting • Hands‐on approach in learning by doing • Cross‐disciplinarity • Learn through peer and community • Collaboration • Skills, craftsmanship, patience • Sharing to community
- 35. I MAKE Initiative • URL: i‐make.world • “I make with the world.” • Goal: • Promote maker culture in Hong Kong • Raise awareness from students, parents and teachers on making as a mean to develop life‐long learning skills
- 36. Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015 • 26, 27 Sep 2015 in PolyU Campus + JCIT • Expect to have at least 200 exhibits and 20000 visitors • Workshops on 26 ‐ 28/9, 1/10, 3 ‐ 4/10 • First ever Maker Faire in Hong Kong • We would like to get as many students and teachers to participate as possible, especially those with interesting works to show‐and‐tell • Teachers from • Visual Arts • Design and Technology • Information Technology • Science • Mathematics
- 38. Some Categories of Makers Electronics Planting Robotics (e.g. hexapod, biped, …) Farming UAV (e.g. quadcropter) Personalized Motorized Mobility Device RC model (e.g. racing car, plane, helicopter) Sports Construction toys/systems Modeling Toys and play Recycling/upcycling 3D printing/additive manufacturing Craft (metal, glass, ceramics, clothes) Digital fabrication (CNC, Miller, laser cut) Printing
- 42. Schools’ Engagement Activities • I MAKE Typographic Design Competition • Summer Maker School • Hebocon pre‐competition workshop • Workshop on Kinetic Origami
- 44. I MAKE Typographic design competition • What is your interpretation of “I MAKE”? • How does your design concept communicate your interpretation? • Must have real objects in it – found, made, natural, … • We are looking for creative design which surprises us • It can be static as well as animated • http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/en/event/typographic‐design‐ competition
- 46. Teams • Those in primary or secondary schools, or International schools • At most 3 students and one teacher (as advisor) • In the following categories • P1 to P6 or Grade 1 to 6 • S1 to S3 or Grade 7 to 9 • S4 to S6 or Grade 10 to 12
- 47. Judging • Selection criteria • Interpretation • Concept • Aesthetics • Use of materials • Process • Recognitions: • Trophy for Gold, Silver, Bronze, Merit • Display in Exhibition during Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015 • Display on i‐make.world web site
- 48. Timeline • Announcement: 2 May 2015 (today) • Team registration deadline: 31 May 2015 • Submission deadline: 15 Aug 2015 • Announcement of winners: 14 Sep 2015 • Half‐day “Creative Thinking BootCamp” for first 60 registered teams by early July
- 50. Summer Maker School • Goal: • Instill culture of making in students in secondary schools so that they can be better life‐long learners and better designers • How: • Five workshops (courses) for students to learn skills and knowledge to manipulate physical materials in creating different types of designed objects: • Animation, board games, story books, interactive train set • Maintain process book • Outcome: • Exhibition of designed objects and process books in Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015 • http://www.sd.polyu.edu.hk/en/education/summer‐maker‐school
- 56. Schools’ Participations • Submit proposal as exhibitor in Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015 • Exhibitor fee will be waived • May be from one school, may be from more than one schools • May be excellent works from DAT and VA students’ work in SBA? • Other creative works from students and teachers? • Offer hands‐on workshops for visitors • Fee can be charged to cover material costs • Each workshop run for 1hr to 3hr, with at most 20 participants • Do expect kids and families • Contact: mccliff@polyu.edu.hk
- 59. • Hong Kong Polytechnic University • 27 June 2015, 1pm • N114 – N116
- 60. Pre‐competition Workshop • Pre‐competition workshop for Hebocon in Maker Faire Hong Kong 2015 • Let students work on robot with simple electro‐mechanical design • To be announced later through i‐make.world
- 62. Kinetic Origami • Origami with motion • Combine origami with mechanical and/or electronics • To be announced later through i‐make.world
- 64. Thanks
- 65. References • Heskett, J. (2009). Creating Economic Value by Design. International Journal of Design, v3, n1. Retrieved from: http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/article/view/477/243 • Hunter, M (2014) What is Design and Why it matters? Retrieved on 5 May 2015 from http://www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/uk‐creative‐overview/news‐and‐ views/view‐what‐is‐design‐and‐why‐it‐matters • Kolb, A., Kolb, D. (2005, May 15) The Kolb Learning Style Inventory – Version 3.1 2005 Technical Specifications. Retrieved from http://learningfromexperience.com/media/2010/08/tech_spec_lsi.pdf