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TINKERING
     WITH
INTENTION
CREATIVE LEARNING
           COMPUTERS AND
       MAKERSPACES


            MICHAEL SMITH-WELCH
WWW.MICHAELSMITHWELCH.NET
            MSW@MEDIA.MIT.EDU
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The tinker.




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I do not like the word tinkering.




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Does tinkering sound like a four letter word?




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The word for tinkering - in Dutch - is “froebelen.”




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Hij is een “froebelen.”*


                            *Rough translation: “He is just a tinkerer.”
This is a phrase artists and crafts people in Holland use to describe people who do not produce very
                         much or produce anything of good quality or of value.




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Tinkering as a learning process.




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PL ANNI NG                    T IN KE RI NG

Do it o nc e , do it right   I ter ate, it era te, i terate
        Ta rge te d                  O p en -en d ed
       Top down                       Bo tto m u p
 S ch ool c u rr iculum                F re e pl ay
  De s ig n t he n build        D es ig n a s yo u b u i ld




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Tinkering as a relationship with materials.




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Learning through making. Learning through materials.




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Tim Rollins:

“Art is political not so
much in its form or its
content but in the way
   that it is made.”




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Seymour Papert and
  constructionism:

“I am convinced that the
   best learning takes
 place when the learner
     takes charge.”




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Logo Programming
    Language




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Mitchel Resnick:

    “In today’s rapidly
 changing world, people
must continually come up
with creative solutions to
  unexpected problems.
Success is based not only
on what you know or how
 much you know, but on
 your ability to think and
      act creatively.”


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Froebel and the first
kindergarten - 1837




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Froebel’s Gifts




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Low Floor - Easy access to ideas and creating



 High Ceiling - Room for creating more complex ideas



Wide Walls - Space for developing a wide range of ideas
               in a variety of disciplines




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www.picocricket.com


Meet the PicoCricket


                                                                        Beamer
                                                               Send programs from your
                                                             computer to your PicoCricket.
 Motor & Motor Board            Display                                                               Resistance Sensor               Sound Sensor
                                                                                                  How much resistance is there    How loud is the sound?
 Make the motor move.       Display numbers.
                                                                                                   between the alligator clips?




                                                                                                        Touch Sensor                  Light Sensor
                                                                                                  When is the button touched?     How bright is the light?
   Colored Lights             Sound Box                              PicoCricket
  Light up any color.   Make a melody or rhythm.          Program it to control your creations.


                                                                                 d play
                                                   Plug in the parts, program, an




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Michael Smith-Welch
www.michaelsmithwelch.net
   msw@media.mit.edu

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