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Invent to Learn at BCE

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Key ideas from Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager's Invent to Learn workshop, presented at Brisbane Catholic Education (South Centre) in August, 2013.

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Invent to Learn

Tinker to teach
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Transforming classrooms

with maker spaces
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kids

have always made stuff
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technology

what we add today, is...
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that excites them

everything kids make
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the classroom

is made outside
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making things is better

than being passive
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good things

but making
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good things

but making
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Better!

is even
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drives us to hire a pro

a consumer-based society
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encourages

the D.I.Y. maker revolution
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...the ability to fix things 

ourselves
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THE ETHOS OF

schools must build on
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yourself

doing it
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& helplessness

consumerism
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infanticising of culture

manifests itself in the
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...encourage

apprenticeship experiences
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expertise

schools need to invite
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the classroom

from outside
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construction

begin with cardboard
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making

include 
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tinkering

and
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engineering

and
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classroom

in your
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to work together

encourage families
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together

to make things
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game changers

there are 3
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fabrication

#1
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& 3D Printers

laser cutters 
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PHYSICALLY INVOLVED

enable us to be 
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that are real

in making things
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of thinking

the real labour 
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design

is in the
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physical computing

#2
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circuit boards

cheap, programmable
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interactive machines

allow kids to build
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programming

#3
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to think

is a way
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personal empowerment

teaching programming skills enables
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agency over a computer

& unlocks
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revolution

the arduino
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popular science

combines
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technology

with
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of ideas

...a convergence
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craft traditions

& a renewed interest in
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classrooms

we need to transform
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CHILDLIKE PLACES

into
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with learning

where kids can fall in love
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schools will lose

in the not-too-distant future,
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kids' time

the monopoly on
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enjoy

that they currently
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viable in the future

the things that will make schools
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that are cut

are the first things
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its 8th year

maker faire is in
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learning

It's a celebration of
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design, making

through tinkering, 
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& learning from others

sharing ideas
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a remarkable

young people have
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intensity

capacity for
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as boredom

that often manifests itself
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behaviour

or poor
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as competent

we don't think of kids
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absolutely!

but they are.
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artificial boundaries

makerspaces blur the
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subjects

between 
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the distinction

they obliterate
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academic

between 
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education

and vocational
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curriculum

the spiral 
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failure

is an admission of
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democratise

schools can
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expertise

access to
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...cheating?

...is using wolfram alpha
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wearing glasses

then so is
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schools

can be places
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find out

to
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you didn't know

about things
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loved

you already
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only place

school is the
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equals...

where anything
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?

anything else
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easy to do

if you make simple things
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complexity

then you make
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possible

...
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classroom

you can have a
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childlike & playful

that is
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of curriculum

and still meet the requirements
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are justified

rich classroom activities
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Thank You both!

Gary Stager & Sylvia Martinez, 'invent to Learn' gurus
Thanks to Brisbane Catholic Education for the opportunity to attend "Invent to Learn".

Thanks to Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez for a most inspiring and practical workshop.

Apologies to Gary and Sylvia if I have misquoted them, and for any omissions. This Deck is merely a summary of what, for me, were the most significant and inspiring ideas from their presentation (in 90 slides or less).

For more information and a host of resources, please see Gary and Sylvia's Invent to Learn website:

www.inventtolearn.com

Maria Mead