Upcoming Opportunities to Tinker and Learn Together
This is a busy and exciting Fall for the Facilitating Computational Tinkering team. We’re looking forward to sharing and learning at these upcoming events, maybe we’ll see some of you there!
Oct 7 - 11 FabLearn / Constructionism
WORKSHOP: We are thrilled to host a hands-on tinkering workshop for educators on Sunday, October 8, featuring a new mobile app bridging creative coding and physical tinkering! There are still a few spots open in this workshop: "Tinker with a View: Share your story with code and cardboard using OctoStudio" https://tinyurl.com/46zn964a
SYMPOSIUM: On Monday, October 9 we are hosting a symposium:
"Facilitating Computational Tinkering: Exploratory and Expansive Collaborative Design Work with Informal Learning Educators". During the symposium, we'll highlight how we've developed computational tinkering activities, our research on equitable facilitation practices, and our collaborative R&D process across the different project partners in informal learning settings.POSTER: Stop by the poster session on Sunday, October 8 and check out our poster: “Stories and STEM: Designing for Relationship Building and Meaningful Forms of Expression in a Family Computing Workshop”
Oct 7 - 10 Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)
WORKSHOP: On Friday, October 6 we are hosting a pre-conference workshop: “Tinkering Together: Engaging Diverse Youth and Families in Creating with Code”.
WORKSHOP: On Monday, October 9th, we are hosting a workshop in collaboration with the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and Da Vinci Science Center called “Raise Your Art Rate! Aesthetics, Science, and Wonder in Formal and Informal Learning Settings.”
Oct 26 - 28 October Connected Learning Summit (online)
SHOWCASE: On Thursday, October 26 (12:30 - 1:30 PDT) in the “Connected Educators” spotlight session featuring our contribution “What Equity Means to Me: Sharing a Zine for Educators to Reflect on their Equity Work in Practice” we will share and discuss our “equity zine”.
SHOWCASE: On Thursday, October 26 (12:30-1:30 PDT) in the “Coding and Computational Thinking” spotlight session featuring our contribution “Moving forward together: A multi-organizational and layered effort to support equity in and through the facilitation of computational tinkering" we will unpack the collaborative processes we’ve engaged in throughout this project.
WORKSHOP: On Friday, October 27 we’ll host a workshop: “Exploring with OctoStudio: A Playful New Way to Support Creative Learning Anytime Anywhere”
WORKSHOP: On Friday, October 27 we’ll host a workshop: “Bring a Book to Life: Equitable Facilitation Strategies through Tinkering"