garystager on August 8th, 2008
Scott Floyd shares a terrific learning story about one project at Constructing Modern Knowledge in his blog,
Drowning in Rice and Other Deep Subjects From CMK 08.
Paul Wood and I visited the MIT Museum on Sunday with Gary Stager. Among the things we found were some truly awesome feats of engineering from Arthur Ganson. An incredible thinker and visionary himself, Ganson had multitudes of examples of his “tinkering” on display. When you look at these items of work, you might wonder why someone would spend so much time creating these little glorified table decorations. Some might say, “Why?” I say, “Why not?”
Scott’s blog is is well worth reading and watching!
garystager on August 7th, 2008
New York City educator Michael Steinberg made a film documenting my recent Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute. I think he did an admirable job capturing the spirit of CMK08, the collaborations between participants and the learning environment we created.
The quality of Michael’s effort is especially laudable since he shot and edited the video before the end of the four day event.
Enjoy!
garystager on July 25th, 2008
Fred Martin’s Art of LEGO
Fred Martin, the engineer behind the RCX brick, wrote a terrific paper explaining LEGO engineering principles.
The Art of LEGO 2
MIT Media Lab graduate students, Arnan (Roger) Sipitakiat, Paulo Blikstein and Rahul Bhargava created a handy color collection of strategies for assembling LEGO elements.
MicroWorlds EX Robotics downloadable reference handout.
Great LEGO Challenges
Here is a collection of 13 challenges sure to inspire classroom creativity.
25 Things to Do With LEGO Robotics
A timeless list of project ideas.
Gary Stager’s LEGO Robotics web page
New Workshop!
Improvisational Robotics - Authentic Opportunities for the Construction of Knowledge
LEGO Robotics offers students a high-tech high-touch improvisational medium for interdisciplinary learning. An ability to identify rich problems is required to engage learners of all ages. We will explore different approaches to bringing the curriculum alive through an improvisational approach to robotics. The new MicroWorlds EX Robotics software will be used to create interdisciplinary projects that combine the real world with the screen.
Click here for more workshop information.
