At Constructing Modern Knowledge, we take the concept of the learning environment as the “3rd teacher” seriously.
That’s why participants in our summer institute, this July 9-12 in Manchester, NH will find all sorts of rich objects to think with and whimsical tschockes to ignite your imagination.
Here are just a few of the things you might find in the classroom of the world’s premiere project-based learning event:
- Personal laptop computers
- Mountains of LEGO
A variety of arts and craft supplies- Marshmallows
- LEGO robotics construction materials: LEGO WeDo, LEGO RCX, LEGO NxT (maybe even LEGO EVO)
- PicoCricket robotics materials
- A reception at the world famous MIT Media Lab
- Dale Dougherty, founder/publisher of Make Make Magazine and founder of Maker Faire
- A variety of Arduino microcontrollers
Lilypad Arduino wearable computing kids, that now sing!- Flora wearable computing kits (new), complete with GPS
ModK.it- A 3D printer
- A floor turtle based on Arduino
- Dozens and dozens and dozens of books
- A Wiffle bat
- MicroWorlds EX Robotics
- Scratch
- The Tech4Learning Creativity software suite
- Wacom drawing tablets
Big Trak- Legendary MacArthur Genius Award-winning educator, Deborah Meier
- Famed science educator Eleanor Duckworth
- MIDI keyboards
- Music composition software
- Littlebits snap-together electronics components
- Remote control tarantula
- Video cameras
- Still cameras
- Lots of surprises
- The first and longest-serving 1:1 teacher in the world
- Sugru air-curing rubber
- A composer, inventor and professor who just composed a symphony for the city of Toronto
- Tripods
- Thermal color-changing putty
- LEDS in all shapes and sizes
- Secret ice cream
The father of artificial intelligence, Dr. Marvin Minsky- Remote control helicopter
- Microphones
- Sifteo digital building blocks
- Headphones
- Little plastic army men
- Balls
- MakeDo construction kits
- Rolobox reusable wheels for cardboard box creations
- A complete collection of silent films by Georges Méliès
A library of Reggio Emilia books and videos- Animation software
- The godmother of project-based learning
- Turtle Art
- A bubble machine
- Gumballs
- A gun that fires marshmallows
- Strange toys
- Balloons
- The woman who was one of Logo’s three inventors in 1968
- Lots of batteries
The inventor of wearable computing construction kits- Electronics components
- iPads
- Soldering irons and solder
- An amazing faculty who will work with you on personally meaningful projects
- Several longtime colleagues of Seymour Papert
- The computer scientist and designer responsible for most versions of Logo, LogoWriter, LEGO TC logo, Turtle Art, MicroWorlds and the software sensation of Soviet bloc countries, The Phantom Fishtank
- Minor league baseball fans
- Late night pie afficionados
Fun- Dozens of colleagues and collaborators learning their tushees off
- A more expansive view of the role of computers in education
- Memories to last a lifetime
