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Tinkering to the Moon!

Tinkering to the Moon!

Ryan JenkinsJune 16, 2019moon, chabot, light play, microbit, faces in the moon, shadows, prototypes, R&D, research and development, half baked ideas

Experimental Workshops at Maker Faire 2019

Experimental Workshops at Maker Faire 2019

Ryan JenkinsJune 12, 2019maker faire, MFBA19, strawbees, tinkering, programming, computational tinkeing, wind-up toys, toy take apart, GIANT workshop, poetic automata

Creative Coding PD: Crafting Computational Identities

Creative Coding PD: Crafting Computational Identities

Ryan JenkinsMay 14, 2019creative coding, professional development, CCPD, saskia leggett, leah buechley, microbit, sensor garden, digital nametags, processing, turtle art, computational tinkering, vinyl cutter, temporary tattoos, makey makey, scratch, chibitronics, installation, prototype

Wind-Up Toys Re-Imagined

Wind-Up Toys Re-Imagined

Ryan JenkinsApril 30, 2019toy dissection, take apart, wind up, toys, play, prototype, maker faire, workshop, 100 day project, remix, parts purposed complexities

Zines, Bubbles and Shaving Cream

Zines, Bubbles and Shaving Cream

Ryan JenkinsApril 17, 2019maker ed, launch party, zines, light walk, marie baeta, bubble machine, bubble robot, pustefix, paper marbling

RGB LED Chibichip Experiments

RGB LED Chibichip Experiments

Ryan JenkinsMarch 25, 2019chibitronics, chibichip, RGB, programming, computational tinkering, paper circuits, prototype, tinkering, k-fai steele, jie qi, love to code, nomad school, field trip

AI Toy Dissection Remix with Cognimates

AI Toy Dissection Remix with Cognimates

Ryan JenkinsMarch 21, 2019toy hack, toy dissection, toy take apart, cognimates, scratch, microbit, fablearn, prototype, bunny, tinkering, experiment

Hacking Toys at FabLearn 2019

Hacking Toys at FabLearn 2019

Ryan JenkinsMarch 19, 2019FabLearn, toy dissection, remix, computational tinkeing, tinkering, microbit, arduino, makecode, workshop, prototype

Eco-Friendly Circuits at FabLearn 2019

Eco-Friendly Circuits at FabLearn 2019

Ryan JenkinsMarch 13, 2019fablearn, microbit, scratch, computational tinkering, STEAM, workshop, prototyping, solar power, wind power

Photograms and Pinhole Camera Prototyping

Photograms and Pinhole Camera Prototyping

Ryan JenkinsMarch 5, 2019WICO workshop, WICO egg, makerspace, maker ed, photography, photograms, pinholes, modesto tamez, experiments, cardboard, prototype

Raspberry Pi Stop-Motion Animation Rig Instructable

Raspberry Pi Stop-Motion Animation Rig Instructable

Ryan JenkinsMarch 3, 2019stop motion, animation, raspberry pi, lodestar, lighthouse, woodworking, soldering, electronics, micro exhibit, instructable

Exploring Light and Shadow in the WICO Egg

Exploring Light and Shadow in the WICO Egg

Ryan JenkinsFebruary 26, 2019maker ed community studio, prototypes, environment, light play, light and shadow, microbit, motobit, servo motors, contraptions, photograms, pinhole camera, sebastian martin