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Tinkering R&D Process: Focus on Kaleidoscopes

Tinkering R&D Process: Focus on Kaleidoscopes

Ryan JenkinsJuly 15, 2024Tinkering R&D, kaleidoscopes, process, prototyping, TIPs, community of practice, LEGO playful museum learning network, collective ideas, documentation, tinkering within reach, old ideas, feedback, blogs, slack, inefficientComment

Material Spotlight: Fidget Spinners

Material Spotlight: Fidget Spinners

Ryan JenkinsJuly 9, 2024materials spotlight, the tinkering workshop, bonus content, fidget spinners, kaleidoscopes, solar spinners

Multilayered Kaleidoscope Experiments

Multilayered Kaleidoscope Experiments

Ryan JenkinsMay 3, 2024workshop, PD workshop, deutches museum, kaleidoscope, kaleidoscopes, prototype

Tinkering Workshop at Deutsches Museum

Tinkering Workshop at Deutsches Museum

Ryan JenkinsMay 1, 2024workshop, deutsches museum, munich, light play, water automata, tinkering EU, scribbing machines, sculptures, kaleidoscopes, microbit, digital tinkering

Iterative Kaleidoscope Building Ideas

Iterative Kaleidoscope Building Ideas

Ryan JenkinsMarch 18, 2024kaleidoscopes, kaleidoscope, lego, lego pla, LEGO playful museum learning network, prototypes, prototyping process, mirrored cardstock, rubber bands, magnets

Making Kaleidoscopes More Collaborative

Making Kaleidoscopes More Collaborative

Ryan JenkinsJanuary 19, 2024kaleidoscopes, collaboration, tinkering inventive playsets, TIPs, LEGO playful museum learning network, tinkering studio, projector, raspberry pi, social scaffolding, webcam, toys, junk, remix, tinkertank, duck into a kaleidoscope, prototyping, activity design, activity development

2023 Year in Review

2023 Year in Review

Ryan JenkinsJanuary 4, 2024year in review, 2023, workshops, conferences, washington DC, bremen, aarhus, freiburg, treadmills, circuit city, kaleidoscopes, tinkering book, photoshoot

Get Started Tinkering with Mirrors

Get Started Tinkering with Mirrors

Ryan JenkinsDecember 19, 2023tinkering inventive playset, TIPs, kaleidoscopes, art and science, mirrors, LEGO, LEGO playful museum learning network, hinged mirror, exhibit walk, turntable, shadow kaleidoscope

OctoStudio Kaleidoscope Experiments

OctoStudio Kaleidoscope Experiments

Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes

Going Deeper with Cardboard Kaleidoscopes

Ryan JenkinsNovember 24, 2023kaleidoscopes, mirrors, kaleidoscope, cardboard, motors, LEGO, simple kaleidoscopes, Gary Newlin, Octo Studio, Magna-tiles, lights, flashlights, experiments, prototypes