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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

Getting Started with Reflection in Tinkering Workshops

Getting Started with Reflection in Tinkering Workshops

Ryan JenkinsJuly 5, 2023tinkering, tinkering studio, discussions, conversations, reflection, workshops, compass points, thinking routines, wide walls, project zero, educators, professional development

Cardboard Circuitry Starting Points

Cardboard Circuitry Starting Points

Ryan JenkinsMay 16, 2023cardboard, cities, circuit city, LEGO, tinkering studio, tinkering inventive playset, ufte, solar power, sustainable tinkering, switches, LEDs, gear motors, copper tape, scrappy circuits

A Customizable Shadow Remix Station

A Customizable Shadow Remix Station

Ryan JenkinsAugust 26, 2022shadow remix, ufte, exploratorium, tinkering studio, prototyping, app, makeymakey, digital, shadows, light and shadow, after dark, at home, tinkering at home, tinkering in the kitchen

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part Two

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part Two

Ryan JenkinsJune 29, 2022uftes, tinkering studio, exploratorium, rhythm blocks, rollers, ramps, unusual rollers, art of tinkering

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part One

Ufte Reflections and Big Ideas - Part One

Tinkering with Uftes at Ecsite 2022

Tinkering with Uftes at Ecsite 2022

Ryan JenkinsJune 6, 2022ecsite2022, ecsite, ecsite conference, heilbronn, germany, conference, prototyping, makerspace, tinkering space, tinkering studio, kinetic scupltures, sound machines, rhythm blocks, uftes, exploratorium, LEGO foundation

Sharing "Uftes" with the Playful Learning Museum Network

Sharing "Uftes" with the Playful Learning Museum Network

Ryan JenkinsMay 13, 2022uftes, lego, museum network, gathering, workshop, R&D, kinetic scupltures, balance, balancing sculptures, sound machines, rhythm machines, rhythm blocks, shadow remix, art of tinkering, exploratorium, tinkering studio, tinkering

Motorized Magnetic Music Machines

Motorized Magnetic Music Machines

Ryan JenkinsApril 21, 2022automata, sound automata, museum machines, soundscapes, uftes, tinkering studio, prorotyping, experiments, spielmobil

Tinkering in Freiburg with Spielmobil

Tinkering in Freiburg with Spielmobil

Ryan JenkinsApril 6, 2022spielmobil, freiburg, tinkering, balance, ufte, exploratorium, tinkering studio, outdoor tinkering, public play, playfulness

Exploratorium Residency Week Four

Exploratorium Residency Week Four

Ryan JenkinsMarch 8, 2022ufte, tinkering studio, prototyping, balance, balancing sculptures, floor testing, calder, shadow remix, magnetic remix, digital remix, ramps and rollers, sound automata, exploratorium, tinkering

Exploratorium Residency Week Three

Exploratorium Residency Week Three

Ryan JenkinsFebruary 21, 2022ufte, exploratorium, tinkering studio, prototyping, light play, shadow remix, balance, ramps and rollers, sound rollers