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Creative Learning Festival in Milan

Creative Learning Festival in Milan

Searching for Tinkering: Technorama

Searching for Tinkering: Technorama

Ryan JenkinsSeptember 21, 2025technorama, searching for tinkering, swiss science center, bildungscongress, exploratorium, PFA, frank oppenheimer, exhibits, exponaten, pierre andres, tinkering studio, wind table, marble machines, circuit boards, exhibit development, workshop

2024 Year in Review

2024 Year in Review

The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Gets Underway

The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Gets Underway

Tinkering 15 for 15 (2009-2024) Episode 2: Luigi Anzivino on the TS Blog

Tinkering 15 for 15 (2009-2024) Episode 2: Luigi Anzivino on the TS Blog

Ryan JenkinsMay 6, 202415 for 15, blogcast, blogging, Luigi Anzivino, mini-interviews, poscasts, podcast, tinkering studio, archives, playfulness

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