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Chain Reaction & Light Play Installations - WICO Summer 2019 3.2

Chain Reaction & Light Play Installations - WICO Summer 2019 3.2

Ryan JenkinsJuly 10, 2019WICO summer, light play, chain reaction, collaboration, installations

Scaffolding Programming Explorations - WICO Summer 2019 3.1

Scaffolding Programming Explorations - WICO Summer 2019 3.1

Ryan JenkinsJuly 9, 2019WICO summer, WICO camp, WICO summer camp, playful programming, computational tinkering

Fantastic Fairgrounds Marble Machine Elements

Fantastic Fairgrounds Marble Machine Elements

Ryan JenkinsJuly 7, 2019cabaret mechanical theater, automata, exhibtion, exhibit, prototype, marble machines, helter skelter, fantastic fairground factory, faireground, playfulness, testing, woodworking

Circuit Illuminations - WICO Summer 2019 2.3

Circuit Illuminations - WICO Summer 2019 2.3

Ryan JenkinsJuly 4, 2019WICOsummer, summer camp, program, workshop, breadboard, prototyping, LEDs, light play

Playful & Precise Programming - WICO Summer 2019 2.2

Playful & Precise Programming - WICO Summer 2019 2.2

Ryan JenkinsJuly 2, 2019summer camp, WICO summer, beetleblocks, microbit, PB&J, makecode, chain reaction

Toy Dissections and Temporary Tattoos - WICO Summer 2.1

Toy Dissections and Temporary Tattoos - WICO Summer 2.1

Ryan JenkinsJuly 2, 2019summer camp, WICO summer, playful programming, toy dissection, toy remix, wind up toys, cardboard, things come apart, todd mclellan, beetleblocks, journals

A Computational Zoo - WICO Summer 1.4

A Computational Zoo - WICO Summer 1.4

Ryan JenkinsJune 28, 2019summer camp, summer program, WICO summer, cardboard, servoes, servos, microbit, motobit, computational zoo, creatures, prototypes

Light Up Collaborations - WICO Summer 1.3

Light Up Collaborations - WICO Summer 1.3

Ryan JenkinsJune 26, 2019WICOsummer, summer camp, summer program, playful programming, computational tinkering, breadboarding, breadboard city, light play

Coding, Cardboard & Chain Reaction - WICO Summer 1.2

Coding, Cardboard & Chain Reaction - WICO Summer 1.2

Ryan JenkinsJune 25, 2019WICOsummer, WICO camp, summer camp, summer program, microbit, programming, coding, camp, chain reaction, rube goldberg

Playfully Programmed Critters - WICO Summer 1.1

Playfully Programmed Critters - WICO Summer 1.1

Ryan JenkinsJune 24, 2019summer camp, WICO camp, WICOsummer, playful programming, wind up toy dissection, beetleblocks, journals

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