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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
Automata Tour in Falmouth and Hastings
Automata Tour in Falmouth and Hastings
Ryan JenkinsJune 28, 2023automata, cabaret mechanical theatre, paul spooner, stithians, falmouth, cornwall, workshop, tom haney, wind deviced, engineered arts, will jackson, robots, AI, ameca, cardboard, prototyping, fi henshall, keith newstead, hastings, mechanical maker space, crowdfunding, sarah alexander
A Playful Residency at Connecticut Science Center
A Playful Residency at Connecticut Science Center
Ryan JenkinsJune 7, 2023LEGO, playful museum network, CT science center, Connecticut, connecticut science center, residency, tinkering residency, prototyping, TIPs, public prototyping, balance, treadmill rollers, fustrum, sample cups, circuit city, cardboard city, cardboard, cardboard construction, LEDs, copper tape
Automata Workshop at National Children's Museum
Automata Workshop at National Children's Museum
Ryan JenkinsMay 26, 2023automata, cranky contraptions, workshop, professional development, NCM, National Children's Museums, DC, facilitation, cabaret mechanical theatre
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
Thinking about Tinkering Materials
Thinking about Tinkering Materials
Ryan JenkinsMay 5, 2023rollers, treadmills, materials, prototyping, prototyping process, R&D, jumps
Circuit Cities Inspirations and Prototypes
Circuit Cities Inspirations and Prototypes
Ryan JenkinsApril 13, 2023cardboard, cardboard city, circuit city, happy city, LEDs, tickytown, solar power, solar panels, garden lights, rediscover center, NTSEC, Ana Serrano, CIT, cardboard institute of technology, Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, k-fai steele, skyscraper, open date, circuit maps, copper tape
Rolling Light Traces
Rolling Light Traces
Ryan JenkinsApril 5, 2023ramps and rollers, rollers, light painting, LEDs, treadmills, prototypes, experiments, exploration, light traces, slow shutter, long exposure
Tinkering with Treadmills
Tinkering with Treadmills
Ryan JenkinsApril 2, 2023rollers, ramps and rollers, prototyping, treadmills, LEGO, LEGO playful museum network, TIPs, slinky treadmill, wind tubes, derders, open kit, conveyor belt
A Visit to Museum Tinguely
A Visit to Museum Tinguely
Ryan JenkinsFebruary 17, 2023Jean Tinguely, Nikki de Saint Phalle, Inspiration, museum visit, Basel, Kinetic Sculptures, automata, scribbling machines, art machines, sound machines, basel, switzerlandComment
Public Prototyping Tips and Tricks
Public Prototyping Tips and Tricks
Ryan JenkinsSeptember 16, 2022public prototyping, spielmobil, mobiles, solar, solar do nothing, solar panels, environment, materials, bottom-up, tips and tricks, tinkering, tinkering process
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
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