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The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Continues
The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Continues
Ryan JenkinsOctober 29, 2024book tour, book launch, socal, MOXI, timbre books, ReDiscover Center, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, art machines, cranky contraptions, automata, hard fun, cardboard forts, circuits, electricity
The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Gets Underway
The Tinkering Workshop Book Tour Gets Underway
Ryan JenkinsOctober 21, 2024The Tinkering Workshop, book launch, book tour, maker faire, glow city, cardboard automata, automata, virtual workshop, live oak school, changemaker lab, bay area, san francisco, california, BAME, bay area maker educator, exploratorium, tinkering studio, MOXI, timbre books
Ars Electronica Chain Reaction Workshop
Ars Electronica Chain Reaction Workshop
Ryan JenkinsSeptember 19, 2024ars electronica, chain reaction, tinkertank, habitat augsburg, mrkz, rube goldberg, postcity, linz, austria, scrap, junk, create your world, hope, forge of hope, materials, tinkering, workshop, STEAM, facilitation, building, construction
Materials Spotlight: Magnets
Materials Spotlight: Magnets
Ryan JenkinsAugust 1, 2024magnets, materials spotlight, The Tinkering Workshop, bonus content, magnet switch, on the go switch, magnet car, construction kit, music machines, uftes, tips, automata, cabaret mechanical theatre, paul spooner, homopolar motors
Making a Book: Rough Draft to Final Iteration
Making a Book: Rough Draft to Final Iteration
Ryan JenkinsJuly 19, 2024The Tinkering Workshop, behind the scenes, making of, photography, photoshoot, first pages, rough draft, marble machines, storey publishing, marble machine, sky tram, cranky contraptions
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
Podcast with Paul Orselli
Podcast with Paul Orselli
Ryan JenkinsJuly 4, 2024podcast, paul orselli, POW, explainers, john holt, talking about tinkering, tinkering, the tinkering workshop Comment
Ball Run Inspirations in the Wild
Ball Run Inspirations in the Wild
Ryan JenkinsJuly 3, 2024ball runs, marble machines, tracks, rollers, kugelbahn, trentino, forest, wooden ball runs, mini golf, berlin, george rhodes, mary ziegler, science center, inspirations, examples, new directions Comments
Light and Optics Prototyping with Phaeno: Part 2
Light and Optics Prototyping with Phaeno: Part 2
Ryan JenkinsJune 28, 2024phaeno wolfsburg, phaeno, light and optics, exhibits, exhibit design, half baked ideas, kapla, marble machines, collaborations, connections, light island, shadow patterns, disco ball, dichroic filter, subtractive color mixing, light table, raspberry pi, projector, size and scale, RGB, colored shadows, polarization, optics workbench
Material Spotlight: Fluted Plastic Campaign Posters
Material Spotlight: Fluted Plastic Campaign Posters
Ryan JenkinsJune 17, 2024the tinkering workshop, materials spotlight, fluted plastic, campaign posters, bonus content, linkages, light play
A Tinkering Bibliography
A Tinkering Bibliography
Ryan JenkinsMay 24, 2024tinkering, tinkering books, The Tinkering Workshop, recommendations, reading lists, tinkering library, projects, inspirations, educators, caregivers, storybooks, goodreads, want to read
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