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Art Machine Prototyping with an AI Chatbot
Art Machine Prototyping with an AI Chatbot
Ryan JenkinsApril 15, 2025art machine, twisted turtle, programmable art bots, turtle, AI, AI tools, reflection, pros and cons, chatbot, chatGPT, facilatation, microbit, micropython, makecode, coding, programming, digital tinkering, troubleshooting, iteration
Chair Marble Machines School Library Takeover
Chair Marble Machines School Library Takeover
Ryan JenkinsApril 12, 2025chair marble machines, marble machines, ISP, prague, international school of prague, library, school library, third graders, educators guide, book tour, the tinkering workshop, clean up, popcorn, reflection, activation, large scale
Martian Windmills at Weltraum Festival
Martian Windmills at Weltraum Festival
Ryan JenkinsApril 5, 2025weltraumfest, weltraum festival, raumschiff, zurich, dubendorf, the tinkering workshop, book tour, european book tour, space, mars, everyday materials, experiments, cardboard
Playful and Creative AI Workshop in Freiburg
Playful and Creative AI Workshop in Freiburg
Ryan JenkinsApril 4, 2025AI, Emancipatory AI, University Freiburg, NEXUS experiments, library, HRRC, University of Connecticut, UCONN, project week, animation, AI animations, scratch, scratch lab, face sensing, gallery walk, AI blocks, chatbot, large language model, 3d printing, experiment, coding, workshop, AI odyssey, YouMedia Center, inter.aktion
Packable Cardboard Workshop Elements
Packable Cardboard Workshop Elements
Ryan JenkinsMarch 20, 2025the tinkering workshop, book tour, tinkering suitcases, experiments, packable, materials, weighted wobblers, ShiftED, Cambridge Science Center, USB fans, Inflatable friends, voltpaperscissors, spin art robots, cardboard, cardboard construction, tufteltour, remixes, adaptations, modifications
A Citywide Tinkering Tour in Ludwigsburg
A Citywide Tinkering Tour in Ludwigsburg
Ryan JenkinsMarch 18, 2025tinkertank, ludwigsburg, tufteltour, tinkering tour, citywide workshop, art bots, art machines, creative lab, thalia books, voltpaperscissors, spin art, spinner, spirograph, tinkering, the tinkering workshop, book tour, book launch, european book tour, library, maker zone, makerspace, open make, remix, remixed art machines
Books and Articles to Inspire Tinkering with AI
Books and Articles to Inspire Tinkering with AI
Ryan JenkinsMarch 13, 2025prototyping, AI workshop, inspirations, ken kahn, CMK press, learner's apprentice, seymour papert, mindstorms, Mitchel Resnick, Eric Rosenbaum, LLK, MIT Media Lab, Scratch Team, Scratch, podcasts, ezra klein, machines of loving grace, gary stager, mitra martin, nettrice gaskins, holly herndon, nnedi okarafor
UK Book Tour for The Tinkering Workshop
UK Book Tour for The Tinkering Workshop
Ryan JenkinsMarch 11, 2025UK, The Tinkering Workshop, book tour, workshops, London, Hastings, Exeter, Cambridge, readers, playful, workshop, ShiftED, Institute of Imagination, world book day
Tinkering with AI Tools, Scratchlab and Makey Makey
Tinkering with AI Tools, Scratchlab and Makey Makey
Ryan JenkinsMarch 10, 2025NEXUS experiments, Freiburg University, HRRC, AI, AI tinkering, generative AI, creative learning, LLK, Mitchel Resnick, face sensing, prototyping, The Learner's Apprentice, Makey Makey, alien travel agent, image creator, chatGPT, mouse chef, advice robot, large language model, prompts
Collaged Character Animations with AI
Collaged Character Animations with AI
Ryan JenkinsFebruary 26, 2025AI, AI tinkering, playful AI, NEXUS experiments, University Freiburg, HRRC, Emancipatory AI, Sonia Tiwari, sonia tiwari, playing with algorithms, meta AI demos, collages, hanoch piven
Maker Faire Heilbronn 2025
Maker Faire Heilbronn 2025
Ryan JenkinsFebruary 11, 2025maker faire, maker faire heilbronn, heilbronn, der makerspace, experimenta, german, germany, european book tour, the tinkering workshop, kaleidoscopes, open ended projects, dichroic filter, prototyping, tinkertank, makeitreal, book launch, book release
Fireplace Fan Motor Experiments
Fireplace Fan Motor Experiments
Ryan JenkinsFebruary 10, 2025energy harvesting, peltier elements, phaeno wolfsburg, prototyping, exhibit design, motors, generators, thermoelectric generators
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