Design: Play!

Engineering Joy in Learning

The DesignFest 2017 theme was “Design Play: Engineering Joy in Learning.” As its name suggested, students designed educational games and/or playscapes (aka learningscapes) to teach people skills and concepts while physically interacting with them.

Dates/Volunteers: The design process began in the classrooms on March 6 (with a special preview for the Lower School on Feb. 28’s TALL Tuesday) and culminated in a day of building and celebration on Friday, March 10th, when creativity and the excitement of new ideas-in-the-making vibrated through the halls. Volunteers assisted on March 10^th in the “Marketplaces” (where students spend their point budget to acquire recycled building materials) and “Fabrication Stations” (where they can request help cutting and bonding materials.)

Building materials drive:

"We need prototyping materials! Please consider donating your recycle-bin-bound materials like cardboard, plastic bottle caps, paper towel rolls, packing peanuts, and foam or craft-drawer clutter like ribbons, buttons, yarn, fabric swatches... even unwanted wooden blocks or dominoes. A collection bin is set up in Unity Hall reception area in January."