MAKER
Educators Institute

Makerspaces
Digital Fabrication
AI & Experiential Learning
Machines, Tools, & Crafting
Curriculum Design and Support

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June 11-14

Hawken School Upper School
Gates Mills, Ohio, 44040

Still time to join us. Registration closes May 31.

Registration Part 1: Help Us Get To Know You

Part 2: Formal Registration & Payment

JOIN US FOR A WEEK OF

creativity, collaboration, and innovation

WHO

The Summer FAB PLAY conferences are open to all educators and organizations hoping to deepen their teaching and learning experience in Fab Labs and Makerspaces and share their expertise with the larger community. Although there will be some sessions on machines and techniques, the overall goal of the institute is for all participants and presenters to learn from each other and obtain new ideas to implement in their own space. Experienced and new users of all skills and abilities are welcome.

OBJECTIVE

Establish a gathering of like-minded passionate educators that work as a community to share best practices across multiple platforms, generate new project ideas, and grow as network of Maker-Educators in Northeast Ohio and Nationally.

If you aren't sure yet we encourage you to POP-IN for a day to check things out, and we can work out payment at a later time. Just send me a note at ndigi@hawken.edu

Our Annual flagship Conference, now in its 6th year, is located at Hawken School’s beautiful campus and Fab Lab just outside Cleveland, Ohio. We encourage all educators, administrators, and practitioners of Maker Education, and those new to makerspaces and looking to establish a program, to attend. All levels of experience are welcome; you will leave with invaluable resources for teachers looking to build on prior success, and those designing their curriculum for the first time. This year’s Institute will feature many familiar segments repeat attendees have come to know and love, as well as new materials we’ve developed this year focusing on best practices in physical safety while working in makerspaces. We will also lean into the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and prepare ourselves for ways it can enhance our own craft of teaching and learning. Finally, join us around a campfire, on a brisk morning jog, or up in the ropes course as we consider ways to foster and build Experiential Learning (EL) experiences.

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REGISTRATION

Pre-Registration Part 1 - Participant Information

Registration PART 2 - Payment

Registration Price: $600

Single-Day Registration: $200
Group Discount (for groups of 4 of more): Please contact us
Graduate Credit available (additional cost)
Scholarship/Financial Aid for qualified individuals may be available - please contact us for further details.

Registration for the Fab Play Institute Includes:

Workshops, sessions, and presentations on all aspects of maker education
All materials
Expert instruction & guided use of tools and equipment
Light breakfast & snacks, lunches, and one dinner
Conference giveaways/swag
Wifi, onsite parking, flexible use of our newly remodeled campus facility
Participant Drive loaded with all conference materials-including past years’
Membership in the Fab Play Network
26 Contact Hours of PD* for CEU's
…and more!

Workshop Sessions:

Our workshops are always tailored toward the interests of our participants (and many of our workshops are offered and led by participants!). Everything we do is as hands-on as possible. While there will be some larger sessions with sharing of information, the majority of your time will include opportunities for hands-on making and fabrication and even time to work on and build out your curriculum during the week.

A sample of this year's offerings:

Social Evening @ MAGNET with demos from their robotic manufacturing floor
Mini Game Controller build, led by Cuyahoga County Public Library
Creative Collaboration Primer, led by the Kent State Design Innovation Initiative
Textiles, sewing, embroidery
Vinyl Cutting, Laser Cutting & Engraving
CNC Milling (we have a mini and a full-size ShopBot, and a Carvey on site)
Custom Rulers, TinkerCad, and 3D prints
Setting up Makerspaces and initiating programming
Curriculum Development

YES, we've been up to a lot in our labs PreK-12, and we would love to share with you.

Setting up Makerspaces
PBL & Design Thinking in the K-5 Classroom
Improvisational Design & Mindset
Best practices on a Makerspaces & Fab Labs
Elementary Science Integration
Woodshop & Workshops
3D Printers and TinkerCad
Maker-Centered Learning, habits, & dispositions
Digital Fabrication Machines
(Laser Cutter, Vinyl Cutter, CNC Mill, 3D Printing)
Science Concepts & Integration
PBL in the Elementary Classroom
CS and Computational & Design Thinking
Micro-controllers & Coding A
Arduinos, Raspberry PI, Micro-Bits
Electronics & Simple Circuits
FAB Fashion Design
Cardboard Prototyping & tools
AI and your Curriculum
Experiential Learning & Outdoor Classrooms

Ask About These Projects:

BirdBox Build, trail, and kiosks
A-Frame Cabin
Wood Chairs
Bluebird Houses
Chocolate mold making
Buttons Machine
Automata
Cardboard Verb Project
Fab Foundations Curriculum
Designer Glasses
Character Cube
Air Rockets
Lamps and Clocks
Marble Machine
Robot Chicken
Math Project Bin
Jewelry (box of projects)
Stamp Making
Ceramics (stamps, roller)
Embroidery Patches
Silkscreen Printing

3D Design
3D Printing (parts, jewelry, small, large, molds, robots)
Woodshop Slatwall
Model theater set
Mobile Fab Lab
Cardboard Mobile Lab Furniture
Wooden Toys
Nerdy Derby & Cars
Beginning Architecture & Models
Starter Projects
Designer Sunglasses
Pocket Making
Breakerspace
Pop-up Books
LED Signs, Neon Signs
Puzzles and Games
T-Shirt Making (Iron-on vinyl, Printer, silkscreen with mask, silkscreen with emulsion, block printing)
Embroidery