FAB PLAY 2024


June 11-14, 2024

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 Price: $600

Registration for the Fab Play Institute Includes:

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: 

Ask About These Projects: 

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

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





Location 

Hawken Upper School Campus and Fab Lab
12465 County Line Road,  Gates Mills 44040

Additional Contact Information:

Nick DiGiorgio
Director of Makerspaces - Hawken School
ndigi@hawken.edu

Anna Delia
Makerspaces Consultant
Gates Mills Fab Lab
adeli@hawken.edu

Kara Gehring
Innovation Lab Director - Lyndhurst Campus
kgehr@hawken.edu 

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