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
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
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.
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
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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