JUNE 11-14, 2024 HAWKEN SCHOOL
GATES MILLS, OHIO
The Fab Play - Maker Educators Institute is an annual gathering of like-minded creative spirits that just so happen to work in education! During this transformative week, we will elevate one another’s crafts, hone our skillsets, immerse ourselves in hands-on experiential learning experiences, prototype new ideas, practice new machining techniques, connect as a network, share our challenges and best practices, and celebrate our efforts from this past school year.
Early Bird Price Until May 1st!
Hawken School, Gates Mills, Ohio
Now hitting its 6th year of operation, Fab Play 2024 is growing in size and sessions. Please take a look at what we now have to offer and invite other members of your team to join us for these summer workshops and educator retreat.
Sample some of what we do from our free activities website -
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WELCOME
We know the ideals of the Maker Movement and Fab Labs are by nature innovative, nimble, and a powerful learning format for enacting real change in the designed and built world. We believe that in this spirit, our role in maker education is to lead these innovative practices that will create a better future for our students and all of society.
WHO
The FAB PLAY conferences are open to all educators and organizations hoping to deepen their experience of teaching and learning in Fab Labs and Makerspaces, and share their expertise back to 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 skill and ability 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.
Previous Fab Play Conferences
This year we got back to TOOLS! Back from COVID, we dust off some of the equipment and present new ways to use the tools in your makerspaces more efficiently and effectively. We worked with other educators across the network to skill-build and level up experiences while sharing project ideas, instructional techniques, and amazing resources.
Virtual- During our 2020 Summer Institute, we had an opportunity to dive deeper into Social Justice in Makerspaces. Check out the link below for some additional information and resources shared during our institute sessions and guest panel.
See our Makerspaces
Located in Northeast Ohio, Hawken School is a co-ed private college preparatory high school serving students from preschool to 12th grade. Hawken’s programming now supports over 8,000 square feet of makerspaces include the Upper School Fab Lab, Media Lab, and Woodshop, and the newly renovated Lower School Innovation Lab and Computational Thinking and Design classroom.
