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i am planning for a workshop for our teachers at our school.
this is one of the pre-workshop reading. I find it short, simple and easy to look at Constructionism especially
for the new comers or even for experienced ones to revisit its core. :)
http://learning.media.mit.edu/courses/mas713/readings/Constructionism%20-%20Falbel.pdf
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Fluke in a Thai TV program, sharing about his project and first draft of "SpaceBox" project.
His "SpaceBox" from 1 km above the ground and Fluke was sending off the helium balloon with his team.
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Finally, this is the last part. :)
Teachers from thirteen schools in rural area of Thailand attended a basic fabrication workshop for the first time in 2012.
(Workshop provided by team from DSIL FabLab@School, Bangkok.)
Conclusion
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Well balance of affection and learning. Lave and Wenger (1991) state that the importance of the “relationship of masters to apprentices” is more important than the content of teaching itself. Sometimes the teacher can go too far in terms of building a positive relationship and trying to be likable to all the students. Cavallo suggests that the “demagogical and charismatic educator” it can be harmful to the sense of autonomy of students because the “educator” is so “likable” that they rely on being taught by the “charismatic educator”, and trust themselves less.
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Teacher as facilitator in FabLab. A teacher in a FabLab has different roles and actions compared to a conventional classroom. The active classroom amplifies a lot of the social interactions in class which teachers need to pay attention to in order to provide appropriate support for students according to their needs. Freedom that allows autonomy does need congruent facilitation and provision. Following are some observations on the fundamental interactions between students and teachers in the FabLab:
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Part 2: People and Relationship as Learning Assets in FabLab
(Thank you again to Ms. Angi Chau and Ms.Heather Pang for having me to visit and observe your wonderful work at
Bourn Idea Lab at Castilleja School.)
Comments
Nalin, thank you for sharing
Nalin, thank you for sharing this classic booklet. I remember seeing this at a Logo Foundation Institute, but it was a hard copy. I'm so happy to have my own digital copy now!
Nalin, I don't know how I
Nalin, I don't know how I missed this when you posted it. I was looking through different blogposts this morning. Wow. This is a GREAT little booklet.
I was just at Eric Rosenbaum's dissertation defense, "Explorations in Musical Tinkering" at the MIT Media Lab. Eric is one of the dudes who created MaKey MaKey at the Lifelong Kindergarten Lab. One of the things I wrote down was his definition of constructionism because I liked it very much: learning through making personally and socially meaningful artifacts.
Thanks sooo much!