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Tinkering 15 for 15 (2009-2024) Episode 2: Luigi Anzivino on the TS Blog

We’re back with the second episode of a series of mini-interviews looking back on past fifteen years of making and tinkering in education. I got inspired for this project because I started working in this field back in 2009, helping to dream up a new space in the Exploratorium called The Tinkering Studio. It seems that around the years of 2008 and 2009 many other influential projects were just getting off the ground and since then, the world of making and tinkering in education has evolved in ma...

Multilayered Kaleidoscope Experiments

Recently I led a professional development workshop for educators at the Deutsches Museum in Munich where participants explored different ways to make kaleidoscopes out of cardboard, mirrored cardstock and cell phone cameras.

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Tinkering Workshop at Deutsches Museum

Last week I headed to the Deutsches Museum in Munich for a three day professional development workshop with teachers and museum professionals to explore ideas related t...

Visits to ReDiscover Center and Thinkery

Over the past couple of weeks I spent some time in California and Texas and was able to visit a couple of interesting making and tinkering spaces that I hadn’t been to before. I always get inspired by seeing new collection of materials, environments and projects and I wanted to share some of my impressions of these explorations here.

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Testing a Loose Parts Kaleidoscope Station

As part of the LEGO playful museum learning network, I’ve been working alongside the Tinkering Studio team to build and test new ideas for an open-ended kaleidoscope construction station that could work in museums across the community of practice or in other informal learning settings.

In a couple weeks these parts will be tested by others in the LEGO network as part of an in-person gathering. This will be a great chance to evaluate where we are on some of the...

Organ Workshop & Tüfteln in Waldkirch

Last week I had the pleasure to visit the beautiful and fascinating workshop in Waldkirch where local tinkerer Achim Schneider repairs vintage organs and builds modern models.

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Iterative Kaleidoscope Building Ideas

Over the last months I’ve been working alongside colleagues from the LEGO Playful Museum Learning Network to create tinkering inventive playsets that allow learners to explore ideas around kaleidoscopes. Some of the prototypes so far have focused on examining everyday objects on a motorized platform, making things more collaborative and adding in digital elements.

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Tinkering 15 for 15 (2009-2024) Episode 1: Dr. Gary S. Stager on CMK Institute

Welcome to a series of mini-interviews looking back on past fifteen years of making and tinkering in education. I got inspired for this project because I started working in this field back in 2009, helping to dream up a new space in the Exploratorium called The Tinkering Studio. It seems that around the years of 2008 and 2009 many other influential projects were just getting off the ground and since then, the world of making and tinkering in education has evolved in many new and exciting ways.

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