PD activities for staff?

[Kamala Qalandar]

Hi everyone! I've invited our high school's admissions office (5 folks) to come to the makerspace for an opportunity to learn about what we do here, why it's amazing for our students, and how to showcase it during the admissions process. I'm trying to come up with an activity that they can complete that would be fun (at least a little) and hands on but with zero previous knowledge or experience expected. Oh, and it has to fit into 30-45 minutes. A few years ago, I invited the development office over and they split into groups, designed a logo to represent the mission of their office, and we turned the winning design into keychains. Something like that. Does anyone have any projects/activities/experiences they use with adult faculty/staff/visitors?

Thank you as always!

Kamala

[Justin M Schmidt]

Hi Kamala,

Check out our tutorials page. There's a few on there that you could do in 30-45 minutes. Shadow Casters works great as a quick, fun activity with teachers. You can work in an iteration step: after everyone makes their first version, do a gallery walk for inspiration then make changes (or a second version) inspired by what they saw.

Would love to hear what others have done too!

Best,

Justin

Justin Schmidt
Instructor

K-12 Maker Lab | MIT Edgerton Center

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Hi everyone! I've invited our high school's admissions office (5 folks) to come to the makerspace for an opportunity to learn about what we do here, why it's amazing for our students, and how to showcase it during the admissions process. I'm trying to come up with an activity that they can complete that would be fun (at least a little) and hands on but with zero previous knowledge or experience expected. Oh, and it has to fit into 30-45 minutes. A few years ago, I invited the development office over and they split into groups, designed a logo to represent the mission of their office, and we turned the winning design into keychains. Something like that. Does anyone have any projects/activities/experiences they use with adult faculty/staff/visitors?

Thank you as always!

Kamala

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[Joan Horvath]

Maybe have them role-play with some materials made by students. That way they can have something more substantial that will give them a better idea of what's possible.  We have some examples at https://www.nonscriptum.com/projects (scroll down to the "Electronic Familiars" link). For that matter, if you have micro:bits enough for them to play with, have them make a "magic wand" and cast spells on each other. (Directions at the link above.)

[Keith G Braafladt]

A lovely project we do at school is have them try out TurtleArt which will output a SVG ( use the outlines of your design) that you can open in software for a craft cutter. Then you can create stickers (simple) or even HTV for T-Shirts  - Having staff create a personal project seems to have been really successful for engaging them in their out making ... which in terms leads to confidence that they could share with students ( plus the might see the value for them of a makerspace and how it can integrate with what they are teaching....

https://www.playfulinvention.com/webturtleart/

help, examples, saving and output to SVG is on the lower right the 3 line menu

Also very happy to Zoom/support with folks who want to explore the app our middle school science teacher 5/6 uses the app as well

Keith

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[Jeremy Mularella]

Hi Kamala,

If you have micro:bits (or something similar), you could have some out that are already programmed to do something fun and engaging. One example would be to use pins connected to different fruits to make musical notes. Similar to what you did last year, you could also have Canva open on a computer and let them quickly design a logo or write their name using a cool font, then export it as an SVG (needs Canva for Education) into Tinkercad. They could turn it into a keychain or plaque for their desk.

Jeremy

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[Rob Morrill]

If you have a laser cutter and access to Tinkercad, folks could quickly design and cut projects. I did that with novice parents two years ago. Export designs as SVG from Tinkercad, then get to your laser cutter. 

On Friday, August 23, 2024 at 3:14:52 PM UTC-7 Kamala Qalandar wrote: