Making Across the Curriculum: The Modern Maker Movement & Interdisciplinary Innovation
Zack Dowell
Folsom Lake College Innovation Center
Presentation Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aLTLU_dZL2yjY2i3b1HGOk1T9wIw3H2B5DZY50_li2o/edit?usp=sharing
Conference Information – http://www.asccc.org/events/2016-01-21-160000-2016-01-23-220000/2016-instructional-design-and-innovation
Legos and k’NEX – and people – working together with the help of the Free Universal Construction Kit.
“When assessing the quality of courses, researchers pinpointed clarity, authenticity, unity, suspense, economy, depth, proportion, vividness, brilliance, sensitivity, emphasis, authority, flow, and precision as the ultimate benchmarks.”
Professor Jennifer Kraemer (Early Childhood Education) and I recently collaborated on a lesson plan to use 3D printing in the ECE classroom. Specifically, the project uses the Free Universal Construction Kit, a set of printable interfaces that bridge 10 common proprietary building systems including Lego, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys and K’NEX.
The full lesson plan can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GVfIXhJFxgTq3lA5-n3uwT9XyLTdKMayLcqPaE36VCc/edit?usp=sharing
We hope to test it out in ECE 342 – Constructive Math and Science in Early Childhood Education.
The Aquaponics Project is taking shape. Met today with Professor Ian Wallace and students from the Theater Arts program to talk about the requirements for installation.
The tentative plan has TA students welding the base, and then skinning it with wood, resplendent with infographics carved using their ShopBot setup. Amy Brinkley (Librarian) moved some furniture this morning to make room for the installation, so we all went out and talked through the project in its natural habitat, kicking around ideas about lighting, associated displays of library materials, and design elements. Students Cameron and Carlos will be working on some conceptual drawings and models so we can move forward in January!
Students aren’t able to see their Final Calculated Grade until you release it.
To Release D2L Final Grades to Students:
1. From Grades -> Manage Grades -> Enter Grades (in the dropdown menu next to Final Calculated Grade)
2. At the top of the screen, Final Grades -> Release All – the creepy, unblinking, all-seeing eye.
Note – If you have any Bonus items in your gradebook, and they belong to a category – for instance, an Extra Credit category – be sure that category is set up with “Can Exceed” checked, else the math won’t work out.
We secured funding for v1.0 of the project, and will begin building out in the spring. Theater Arts is now on board, and will be designing and building out the system base, using their new CNC machine. CIS and Nutrition are also eager to get on board for version 2.
Den 6, Pack 94 Folsom visited the Innovation Center on November 20, 2015 for some demonstrations and discussions about 3D printing.
The Innovation Center hosted its first Circuit Bending workshop today. Following a short introduction, folks tore apart electronic toys and made joyful noise! Gallery of photos:
