This week 6th graders engaged in creating their Micro:Bit virtual monster with cardboard protoypes cut with our Glowforge. Below are the instructional pieces that I used as well as a Flip Mixtape of examples from the 6th grade designers. |
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This week was the start of the 3D Design and Printing unit for our 7th grade group. I started out with introducing Cookiecad so that designers could see a print that they created. Using a silhouette image of their choice, students learned to use Cookiecad and engaged in the challenge of downloading and sharing .stl files on an iPad. While the Cookiecad .stl files printed, designers started to rediscover and try for the first time Makers Empire through the training lab, challenge central, and videos from the training lab. Today we made cookies from pie crust, cinnamon, and sugar. This type of cookie worked well with the cookie cutters.
On Monday, I had to postpone our mentor printing after realizing that many of my designers didn't have all of the prints needed for our 3rd graders to be able to see and experience their 3D printing with us. On the same day, I removed one of the coolest designed prints to date. David had been quietly working on creating his cereal dispenser on Tinkercad and it blew me away with the moving doors and thought involved in the design. Listen to him explain his design in his own words....
Mentoring ... Day 2
Designer FeedbackFinal Video Games
Intro to Makey MakeyIs it Conductive?Pixicade Create
This Friday was the first time that our 8th grade designers started to mentor Ms. Moll's third grade students in 3D Design and Printing. They learned about each other, shared a 3D video, and helped their partner log in to Makers Empire.
3D Design and Printing Unit
For the last few weeks, designers in our 3D Design and Build class have been learning about the world of 3D design and printing. Using Wakelet, my students accessed videos about 3D Printing in Our World, 3D Communities, and 3D Printing for a Purpose. In the first printing rotation, they found a print in 3D Communities that they wanted to print where they learned how to slice and use the printer.
In the second printing rotation, they learned how to use Makers Empire, Morphi EDU, and Tinkercad to create a print that serves a purpose in our school, home, or community. Currently they are in the process of iterating their designs using the Design Thinking Process.
It was so exciting to see my designers reconnect and the pride they have in what they are designing. Listening to the feedback and questions that are being asked and shared reinforces the need for an authentic audience who not only influences a design but also experiences that design. My Designers Reflections
Next week my designers will be creating a video game for their mentee based on feedback through their creation process about the main character, the setting, the challenge and more.
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