21c notebooking
TRANSCRIPT
"Ten years ago, building something as
simple as a networked thermometer
required some understanding of electrical
engineering. Now it’s a Saturday-afternoon
project for a beginner.”
Jon Bruner, O’Reilly Radar Dec 10, 2014
21st Century Notebooking(re)imagining literacy and hands-on learning
21st Century Notebooking combines electronics with journals
and sketchbooks, turning the traditional notebook into a tool
for prototyping.
It’s based on the techniques and affordances of paper circuitry
and offers a low-cost platform for exploring technical and
expressive expertise, systems thinking, and trouble-shooting.
21st Century Notebooking is especially useful for introducing a
tinkering mindset and the fundamentals of electronics hand-in-
hand with the interdisciplinary literacies and design principles
connected with STEM, STEAM, and production-centered
learning.
TRADITIONS & INNOVATIONS
Writer’s Notebook JK Rowling
Artist’s Notebook Freda Kahlo
Engineer’s Notebook Leonardo Da Vinci
Lab NotebookChad Orzel
NEW LITERACIES
Spark CoreWifi dev board for connected projects and prototypes
Other MillPersonal CNC Milling Machine
ChibitronicsCircuit Stickers: “solder-free, peel-and-stick electronic modules for crafting circuits”
ELECTRONICS and DIGITAL as
MATERIAL
What if your notebook had a lightbulb
moment?
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Hands-on Learning
Creative Play and Experimentation
Systems Thinking
Design Principles
Collaborative
Participatory
Physical / Digital
Production-centered
Inside Out and CV2 are working with Circuit Stickers from
Chibitronics.com (“solder-free, peel and stick electronic
modules for crafting circuits,” developed by Jie Qi, a MIT
Media Lab doctoral candidate and her manufacturing
partner, Andrew “Bunnie” Huang) and low-cost hardware,
such as the ATtiny85 microcontroller andAdafruit’s Trinket,
to explore embedded electronics and introductory
fabrication as a framework for personalized learning and
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3rd Grader, San Francisco Public Library
STEAM Coordinator for Santa Clara County of Education
Bay Area Teacher Training Workshop
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The “Hack Your Notebook” series is used in workshops,
conferences, and public presentations with educators
exploring instructional practices and pedagogies which
support introductory electronics and the intersection of art
and science in the classroom and out-of-school learning
programs.
Participants complete a project in their notebooks,
experiencing the process and steps learners go through when
working with electronics-as-material in an open-ended design
prompt or challenge.
• Develop open-source experimental kits
• small number of exemplary projects that provide materials and guidance
• allow for individual creative freedom and diverse talents to be exploited in the design and construction of authentic problem-based projects
• Develop projects whose performance results in organic, objective, authentic assessment of a student’s technical competence and teamwork skills.
- Focus Area 3 DARPA Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach Two (MENTOR2)
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Tidal Notebook
• Prototype
• Open Data
• Interest-driven
• Pulls real-time tidal information from NOAA.gov into the notebook
• Data viz in real-time
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• Connected Device
• Hardware/Software
• Design for X – a model for an interest-driven learning project
• Built with a cell phone battery and a Spark Core, an ARM Cortex M3 Chip w/Wifi dev board
Circuit diagram by CS instructor and NEXMAP collaborator, Natalie Freed, @eilatann
Studio Thinking8 Studio Habits of Mind*
• Stretch and Explore• Express• Develop Craft• Envision• Understand Community• Observe• Engage and Persist• Reflect
*Project Zero, HGSE
21st Century Skills• College and Career Ready• Common Core – Math/ELA• 4 Cs: Critical Thinking,
Collaboration, Communication, Creativity
Practices of Science and EngineeringNext Generation Science Standards
• Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
• Developing and using models
• Planning and carrying out investigations
• Analyzing and interpreting data
• Using mathematics and computational thinking
• Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering)
• Engaging in argument from evidence
• Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
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Museums and
Science Centers
Libraries
After-School, at-
home
School Districts
• 350 educators
• 400 youth
• Pre-service Teachers
• Museums Programs and
Professionals
• Libraries
• Schools
• Summer Camp
• Webinars
• STEAM-learning Professional Development with SFUSD educators
• National Writing Project Annual Meeting
• Educator Innovator: Hangout on Air with Jie Qi
• Prototyping with the ATtiny85, Workshop with CA Writing Project Lead Teachers
• Public Talk @ SWISSNEX, San Francisco
• Sessions @ MacArthur’s DML2014, Boston, MA
• Teacher Training with Everett Public Schools, Everett WA – WA State’s 1st K-12 STEM district
• Pre-service Teacher Professional Development San Francisco State, Science & Art instructors
• JFK University Museum Studies Workshop
• San Jose Public Library Maker Night
• Mountain View Public Library STEAM-Learning Day
• The Tech Museum, Hack Your Notebook for Parents and families
• 350 educators
• 400 youth
• Pre-service Teachers
• Museums Programs and
Professionals
• Libraries
• Schools
• Summer Camp
• Webinars
• NWP’s NSF Intersection Grant, Cohort #2: Science Education and Literacy: ASTC Science Centers & their local Writing Project sites
• Denver Writing Project’s Tech Matters Workshop
• Hack Your Notebook Day, 7/9/14 with Educator Innovator, National Writing Project, Mozilla Foundation
• Bay Area Writing Project PD: Hack Your Notebook
• Girl Scout Summmer Camp, Novato, CA
• San Francisco Public Library Paper Circuitry Workshop with Teen Mentors
• Session for “The Digital Shift: Libraries at the Center,” online conference
• Edcamp Bay Area
• Pursuitery.com webinar with Howard Rheingold
• NCTE, Hacking the Notebook in the Classroom
• MUSE (Multicultural Urban Secondary Ed) at UC Berkeley
NEXT STEPS
Connecting with Educator Networks
• Training and Curriculum
Collaborating with Research Partners
• Prototyping and Design
Workshops and Webinars
• Hands-on learning, demonstrations, outreach
Contact:[email protected]
@dmcole_