Curt Lewellyn & Will TuttleThe Fessenden School, West Newton, MA

@clewellyn@thereal_wtuttle

Making Room for a

Makerspace

A Day in the Fessy iLab

INSTRUCTIONIST CONSTRUCTIVIST

YESTERDAY: Know

ledge Workers

TOMORROW: Learnin

g Workers

“The aim is to unleash teachers -- and their students -- to design learning experiences that are applied, integrated, situated, expeditionary,

and alternatively assessed.”- Rob Riordan

President HTH Graduate School of EducationAuthor: Schooling for the Real World: The Essential Guide to Rigorous and Relevant Learning

Fessy iLab

@fessyilab

The Fessy iLab is:

● a resource to help us achieve our academic goals*● rooted in overarching curricular objectives● seamlessly integrated with classroom work● working in tandem with the library to enhance learning● a space where “failing forward” is encouraged● a magnet and beacon for 21st century learning

iLab Mission & Vision

Guiding the curriculum are six common goals for students to achieve:

● think analytically and problem solve.

● communicate effectively in writing and speech.

● gain, apply and synthesize knowledge.

● build the foundation for future learning and education.

● develop the capacity for creativity and innovation.

● work cooperatively with others.

*Academic Goals

iLab by the Numbers

OtherQED/EDP

(80 Students)

TechElectives

(136 Students)

ClassProjects

(312 Students)

iLab Classroom ProjectsLower

● 4H - Collaboration Indicators ● 2B & 2H - Float Your Boat● 3H & 3O - Interactive Trees● 4A - Historical Documentaries● (Science Bob!)

95 students

Middle

● Banister - River Models & Bird’s the Word

● O’Hara - Timeline Project● Pepi/Beatty - Create a Country &

Bizarre Bazaar● Paine - Latin Games● Sanborn - Operation & Robotics● Tejada - Green Screen Music

Videos● Brophy - Make Something That

Makes Art

130 Students

Upper

● Belin - Imagining Boston 2024● Morrissey - Dharavi Reimagined● Singleton/Boudreau - Fedex

Challenge● Stirling - Solder Something● Johnson - Design Your Own

Puzzle● Cincotta - City of the Future

85 Students

iLab Elective Courses

Preferred Choice

(33)

Preferred Choice

(43)

Preferred Choice

(38)

Preferred Choice

• QED - 23 current projects (32 students)

• EDP - “Innovation Station” (24 students/term)

*Study Hall/H&W Drop-ins (opportunity varies)

Other (QED/EDP)

iLab/Library Partnership (ATLS)

iLab Library

Reading, Research, & Resources

Authentic Learning“Students engaged in direct experience with materials, unforeseen obstacles, and serendipitous discoveries may result in understanding never anticipated by the teacher.”

- Sylvia Libow Martinez:

Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom