This week in the iNEST maker club, students were shown new digital badges that Dr. Oliver has set up in the 3D GameLab learning environment, that they can work toward through their project activities. Currently, students can document their project and leadership activities in 3D GameLab to earn seven digital badges as shown in the pic below: soft circuit badge, paper circuit badge, snap circuits badge, little bits badge, hummingbird badge, paper fabrication badge, and the leadership badge. To earn a given badge, students must complete a number of core activities as well as a self-directed quest in which they apply the technology they are learning to an original project or design. Girls were observed this week working on various projects: fabricated masks and Foldify, programmed Hummingbird duo controllers (robotics), soft circuit cuff bracelets, conductive copper foil tape greeting cards, and conductive ink poetry. We were excited to see two girls take their understanding of soft circuits and apply it to a self-directed quest in which they designed light-up pocket books. Toward the end of yesterday's meeting, the eight girls who will be attending the Society of Women Engineer's Invent It Build It Expo in Philadelphia this weekend, met with trip chaperones and their parents in the school library to go over logistics of air travel, packing, and the trip itinerary. The girls will be flying Friday morning and spending a day sight-seeing in Philadelphia (National Constitution Center, Independence Hall, famous grave sites). On Saturday, the girls will attend the Invent It Build It Expo and have dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. On Sunday, the group will fly home. Thanks to WYWLA teacher Megan Patberg who is chaperoning the trip, along with parent Mrs. Foust, and to everyone who worked behind the scenes to make this trip happen with negotiating county/parent permissions, booking air travel and expo tickets, reserving hotel rooms, and arranging the trip itinerary.
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Purpose:Dr. Oliver's weekly update of activities in the iNEST Maker Club. Archives
April 2019
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