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The Makery Cloud

The Makery Cloud. Promoting STEM by empowering students to design and build real products. Neil Scott, Thanh Truc Nguyen, Raemi Tokuhama, Kevin Gill CRDG, University of Hawaii. Overview. The Invention Factory The Makery Cloud Concept How the Makery Cloud works Why we need a Makery Cloud

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The Makery Cloud

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  1. The Makery Cloud • Promoting STEM by empowering students to design and build real products Neil Scott, Thanh Truc Nguyen, Raemi Tokuhama, Kevin Gill CRDG, University of Hawaii

  2. Overview • The Invention Factory • The Makery Cloud Concept • How the Makery Cloud works • Why we need a Makery Cloud • Benefits of the Makery Cloud • Implementing the Makery Cloud

  3. Invention Factory • 42 Month Project funded by NSF -- grades 8 and up • Used invention as a catalyst for getting middle and high school students interested in STEM • Students learned about electricity, magnetism, electronics, microcomputers, sensors, actuators, and computer numerically controlled (CNC) Machines. • Students modified toys to make them accessible to children with disabilities, made accessible appliances for aging people, and neat stuff for themselves.

  4. Year-1 Invention Factory • Basic Electricity and Magnetism. • Assistive devices for children with disabilities.

  5. Invention Factory Year-1 Year-2 • Basic Electricity and Magnetism. • Assistive devices for children with disabilities. • Electronics, sensors, and microprocessors. • Devices that help aging people.

  6. Year-1 Invention Factory Year-2 • Basic Electricity and Magnetism. • Assistive devices for children with disabilities. • Electronics, sensors, and microprocessors. • Devices that help aging people. • Design and fabricate components using CAD/CAM/CNC process • Design and build Electric Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Year-3

  7. Invention Factory:Electric Hawaiian Steel Guitar • Skills Developed: • Visualization • Using 3-D Computer Aided Design (CAD) Software • Using Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software • Operating Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines to cut out 3-D wooden, metal, and plastic parts • Sanding and finishing wooden, metal, and plastic parts • Assembling and testing complete instruments • Learning music theory and how to play the steel guitar

  8. Invention Factory:Lessons Learned • Students start off with no idea of what STEM is and why they need to learn about it • They expect instant gratification • Many have poor reading and writing skills • Most have very little practical knowledge and skills • They aren’t stupid - just bored • The can make really neat stuff when they get the chance

  9. Makery Cloud Concepts Provides local and/or remote resources for students to design and build objects and devices to support their classroom activities, projects, and hobbies. Consists of: • Classroom Makery • Central Makery • External Partners • All linked through an Internet Portal

  10. Classroom Makery • Compact, affordable facility for designing and building components, and assembling and testing systems • Carefully selected tools, machines, and resources provide essential design and fabrication capabilities • Designed to be intrinsically safe • Just-in-time learning to support Makery activities • Not too complex for teachers to learn and manage

  11. Classroom Makery

  12. Classroom Makery

  13. Classroom Makery: Milling Pod

  14. Classroom Makery: Milling Pod

  15. Tools and Machines • Project-driven activities help students to develop a range of practical skills using a variety of tools and small machines

  16. MicroMill: Introduced in Three Phases • Teachers design and build a MicroMill as part of their training • Teachers learn how to use the Micromill • Teachers teach students to use the Micromill

  17. MicroMill

  18. Central Makery • Provides on-line instruction • Identifies and trains mentors • Has Internet accessible tools and CNC machines • Prepares stock material for schools • Develops curricula • Supports Just-In-Time (JIT) learning • Generates project Ideas

  19. Central Makery CNC Photo of the Donald

  20. External Partners • Industrial organizations and research laboratories • Provide access to large or specialized CNC machines • Provide support for projects and internships • Assist with training • Assist with design challenges • Provide mentors • Help students obtain special materials

  21. Internet Portal • Supports Distance Learning • Provides peer-to-peer interactionfor instruction and collaboration • Supports multiple streaming video channels showing the student, instructor, and CNC machine • Provides remote control capabilities for using software and CNC machines • Provides Administrative functions

  22. Why We Need a Makery Cloud • Reduces the loading on individual teachers by sharing specialized knowledge and skills among many sites • Sharing CNC machines is less costly than providing every school with a full range of CNC capabilities • Allows instruction to be provided over the Internet • Supports teachers and students from schools that have no classroom makery or workshops • Industrial partners provide access to skilled operators and machines that schools cannot afford to own

  23. Implementing the Makery Cloud Current NSF-funded pilot project involves COE Makery and two charter schools on the Big Island of Hawaii • Schools are geographically separated • Each school is getting a basic Classroom Makery • Each school will receive additional CNC equipment to develop a unique specialized capability: • CNC Router (woodworking) - Hilo • CNC Mill (metalworking) - Pahoa

  24. Implementing the Makery Cloud • The principal and two or more teachers from each school are participating in ongoing live and on-line professional development during which they are learning how to use a Makery with their students • Ongoing training and collaboration will be provided over the Internet, initially provided by the U.H. Central Makery, but increasingly it will be between schools • Remote fabrication will be provided via the Internet for projects that can’t be handled with locally available knowledge, tools, and machines • Schools will share their specialized machines and knowledge

  25. Extending the Makery Cloud to More Charter Schools... Three phases of Professional Development (PD) will enable teachers to gain proficiency with using the Makery Cloud: • Teachers will learn how computer numerically controlled (CNC) machines work by designing, building and operating a CNC MicroMill. • Teachers will develop personal skills for using Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Assisted Manufacturing (CAM) software to drive CNC machines. • Teachers will train students to use CAD/CAM/CNC for classroom and project-driven activities.

  26. Extending the Makery Cloud to More Charter Schools... • Scheduling problem to overcome • 1 - 2 week long sessions during the school breaks: Spring, Summer, Winter • Weekend sessions • Once a week sessions • Mixture of above options

  27. Implementing the Makery Cloud:Pacific Aviation Museum Barnstorming

  28. Pacific Aviation Museum Wind Tunnel

  29. Wind Tunnel: Viewing a Control Surface

  30. Flight Plane Simulator: The Plane

  31. Flight Plane Simulator: Carrying Case

  32. Flight Plane Simulator: Joystick

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