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EDUCATION

High Schools and K-12 work Nick DiGiorgio , Frosti Gislason Professional Development Pieter Tolmay , Nick Digiorgio Education Research Paulo Blikstein Informal Education Katie Rast , Rabiah Mayas Fab Academy: the longer term vision Tomas Diez and Anna Kaziunas France.

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EDUCATION

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  1. High Schools and K-12 work • Nick DiGiorgio,FrostiGislason • Professional Development • Pieter Tolmay, Nick Digiorgio • Education Research • Paulo Blikstein • Informal Education • Katie Rast, RabiahMayas • Fab Academy: the longer term vision • Tomas Diez and Anna Kaziunas France EDUCATION

  2. Formal K-12 3models: • Field Trips (Iceland) • Project-based curriculum/Capstones • Mobile fab lab First data from MC2STEM High Schools: 98% of the students who started in grade 9 graduated, 97% going on to further education--many in STEM disciplines.

  3. Professional Development • 2-3 people, long hours, intensive sessions • Students teaching the teachers • Project development for curricular approach • Project development for curricular approach- allows fab approach to scale 1 teacher = 40 more students • Sustainability approach as well

  4. Education Research • Current approaches bleed creativity out of students—3700 students excited about STEM, by grade 6 only 920K interested, only 62K graduate as engineers • Interest in science in grade 8 best predictor for STEM Careers • Empowerment after making something

  5. Informal Education • San Diego outreach • San Diego curriculum modules • San Diego kits for Ed

  6. Informal Education • MSI networking with Maker Spaces, Hacker Spaces, etc. to extend fab outreach and experience • After-school clubs (12-week modules) • Saturday youth development program (10-122k modules) • Museum guests (general public; short engagements) • Online community for users (FabOnline)

  7. Fab Academy

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