12:00pm EST
Welcome

• Liz Whitewolf, Founding Director, eduFAB

Keynote Address

• Michael Stone, VP of Innovative Learning, Public Education Foundation "Empowering Students through Digital Fabrication"

1:15pm EST
Hands on workshops

• Making Projects Relate to Math Concepts

  • Lauren Siegel, MathHappens Foundation, Austin, TX, US

• Content-Based Maker Projects & PBLs

  • Kristin Burrus, Global Design & Innovation Ctr, Chattanooga, TN, US

• Saurmandalam: Learn About Solar Systems Through Paper Circuits

  • Pradnya Kunal Jagtap, Pioneer EduTach Pvt Ltd, Ratgagiri, Maharashtra, India

Lightning Talks Session A

• Maker Classroom: Establishing Makerspaces in Public Schools in Egypt

  • Lamiaa Nail & Ahmed Ibrahim, Fab Lab Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

• Basics to Capstones: The Excitement & Struggles of a Fab Lab Curriculum

  • Dennis Conner, The Gregory School, Tucson, AZ, US

Lightning Talks Session B

• Make Your City/Make Your Home/Make Your Own

  • Leyla Yunis, Maker Institute, Prague, CZ

• School-based Makerspaces for Authentic Student Learning

  • Liz Whitewolf, eduFAB, Pittsburgh, PA, US

 

2:10pm EST
Hands on workshops

• Sewing is Engineering

  • Danielle Martin, East Palo Alto Academy Dream Lab Makerspace, California, US

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• Engineering with Paper: Balancing Act- Force and Gravity Projects

  • Godwyn Morris, Dazzling Discoveries/Skill Mill, New York, NY, US

• Paint By Numbers: A Gentle Introduction to Arduino

  • Joel Trudeau, Dawson College, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Lightning Talks Session C

• Social Emotional Learning in the Fab Lab Classroom

  • Sarah Durzo & Michelle Voithofer, IU1, Washington, PA, US

• Computational Thinking in 3D Modeling and Printing

  • Artur Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Agrupamento de Escolas Venda do Pinheiro, Portugal

Lightning Talks Session D

• FLEA Market (Fab Lab Entrepreneurs & Artisans Market)

  • Abigail McCune & Steve Luciano, Fab Lab Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Makers Meet Disabilities

  • Alexander Geht, Tikkun Olam Makers, Pittsburgh, PA

 

3:00pm EST
Unconference Sessions
Bring your ideas to brainstorm discussion topics and then join others interested in the same topic for deeper exploration.

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3:45pm EST

Closing Remarks

• Liz Whitewolf, eduFAB