I headed to Unionville elementary to work on some computer science concepts with the 4th grade. We had 4 days of about 45 minutes each. Day 1 & 2 were screen free, then 3 & 4 were with iPads. We started with “graph paper” programming and how you would instruct someone to shade in the… Read more »

The Children’s Festival at Peden Farms is a big event for local elementary school kids, mostly preK-2. There is a little bit of a farm tour, but mostly a whole variety of exhibitors. The one across form me was an electrical company talking about power lines. Near me were some baby chicks. I heard an… Read more »

Tinkerfest is a one day event at the Indiana State Museum. They bring in a bunch of STEM/Maker exhibitors that have different interactive things for families to experience. Hundreds of families come, many of them Girl Scouts. We had a 3D printer going, and many people had questions about how those work. We had our… Read more »

Community & School Partnerships brings JH students from across Indiana for a tour so they can see a college classroom, dorm, and dining hall. We start their morning off with a book that mentions many key places around campus (“Good Night Indiana University” ) and a #Maker experience. This year we are going with kits… Read more »

My friend Kevin Honeycutt (https://www.honeycuttconsultinginc.org/   ; https://www.facebook.com/kevin.honeycutt  ; https://twitter.com/kevinhoneycutt ) is a lifelong educator that has been in the classroom and moved into PD & support & workshops & events for educators and students. He has much more information about this project than I do, as it was his baby. He had  a big… Read more »

The 4H held their annual Educator Leadership conference in Muncie. I attended to meet some more regional leaders, hoping to work with more than just Monroe & Crawford Counties. I did make a couple of more connections. I also did a workshop about “Creating with Cardboard”  They tried something new this year with an “after… Read more »

The Monroe County Fall Festival has an Education Day (morning into afternoon). It is held at 100 S Park St, Ellettsville, IN 47429. I did not get a chance to wander and see the other exhibitors, it was very busy – but I did see a firetruck. We had several hundred kids stop by and explore… Read more »

I went to Shakamak Elementary to build and launch some pop bottle rockets with the after school crowd. There were about 20 kids grades 4-6 for 45 minutes, then 20 k-3 for another 45 minutes. I saved a bunch of 1 liter bottles (Walmart water), had some cardboard and cardboard scissors. They had the choice… Read more »

I went to Owen Valley High School during their “Patriot Hour”, a chunk of time in the middle of the day when they get to choose where to go. Amy, the Librarian, hosts different things for kids. This time she wanted to do vinyl cutting with the Cricut (they have 1 Cricut Explore). I took… Read more »

Actually it wasnt, but that was my fault. I made a big mistake. Or 4. (a little knowledge is a dangerous thing) I was helping a school get their 70 watt laser setup. We engraved a couple of little trinkets. Then we did a test grid for scoring/cutting and one for engraving. We engraved and… Read more »