Pathfinders Winter Institute 2021

Pathfinders Winter Institute 2021 - Introducing the Winter Maker Festival! In this immersive program we seek to develop the skills of educators who want to incorporate making into their pedagogical toolkit or advance their current skills. The motivation for creating this program comes from our work with numerous educators who wanted to deepen their skills and understanding of the resources necessary to integrate maker education principles and philosophies into their classrooms. The focus of this session will be in a few different areas, including: micro:bit; Audio and Video Production; Low-tech Engineering; Designing & Manufacturing in 2D and 3D. For each of these topics we plan to offer Beginner and Advanced to differentiate the materials to meet your needs. You do not need any prior making, computer science or programming experience. You will leave with enough resources and skills to be comfortable engaging your students in making when you return to school.