{"data":{"ID":187,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1351370526,"CreatorID":62,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Digital Fabrication in K-12","Handle":"Digital_Fabrication_in_K-12","ShortDescription":"Let's have a conversation about digital fabrication in schools. FabLabs and Makerspaces are putting the means of production (3D printers, laser cutters, milling machines, etc) into our student's hands. Let's talk about the benefits, challenges, and best practices of teaching kids to use machines that can make things!","Description":"Digital fabrication labs, maker spaces and other innovative classrooms are popping up in K-12 schools all over the world! \r\n\r\nLet's start a conversation so we can share our best practices, tips, tricks, challenges of managing and running such labs. \r\n\r\nTopics of conversation will include:\r\n\r\nFavorite student projects\r\nRecommended hardware\/software\r\nCosts\r\nApplications to design thinking\r\nStaffing and training\r\nProfessional development opportunities\r\nLab model vs 1:1\r\nAnd more!","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"As educators who have been using digital fabrication and the design process in their classroom for years, we will share some of my favorite (and least favorite) projects. We will use these examples to prompt a conversation about what works, and what doesn't in a digital fabrication classroom.","Presenter":["Jaymes Dec","Karen Blumberg","Don Buckley"],"PresenterAffiliation":["Marymount School of New York"],"PresenterEmail":["jdec@marymountnyc.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":14,"ScheduleLocationID":16,"SubmitterID":62,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":2}}