Creating "Tinkerable" experiences through art and design Or should we say no apparent useful effect. For tinkering is by far the most effective form of learning.
TINKER
tin·ker /’tINGkar/
Verb : Attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way, often to no useful effect. It leads to the purest form of understanding, exploration, innovation, and in turn, excitement. This is our attempt to make the world around us more ‘Tinkerable’.
07/10/2012
Shimon Schocken: The self-organizing computer course | Video on TED.com TED Talks Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online -- giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks -- they were surprised that thousands jumped at the opportunity ...
07/10/2012
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03/10/2012
http://schooloflittledesigners.wordpress.com/
School of Little Designers Feel + Imagine + Play + Create + Share
Upcoming Session Coffee Katta ( कट्टा ) Pune
1 st Sep
Keep watching the space :)
13/08/2012
Tinkerable Business Card
the white line will be perforated : the card splits into two cards so as to facilitate sharing of contact details ... :)
"Storybook by one of our neighbouring kids - courtesy Sunder and Sonati"
http://thekambattu.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/deepas-holiday/
Deepa’s Holiday Govindraj is our milkman and neighbour. His daughter Deepa lives and studies at a school near Valapady. This summer, he was very upset because she had failed in English. He wanted us to give her & #...
AMT » Thesis Showcase: Liz Belfer and Lea Faminiano Help NYC Schoolchildren Paint Themselves As Supe School of Art, Media, and Technology
20/05/2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nY3OPiheBSw
Teach For India & Acumen Fund Celebrate Generosity Day Teach for India and Acumen Fund partnered earlier this year to run a "generosity experiement" in honor of Generosity Day 2012 in a low-income classroom outsi...
20/05/2012
100!!!! yay
19/05/2012
12/05/2012
Parents drew their own child with the children's help eventually working as time. Motive of the session was finding answer to the question; do you know your child?