A4LE Hawai'i 2019 Symposium II - Maker Movement

M A K E R S PA C E SYMPOSIUM 2 NOVEMBER 2019 8AM – 12NOON

PUNAHOU SCHOOL KOSASA DESIGN LAB • • • •

KEY NOTE: MIKI TOMITA, EDUCATION INCUBATOR TOURS OF PUNAHOU MAKER SPACE EXHIBITS BY EDUCATORS AIA CES CREDITS (3 EXPECTED)

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PROFESSIONAL ADMISSION RATE: $30 (A4LE MEMBER) $40 (A4LE MEMBER) SPECIAL RATE FOR EDUCATORS: $10 (A4LE MEMBER)/$15 (NON-MEMBER) FREE PARKING REGISTRATION CLOSES 10/25/2019

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A4LE Hawai’i School Design Symposium II Symposium on the Maker Movement in Education Saturday November 2, 2019 8:00am – 12:00pm Punahou School at the New Minnie Kosasa Learning Commons and Design Labs Synopsis

The maker movement is a powerful and transformative evolution in education, but what defines it, and how are other schools putting concepts to use?

There’s no lack of science to the understanding that hands-on learning-by-doing and social team dynamics increases cognition, attention, and ultimately a student’s own learning outcomes. But implementation of design thinking can shift an entire curriculum from more to less predictable, as any teacher knows. So then, how are school leaders developing spaces for student invention, and what do they look like? Beyond understanding the needs for space and equipment, the maker movement also taps into incredible momentum accelerating student growth is schools everywhere. Collaborative team projects are more commonly setting sights on real-world issues facing our cities and communities today and helping to solve them.

There is no one definition of a maker space, and no two schools will do it the same way, even if given the same facilities, because the maker movement is at least as dependent upon culture as tools.

One might think “If you build it, they will come” but also consider the task of designing a glove without knowing the hand. Your space will accommodate the equipment and teams, but your classroom’s approach to problem finding, ideating, prototyping, problem solving, and ultimately presenting or publishing to the community-at-large will be widely unique. Peek into many science classes or an undergraduate architecture school – you’ll see this culture alive and well as a normalized part of the education process, and a variety of creative methods to demonstrate student achievement.

The A4LE Hawai’i Maker Movement Symposium Saturday November 2, 8:00am-12:00pm at the Punahou School Minnie Kosasa Design Lab We will explore these questions throughout a rapid half-day, interdisciplinary summit of educators and leadership, school planners and architects, as well as industry experts, innovative products and student presentations. We will host a tour of the newly completed Minnie Kosasa Design Labs and Learning Commons at Punahou School for a glimpse of one school’s answer to the call for creativity.

Breakfast and pupus will be provided.

PLEASE NOTE, SCHOOL PRESENTER TEAMS WILL BE GRANTED FREE ADMITTANCE.

Ben Gathright, Assoc AIA Senior Designer, Education Studio, AHL Vice President, A4LE Hawai’i Chapter bgathright@ahl.design

Hawai’i Chapter

A4LE Hawai’i School Design Symposium II Symposium on the Maker Movement in Education Saturday November 2, 2019 8:00am – 12:00pm Punahou School at the New Minnie Kosasa Learning Commons and Design Labs

Keynote by Miki Tomita, CEO of Education Incubator Speaking from the perspective of community-wide collaborative educational leadership, Miki Tomita will end our event with a keynote presentation exploring and understanding Education Incubator’s various PBL delivery models, variety of lessons-learned benefits of the maker-oriented spaces they host students, their myriad community partnerships and how they help drive EI’s programming, and more.

Through partnerships with startup incubator programs and innovation-focused venture capital firms, this course will help us as architects better understand the vital potential of school-to-community connections how students are bringing real innovative solutions to challenges facing Hawai’i today, and the incredible social-emotional learning effect of tasking students with actually improving their own communities right now.

Miki will help us as facilities planners understand how classrooms are taking shape across our cities, but outside of typical school buildings, and how we might plan for a future of diversified community educational facilities.

Learning Opportunities

Discourse • • • •

The processes, logistics and ingredients of a community-centered design lab serving multiple public and private school student groups.

Bringing student projects to reality, and how community partnerships can help sustain a student’s projects, interest and commitment to their own learning.

Makerspace as community meetinghouse, building communication and presentation into every day and every process to build proactive, self-directed experiences that empower students to connect.

The importance of place-based context. Grounding a new space in its place, elevating placebased identity and importance of place, creates context and inspiration to nurture young change-makers, and how a space’s design can teach the vital importance of place.

The A4LE Hawai’i Maker Movement Symposium Saturday November 2, 8:00am-12:00pm at the Punahou School Minnie Kosasa Design Lab Breakfast and pupus will be provided.

PLEASE NOTE, SCHOOL PRESENTER TEAMS WILL BE GRANTED FREE ADMITTANCE

Ben Gathright, Assoc AIA Senior Designer, Education Studio, AHL Vice President, A4LE Hawai’i Chapter bgathright@ahl.design Hawai’i Chapter