Explore and create: Deep-dive Creation lab 
Preregistration Required
This session will build on the art of expressive circuitry on paper with easy-to-use surface-mount LED stickers, conductive tapes, and craft materials. Attendees will learn how to add interactivity by building paper circuit switches that align with materials that create silhouettes and shadows, blending art and technology in a fun and exciting way.
Takeaways include paper electronics concepts and skills, a multitude of examples of classroom projects, a discussion of how blended art and engineering approaches can be applied in classrooms across disciplines, and support in developing a classroom activity of their own.
Participants will create a circuit with conductive tape, and an LED circuit sticker (20 min.). Next, we will add a paper switch to the circuit and add this new interactivity to a drawing or illustration (20 min). Attendees will learn how to “debug” and begin creating variations on their designs during the workshop (20 min). Finally, we will explore easy-to-access resources, including lesson plans and examples (30 min).
Makers in Schools: Entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution (2018) Brown, S. & Liedahl, B.
Martinez, S. L., & Stager, G. (2013). Invent to Learn: Making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Torrance, CA: Constructing Modern Knowledge Press.
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Papert, S., & Solomon, C. (1971). Twenty things to do with a computer. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, A.I. Laboratory.
Qi, J. (2012).The Fine Art of Electronics: Paper-based Circuits for Creative Expression. http://web.mit.edu/~jieqi/Public/Jie_Qi_MS_thesis.pdf
Solomon, C. (1986). Computer environments for children: A reflection on theories of learning and education. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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