Educator, Co-founder @FDNdigicreate, Postgraduate Researcher (Leeds University), @LeedsRaspJam, #womenintech
A birthday surprise this year was a Saturday Heat Transfer Printing course at the fantastic Leeds Print Workshop. Result, loved it : ) Great chance to learn about basic techniques and it certainly opened my eyes to possibilities with my own e-textile projects and ambitions with creative data viz. A snapshot of my learning steps…
Continue reading ➞ Heat transfer printing with tinkering possibilities
I wanted to link computational thinking to tinkering with a low tech approach to explore artificial intelligence for children. Moreover, to support design thinking skills as we inspire the next generation of digital makers at Raspberry Jam and other maker events with projects sharing robotic arms and other AI examples. Construction-based activities with the clear focus on high tech progression…
Continue reading ➞ Robotic arms: Clutching at computational straws
We've been connecting ideas with straws to understand what a simple machine is and using design thinking to develop complex skills. With a maker kit of Strawbees to support innovations to solve real world problems, we first looked at creating a claw machine. That meant exploring perceptions about the fairness of arcade claws and how building, testing and refining…
Continue reading ➞ Flying Ninja Catapult and other simple machines
