MakeFashion Edu: LED Diffusion for Wearables
Deeper Learning Conference
Storytelling through Fashion Technology with MakeFashion Edu
SteamHead is presenting a Deep Dive session at the 2021 Deeper Learning, where they will hold a MakeFashion Edu workshop. Participants will discover ways in which they can reach all students through the exploration of fashion tech. They will work in teams to go through a design thinking process (based on Stanford D-School), ideate and create a meaningful fashion tech piece using various levels of technology and revise with self and peers. The Deep Dive will end by exhibiting all the pieces in a virtual gallery and a ready to share fashion lookbook.
See it in Action: Fashion Elements
Carrie Leung, a fashion tech educator and founder of MakeFashion Edu, recognized the need for an accessible and comprehensive online course to help teachers start their own fashion tech programs in their classrooms. In response, she and the team at SteamHead created “SteamHead’s Introduction to MakeFashion Edu,” a free online course designed to give teachers all the startup information they need, including materials, instructions, and even self-paced learning opportunities for students.
The course is aimed at K-12 school teachers, but anyone with an interest in fashion tech is welcome to take it. One of the ways Carrie made the course even more accessible and engaging for students was by creating a series of YouTube videos to supplement the online content. These videos included step-by-step demonstrations of various fashion tech projects, as well as tips and tricks for working with different materials and tools.
Carrie’s videos have been praised for their clear and concise instructions, which make it easy for even those with little to no experience in fashion tech to follow along and complete the projects. They also allow for self-paced learning, as students can watch and rewatch the videos as many times as needed to fully understand the concepts.
One of the most popular aspects of the course is the vast collection of resources made available for teachers like the project instructions, templates and material lists. By providing this information, the course takes the guesswork out of starting a fashion tech program and allows teachers to focus on the most important aspect which is teaching.
Carrie’s passion for fashion tech education shines through in “SteamHead’s Introduction to MakeFashion Edu.” Her dedication to making the course accessible and engaging for all students is truly admirable, and it’s clear that her YouTube videos have been an invaluable addition to the online course. With the help of this course, teachers everywhere can bring the exciting world of fashion tech to their classrooms.
Here are excerpts of the videos, please find our full course at https://steamhead.space/steamhead-online-learning/
Inventing Pinball
Hardi Huang and company created their own pinball machine from scratch! Check out Hardi’s blog for the details on the electronics and circuit design: http://hardihuang.info/blog/2021/03/02/pinball-machine-demo/
One mother of the students involved with this project called me with thanks for SteamHead in providing a place where her son could be expressive, challenged, and empathetic. Where else besides a makerspace can you find those skills in such high demand, and a community that cheers each other on to exhibit them?
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