Traditional education sucks. Let’s hack it.

EGLE MARIJA RAMANAUSKAITE, SIMONA BEKERAITEBIZZZ#254, 2016-08-20

Why is traditional education failing learners?

Lecturing doesn’t work......nor does standardized content

or tests

Teachers not always smarter than students…

Lack of integration + No connection of learned things to real world

Not that content we are *taught* at school doesn’t matter, but … it’s HOW we *learn* it

THERE IS AN ANSWER! Or - many

• Open Schooling

Learning together

Learning situated...

THERE IS AN ANSWER! Or - many• Hack Schooling / Unschooling(Homeschooling only better!)

Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPlante - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11u3vtcpaY

Living-not learning to live

THERE IS AN ANSWER! Or - many

• Hackerspaces!

Learning by doing, problem solving, constructing

knowledge

Learning skills actually needed in 21st century

FUTURE CREATORSCREATORS OF THE FUTURE

...not just coding: any type of hacking goes

CREATING A DIY SOLUTION IN YOUR HOME

CONSTRUCTING A NEW TYPE OF TOOL FOR YOUR SCHOOLWORK/WORK-WORK

CHANGING YOUR SOCIAL SURROUNDINGS FOR THE BETTER

Have a problem

Understand it

Solve it

At Technarium we hack technology – one of most hackable things in today’s world

...and we’re learning as a community as a result

At Technarium we hack technology – one of most hackable things in today’s world

But what is Technarium?

Basement, < 5 humans

1000 sq. m. space at a former industrial building

Electronics and biochemistry labs, ceramics studio, UAV/CNC construction corner,brewery, sewing area, 3D printing corner

Lithuania: many creative, intelligent, DIY-inclined people

lack of collaboration: stagnation

complacency: lack of striving for excellence

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We try to change that.

Vilnius Hack and Tell events, electronics Mondays, workshops, citizen science activities, Cryptoparties, workshops for refugees, various meetups, etc.(http://meetup.com/Technarium)

Engineering solutions/consulting for people who need them: artists, designers

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Open source hardware movement of the early 21st century:

•We ought to build stuff that is the hardware equivalent of Linux or Apache.• An open source water kettle? Open source switched-mode power supply? Variable frequency drive?

https://github.com/Miceuz/triac-bloc

INFORMAL LEARNING AT TECHNARIUM: MASTER THESIS Informal learning:

•Happens everywhere•Happens as a side effect

TECHNARIUM AS A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE • Shared space & tools

• Works as a community !

• Sharing & peer-support • Peer-evaluation

• Unique jargon

LEARNING *HAPPENS* IN UNEXPECTED PLACES

NOW... TO TURN ALL SCHOOLS INTO HACKERSPACES

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