Videos of some final projects from #DesignDoDiscover at @Intl_Chadwick. #d3ci #cihosts #STEAM

Just wanted to gather the videos from this past weekend’s awesome inaugural Design Do Discover in Asia hosted by the wonderful Chadwick International School in Songdo, South Korea. Thank you to coaches Gary Donahue and Andrew Carle of Chadwick, Jaymes Dec of The Marymount School in New York, and Sarah Barnum of The Castilleja School in California!

Here’s the Maneki Neko cat I made with Alice Cha, Landy Hwang, and Ivy Choi:
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Here’s George Gostovich‘s sound-activated Neo-Pixel guitar strap:
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Here’s Sarah’s sound-enhanced meditative pillow:

Here’s Toni’s mobile robot which reacts to distance, light, and sound:
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Here’s Steve and Gary’s robotic plant watering system:
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Maneki Neko prototypes at #DesignDoDiscover @Chadwick_Int! #d3CI #cihosts #MakerEd #elemaker #STEAM

​I’m having an awesome time collaborating with teachers here at Design Do Discover’s Songdo edition at Chadwick International School. The FABulous team of coaches includes: Jaymes Dec (FabLab Coordinator at The Marymount School), Sarah Barnum (Science Teacher/Bourn Fellow at The Castilleja School), Gary Donahue (Department Chair of Technology, Making, and Design at Chadwick International School), and Andrew Carle (Village School Maker and Atelierista at Chadwick International School).
Here are some links about the program:
Design Do Discover Chadwick School: https://sites.google.com/view/ddd-ci
Design Do Discover year-round: https://making.marymountnyc.org/page/events/design-do-discover
GoogleGroup of FabLab and Maker educators: http://bit.ly/fabmakegroup

My partners today were Alice Cha of Seoul International School and Landy Hwang & Ivy Choi of Yew Chung International School in Beijing, China. We decided to create interactive Maneki Neko sculptures — these could be powered using different platforms depending on what hardware or software you have at your disposal:

• Hummingbird programmed in Scratch
• Arduino programmed in Ardublocks or Snap for Arduino or mBlock
• LEGO WeDo programmed in Scratch or Mindstorms
• EV3 programmed in Scratch or Mindstorms
• MakeBlock programmed in Scratch or mBlock
• littleBits

Here are some photos of the process:​

Here are our notes about the project:

Here are photos from the intro session with the whole group (pay attention to my new favorite caffeinated peppermint gum):