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STEM Ideas and Inspiration
This is from a slideshow of inspirational videos I would show my class throughout the Assistive Technology Engineering class. Sometimes you just need a little inspiration to get you going! From Assistive Technology Engineering 2013 #0 How to start a movement My favorite #1 OK GO Needing/Getting A lot of time and hard work to…
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3D For Special Needs Company
V1 Special Education is an underserved market that has the potential of being transformed by 3D printing. The design process of turning an idea into 3D printable object is the biggest barrier for teachers. My solution is a website that helps special education staff and students turn their ideas into 3D printed learning aids and…
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Projects for 2015 AT Class
Project 1 – Cardboard Tables Groups must design and test a table made from a limited amount of cardboard and packaging tape. How many books can your table hold? Goal: the value or prototyping quickly, often, and how to work as a team Materials: cardboard, tape, lot’s of heavy books Project 2 – Business Cards…
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Wall LED Strip
Consumer product that makes it easy to add LED strip lighting to their wall in a variety of designs and styles laser cut or 3D printed brackets that lock in a water proof RGB LED strip with a friction clip on the top. The brackets stick to the wall with removable 3D adhesive strips. There…
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Webtions
This is where InsertLearning started! This is the initial idea and working doc from Twin Cities Startup Weekend EDU 2014. Karin Hogen, Eric Cameron, and I worked out this idea Initial Pitch doc Online assignments built around the internet. Questions and discussions go where the content is. Matt Nupen @mattnupen goo.gl/nsZ4Fd Quick Pitch: Uses: Features:…
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Google LMS
A few months before Google Classroom was announced, three teachers I worked with and myself brainstormed this idea for a Google LMS. It was one of three ideas we were going to pitch at the 2014 TC SWEDU. I ultimately pitched my Question Site idea which took first place and became InsertLearning What we would…
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Fairy Crown Idea
a tiara with LEDs and transmitter that communicates with “fairies” in the trees. The fairies are RGB leds with a wireless transmitter that communicates with the tiara and other fairies. Could use RF transmitters or BLE4. BLE would allow parents to activate the fairires via their smartphone. The fairies would light up when the tiara…
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Hackable Electronics Kit
An Arduino electronics kits that are as educational as they are good looking and has a life after it’s been built. They can also be easily hacked into something bigger. Existing electronics kits are educational but ugly, or look good and don’t teach you anything. My kits have laser cut enclosures that look great and…
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Teacher Maker Marketplace
History: This is when I was really getting into digital fabrication and exploring how it can make learning more hands-on and accessible. The idea was to connect educators with ideas with skilled designers to create learning aids that can be manufactured locally with digital fabrication tools. The designs would be open-source and the finished product…
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Modular IOT Catpost
A customizable internet of things cat post that says what your cat is doing and lets you interact with while away. Mix and match attachments that sense or react to the cat. Program the cat post through a website with simple drag and drop tools. Have the post tweet about how long the cat naps…