For the NSF Science Learning+ program, Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) received funding for “Affinity Spaces for Informal Science Learning: Developing a Research Agenda.” With collaborators in the US and the UK, the project is developing a set of concepts, issues and questions that will guide future investigations into how participation in online affinity spaces can promote and enable new approaches to informal science learning. The project is an innovative, pioneering exploration of a neglected but urgently needed arena of informal science learning research. Continue reading
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Western Wisconsin Photo Club
Como Park Zoo, St. Paul, MN
Some favorite shots taken on a cold winter day at Como Park Conservatory and Zoo, on my first outing with the Western Wisconsin Photography Club.
Watch Make: TV Episodes
Make: Television premiered on PBS stations in early 2009. It captured the“Maker Movement,” the DIY trend that was sweeping the country. The The New York Times dubs it “An insurgency of the inventive, the curious and the technologically restless,” and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch calls it “Martha Stewart for supergeeks.” This post presents descriptions of each episode and a link for online viewing.
UPDATE: All shows can be seen here: https://archive.org/details/maketelevision
History of STEM Media Convenings 2011-2016
Beginning in 2011 the Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) in collaboration with TPT Twin Cities Pubic Television and other production organizations organized a series of meetings with creators of STEM media. This section of the site documents their efforts.
Affinity Spaces for STEM Report
This report is designed to be a resource for anyone interested in exploring affinity spaces and informal science learning. Our goal is to not only introduce informal science education researchers and practitioners in informal science education to current affinity space research, but also to present the many interesting research questions identified and discussed in the workshop.
AISL Challenges 2016
At the 2016 NSF AISL Principal Investigator meeting (see http://www.informalscience.org/about-caise/pi-meetings/2016-pi-meeting – free registration required) a group of media producers gathered to discuss the barriers, both real and perceived, to seeking funding from the AISL program. Comments are summarized here and the participants are listed at the end of the post. Continue reading
AISL Media PIs 2014
Recollections on Media and Technology from the 2014 NSF AISL PI Meeting
The 2016 PI meeting took place on February 29th – March 2nd, 2016, at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel in North Bethesda, MD.
As the PI community looks forward to reconnecting at the 2016 meeting, it’s useful to look back at the media and educational technology projects that were represented at the 2014 PI meeting. Saul Rockman and Richard Hudson organized an Open Space conversation that brought together a broad spectrum of NSF projects. PIs from over 20 projects contributed to an impressive discussion of the great diversity of media and technology related AISL projects as well as comparable projects supported by other NSF divisions and other funders.
The attached document includes the participants, their AISL project(s) with links, other related projects, and issues they shared in the conversation. Also included are related projects represented at the 2014 PI meeting in the technology domain, but whose PIs were not in this session.
This catalogue of projects is a treasure trove of creativity and innovation, a resource for everyone using media and technology for informal science learning, and a list of who to look for at the 2016 meeting!
Media & Technology Session 2014 (Click to open)
2012 Convening Report
The STEM Media Producers Convening (SMPC) was designed to create a more vibrant community of practice for STEM media practitioners, and to foster dialogue among media makers across disciplines, with common agreement that in today’s dynamic media landscape, a collaborative community can more actively promote STEM content creation and public impact across multiple platforms. Continue reading
Topics for Discussion at STEM Conference
The workshop was divided into two major sessions, with participants grouped by discipline, and then grouped to find common themes across disciplines. Continue reading
Attendees March 2012 Convening
List of participants in the 2012 STEM Media Producers Convening. Continue reading
Richard C Hudson 