Building a Renewed Culture of Innovation Making: the process of producing something ie, manufacture, building, constructing, assembly, creation Maker Education: Build to Learn vs. Learn to Build New Cool vs. Rigor Teaching Content is Training. What you do with it is Education. Yes I Can! versus only a few Engineering Education Change: Social, Global (Humanities) vs. Analytical (Math) Watch Most Likely to Succeed: Memorization (content) vs. Problem Based Learning (21 st CS) mltsfilm.org Background Agency of Education: Strengthen Career and Technical Education Born and Raised in Central VT Aerospace Engineering Focus on Workforce ACCOUNTABILITY Industry Recognized Credentials Career Clusters economic clusters STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics That was then THIS, is now Look at the Environment EU Jobless Generation Technology Replacement Rapid Change, ie Chaos Climate Shift New Available Technologies The Third Industrial Revolution Innovation Force New Approach: Engage All in Innovation Make it Cool The Maker Movement Build it? What are the Networks? Convene through Maker Faire and FIRST Robotics Need Broad Community Support I can do that Think it. Make it. We live in a rapidly changing multicultural economy with systems morphing into new ones, chaos, overconsumption, and climate shift As we struggle to regain our status as a world maker Our standard of living is challenged What Trenton Makes, The World Takes While we have challenges stimulating creativity and innovation We tend to teach and learn in silos And THIS is considered cool And the gap widens Degree growth However for us to be competitive we need: Creators Innovators Entrepreneurs Thinkers Leaders Creative Scientists and Engineers That expands the traditional focus And youth that say, I can do that Our innovation is not new if you can imagine it, you can make it happen There is an event called a Maker Faire Where arts and science merge Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. As the World's Largest DIY Festival, this two-day family friendly Faire has something for everyone - a showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker mindset. To engage communities to innovate Dale Dougherty, Head of Maker Faire Click to watch Toronto Maker Faire Click to watch There will be a Maker Faire in Vermont Fall 2012 Shelburne Farms 50 Makers 15 Exhibitor Tech Talks 8 Performing Acts Maker Shed for DIY Art Show 500 attendees That include: Arts ~ Engineering ~ Green Tech Science ~ Sustainable Foods Music ~ Entertainment And the desired outcomes are: Attendees, particularly young ones (middle school, high school, college) leave inspired to try something out Yes, I can do that! They also become aware of resources - who and where to go. More schools, companies, individuals will want to start maker spaces and local mini maker faires. A local network of creators and doers is formed. There is a desire for holding another Maker Faire in Vermont, maybe in different ways. In a 50 Maker/500 Attendee Maker Faire Expenses rental, permits, insurance, fees, food, security, equipment, reimbursements, advertising $22,250 Income ticket sales, crafter booths, sponsors, food, exhibitors $25,750 NET$3,500 Maker Faire Team Locating and leading volunteers; Marketing and promotion; Funding both financial and in-kind; Logisticsorganizing and managing; Legalagreements, insurance, liability; Program development. We need a Maker Team And Makers to share their creations 2012 Champlain Maker Faire Maker Leads and Partners Montshire Museum Rachel Donnegan IEEE Pascal Nsame Vermont ASQ Scott Brown Vermont Shelburne Farms Alec Webb Vermont Tech Jam John Canning ITEA High School Teachers Doug Lombard Career and Technical Education Engineering Related Instructors Norwich University Science Fair Carlos Pinkham Competitions: UVM TASC Engineering, Real World, First, SKILLS Vermont Technology Council John Evans Possible Partner Burning Man Jonathan Lee Marcus Regional Contact Agriculture: Ctr for Sustainable Ag; VT Farm Bureau; NE Small Farm; Etc. Vermont Inventors Network Tom Forence Patents Center for Emerging Technologies/UVM David Bradbury 8 College Partners Vermont Precision Museum Ann Lawless Model Engineering Possible Partner Soc MFG Engineers Brian Lynd Burlington ECHO Science Center Phelan Fretz Vermont Manufacturing Extension Bob ZIder Technical Assistance Shelburne Museum Bruce Andrews Construction Organizations: ABC, AGC, EICA, AWS, IBEW, Plumbers/Pipefitters; Etc. Youth Clubs: JETS, Boys and Girls Clubs, SKILLS, Innovation Clubs NonTT Organizations: AIV, VSJF, VT REAL Entre; Small Bus Dev Ctr. Arts Organizations: VT Arts Council; Bread and Puppet; VT Arts Exchge; Craft Producers; etc Lyndon State College Ann Nyberg Product Packaging VT Soc of Professional Engineers Greg Goyette VT Science Tchrs Assoc Ellen Sulek VT Council of Tchrs of Math Mary Calder UVM: Engineering; Champlain College: Tech VTC: Tech Etc.. UVM sub entitites: Epscor, VASE, Rich Nadworny VPR Maker Space: UVM, SBHS Pine Street, Thetford, Hyde Park Woodstock Digital Media Festival David McGowan Vermont Biosciences Alliance Bill Church Vermont Software Developers Alliance John Canning So that at the end of the day we have a Renewed Culture of Innovation Post Champlain Maker Faire Immediate Movement UVM Fab Lab pre operational Champlain EMC MakerLab development Community makerspaces Libraries and making School makerspaces Decision to run another Champlain Maker Faire FIRST FTC and FLL Competition Zero to Maker Maker to Maker Maker to Market SPARKED Maker Faire as Stimulator Getting a Hand in Making Learning and Access to Making COLLABORATION Maker Faire as Catalyst Self Expression and Creation Improvement and Sharing of Projects COMMERCIAL Maker Faire as Connector Invention and Innovation Broad Appeal and Commercial Applications Maker Pro CTE Centers Libraries & Museums High Schools K-8 Schools Community Makerspaces High End Shop Afterschool Families College Labs Copyright CMF Inc. Acknowledgement of Make re: Zero to Maker, Maker to Maker, and Maker to Market Maker Spectrum Current Space Activity Rutland Maker Faire August 2015 space underway; Claremont space $250K grant Foundry doing well with Lyndon Institute Generator 165 members expanding Other towns evaluating CMF Innovation Hub Network Schools and Libraries expanding St Albans School Maker Space BFA and Northwest Technical Center Lyndon - The Foundry At Lyndon Institute. Hanover/White River Group Working to establish a space In downtown WRJ Brattleboro Marlboro College and community looking for downtown spaces Springfield great location for a new maker space. Claremont is underway Bennington large group of engineers and firms well underway to establish a space Essex Economic Development was interested in a space Rutland Stafford Tech Center new STEM program and community support for a new maker space Burlington Generator, Champlain, UVM, Lab B Barre great space and team forming. Good partnership with CTE center emerging.. Recent conversations to start Makerspaces Emerging Vermont Maker Spaces Champlain Maker Faire Now Adopt a Maker Swap Stitch Make Robot Battles Maker Future School Maker Faires Community Maker Faires more places Expanding Champlain Maker Faire to 150 makers and 5000 attendees by 2017 More making in education Merger of Arts, Engineering, and Entrepreneurship Increase home makerspaces and invention More startups and connections to Business Dev Makeathon, more Adopt a Maker projects So You Want to Make a Makerspace? April 1 & 2 Maker Modules for K12 Robotics Ahead FLL ran Sunday with 36 Teams Norwich FTC will run February 27 UVM FRC scrimmage planned followed by off season October 2017 $500K available to NY and VT Global Foundries region FLL and FTC are now VPA Sanctioned Activities Newly formed State Leadership Council DOUG WEBSTER Skype: diggerwebster1