{"id":3671,"date":"2016-03-28T05:04:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T10:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3671"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:58:02","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:58:02","slug":"family-workshops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3671","title":{"rendered":"Family Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0266.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3674\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3674\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0266-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"AAB_0266\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0266-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0266-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0266-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0266.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3675 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0229-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"AAB_0229\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0229-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0229-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0229-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0229.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Invent To Learn Workshops for Families<\/h1>\n<p>Gary Stager and his Constructing Modern Knowledge teammates love working with children and their parents. These hands-on and minds-on workshops create exciting learning experiences in which parents come to value learning-by-making. The emphasis is on action, creative expression, and hard fun! Parents who participate in these workshops become advocates for classroom making and project-based learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0128.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3676 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0128-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"AAB_0128\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0128-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0128-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0128-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0128.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Teachers may participate and even bring their own kids. Schools only need to provide a small number of laptop or desktop computers, a projector and screen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We provide all of the materials necessary for centers featuring the following maker activities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cardboard construction<\/li>\n<li>Wearable computing and e-Textiles (make interactive clothes and jewelry with LEDs, conductive thread and more!)<\/li>\n<li>Arduino microcontrollers<\/li>\n<li>LEGO WeDo robotics<\/li>\n<li>Art, mathematics, and computer programming via <a title=\"Turtle Art web site\" href=\"http:\/\/turtleart.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turtle Art<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interactive greeting cards<\/li>\n<li>Floor turtles<\/li>\n<li>Little Bits and other electronic construction kits<\/li>\n<li>Hummingbird and Finch robotics construction kits<\/li>\n<li>Discounted copies of the book, <a title=\"Invent to Learn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inventtolearn.com\/buy-the-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Invent To Learn &#8211; Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom<\/a>, may be provided, one per family, for an additional fee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0310.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3677 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0310-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"AAB_0310\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0310-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0310-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0310-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AAB_0310.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Check out our <a title=\"Time to go shopping!\" href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/inventtolearnparents-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">book, toy, and kit recommendations<\/a> for creative families!<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"mailto: gary@constructingmodernknowledge.com?subject=Interested in booking Gary Stager\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2233\" src=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/book-now1-300x234.gif\" alt=\"book now\" width=\"150\" \/>\r\n<\/a>photos courtesy of American School of Bombay<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Invent To Learn Workshops for Families Gary Stager and his Constructing Modern Knowledge teammates love working with children and their parents. 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