We are Tool Makers
I am a Maker
I like to Make Things
Making Things is Fun
For Fun and Profit
- Each of you will have a career
- Some careers are more desirable than others
Ötzi
Have you met this man?
Who was he?
- Lived 5300 years ago
- Died in the Alps
- Found in 1991
How did he die?
- Violently for sure.
- He had been fighting
- Blow to the head
- Arrow in his back
What did he have?
He had tools and weapons.
Copper Axe
Flint Knife
Tools and Materials
- Quiver of arrows, not finished
- Unfinished bow
- Antler “tool” for sharpening
- Tinder fungus, flint and pyrite
- Scraper
- Drill
- Bone awl
Tools
He had tools.
He had materials.
He had tools to make tools.
Homo Habilis
Have you met this man?
He Made Tools Too
We are Tool Makers
Making tools is in our DNA
Making Things
We make more than simple tools
Small Things
Big Things
Complex Things
Virtual Things
I Like Games
Playing is important to youngsters. Why?
Can we use Games?
What if you were a character in a game?
How would your Level Up?
- Practicing trumpet => 24 points
- Writing English report => 56 points
- Complimenting sister => 17 points
- Making bed => 12 points
- Forgetting to brush teeth => -5 points
Habitica
Habitica turns your life into a game:
- Create daily chores
- Write your list of things to do
- Finishing gives you points and gold coins
- Spend coins on your own rewards
- Deck out your avatar
Joining our Guild
- We have a Computer Coding Club group
- Our challenges are Learning to Code
- If you complete the challenges, you can get rare gems
- (And you learn to program)
Building is More
Don’t stop at playing games …
Making is more enriching.
Learn to Code
- Start with Hour of Code (v)
- Course 4 on code.org
- Use App Lab to make smart phone apps
- Keeping learning and building…
