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In this episode, Dr. Peter Dalmaris and Marcus Schappi talk with Rich Lehrer.
Rich Lehrer divides his time between being the Innovation Coordinator at Brookwood School in Manchester-By-The-Sea, MA and working with educators, both in the U.S. and internationally, to bring authentic Project Based Learning experiences to their students.
For the past five years, Rich has been breaking ground in the use of 3D printing to connect students to their communities and world through finding and solving real-world problems.
Over the course of his career, Rich has been an educator in the Canadian public school system, in international schools in Venezuela and Brazil, and in the U.S. independent school system. Throughout his 27 years in education, Rich has been committed to the search for “what works” in education. His quest is to use Project Based Learning in the development and implementation of meaningful, engaging, and authentic student learning experiences for students.
This is Stemiverse Podcast episode 39.
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Show Notes
- [spp-timestamp time=”00:00″] Introduction – Introducing Rich Lehrer
- [spp-timestamp time=”03:17″] Rich talks about his background, his work at Brookwood School as Innovation Coordinator
- [spp-timestamp time=”05:37″] Did Rich’s traveling experience shape the Authentic Project-Based Learning and his philosophy in teaching and learning?
- [spp-timestamp time=”07:04″] Rich discusses his experience in teaching in schools in various parts of the world, especially in countries like Brazil, Venezuela, and Rwanda
- [spp-timestamp time=”08:03″] The International Teaching Network
- [spp-timestamp time=”09:22″] When did Rich’s ideas and methods in regards to Project-Based Learning start to form and develop?
- [spp-timestamp time=”11:33″] Discussing the article ‘Students use technology to do good in the world.’
- [spp-timestamp time=”13:46″] Is student activism a new thing?
- [spp-timestamp time=”15:40″] Creating Changemakers
- [spp-timestamp time=”17:31″] What is an Authentic Design – The Buck Institute for Education
- [spp-timestamp time=”20:33″] The difference between Authentic Project-based learning and Vanilla Project-based learning
- [spp-timestamp time=”22:44″] An example of an Authentic Project with Fractions
- [spp-timestamp time=”26:02″] How do you add rigor to PBL?
- [spp-timestamp time=”30:19″] Are Testing and PBL compatible with each other? The example of MIT D-Lab and the Mastery Transcript Consortium
- [spp-timestamp time=”37:46″] A 3D Printing Club without a 3D Printer!
- [spp-timestamp time=”40:23″] Video Link
- [spp-timestamp time=”40:49″] Mechanical parts and customization of the prosthetic hand
- [spp-timestamp time=”41:34″] e-NABLE
- [spp-timestamp time=”42:17″] Tinkercad
- [spp-timestamp time=”43:32″] How this project caught Autodesk’s attention
- [spp-timestamp time=”43:53″] Brookwood’s 3D Design Problem Bank Project
- [spp-timestamp time=”45:19″] Senior housing | Harborlight Community Partners
- [spp-timestamp time=”46:18″] Rich’s Webinar for Tinkercad: Using 3D Printing as a route towards getting kids involved in community problem solving
- [spp-timestamp time=”46:59″] Example of a problem listed on designproblembank.weebly.com
- [spp-timestamp time=”51:00″] Development of the process
- [spp-timestamp time=”52:37″] Sowing the Seeds of Empathy With Technology?
- [spp-timestamp time=”56:35″] Having an authentic relationship between the designer and the user
- [spp-timestamp time=”57:44″] Efficient Biomass Cookstove project with D-Lab
- [spp-timestamp time=”58:36″] User Experience and Design
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:00:17″] Stanford d.school Human-centered design
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:00:35″] IDEO
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:01:55″] Rapid Fire Questions
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:02:09″] Who has been the most influential in shaping the way Rich teaches: His teachers from when he was a kid, and Amy Smith, creator of D-Lab
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:03:38″] Rich’s Favourite apps: Tinkercad, Fusion 360, Qlone, Morphi app
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:04:31″] Ultimaker
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:06:50″] Rich’s Advice for Educators just starting out
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:10:13″] Teachers are changemakers
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:10:39″] A 2016 Student Gallup Poll found that 42 percent of students in grades 5-12 aspire to create something that makes the world a better place
- [spp-timestamp time=”01:10:58″] Rich’s Contact Information: Email: [email protected], [email protected], Twitter: @RichLehrer1, Website: http://richlehrer.weebly.com/