To ‘hack’ can mean a lot of things: To break in and break down. To cut to the core. To chop roughly. To be playful and clever. To be mediocre. To solve a problem, but to do so rather inelegantly. To pull systems apart. To ‘MacGyver’ things back together. To re-code. To rebuild.
Audrey Watters, Hack Education
Join us in the VSTE HackerSpace throughout the conference to explore the many ways to hack your technology, professional practice, and life. We’ll feature demonstrations by educators and others, host discussions on a wide range of topics, and provide a place to exchange ideas and share experiences.
In addition to sharing conversation and ideas, you’ll have a chance for deep, hands on learning with 3D printers, social construction in Minecraft and physical computing with microcontrollers. There will be opportunities to try out the technologies driving the explosion of Maker Culture alongside educators and students in an environment designed to support passionate novices and experts alike and experience how hackerspaces in schools can serve as an incubator for new fascination, as a STEM Lab to explore the foundation of our mobile lifestyle, and as a studio for the arts and crafts developed on the digital frontier.
If you would like to learn more about these concepts, check out the archives of Virtual Virginia 2013 that focused on creating new kinds of learning spaces.
Hackerspace Schedule:
2013 VSTE Annual Conference: Schedule For Hackerspace Events @ Roanoke, VA
