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bk (bee-kay)
He is an experienced shop educator whose general work and many interests are loosely documented on this site.
Posts
Fall ‘23 Update
Fall ‘23 Update
Summer ‘22 Update
Summer ‘22 Update
Spring ‘22 Update
Spring ‘22 Update
Fall Update
Fall Update
Refreshing this site
This site
Spring Update
Spring Update
GBA SP QI Charging
This is a draft!
Modding Gameboys
Modding Gameboys
Digitizing VHS Tapes and MORE
Digitizing VHS Tapes and MORE
EDU629: Module 11 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 11 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 10 Discussion Post
EDU629: Module 10 Discussion Post
EDU629: Module 9 Journal Post
EDU629: Module 9 Journal Post
EDU629: Module 8 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 8 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 7 Journal Post
EDU629: Module 7 Journal Post
EDU629: Module 6 Discussion Post
EDU629: Module 6 Discussion Post
EDU629: Module 5 Discussion Post
EDU629: Module 5 Discussion Post
EDU629: Module 9 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 9 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 8 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 8 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 4 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 4 Blog Post
EDU629: Module 3 Journal
EDU629: Module 3 Journal
EDU629: Module 2
EDU629: Module 2
EDU629: Module 1
EDU629: Module 1
EDU619: Module 2
EDU619: Module 1
NPTNC1693: Week 7 Gradebook
NPTNC1628: Week 7 Gradebook
NPTNC1693: Week 6 Assessing Dispositions and Diverse Students
NPTNC1628: Week 6 Assessing Dispositions and Diverse Students
NPTNC1628: Week 7 Recap
NPTNC1628: Week 7 Recap
NPTNC1628: Week 6 Socio Cultural Theory
NPTNC1628: Week 6 Socio Cultural Theory
NPTNC1693: Week 5 Portfolio Assessments
NPTNC1628: Week 5 Portfolio Assessments
NPTNC1628: Week 5 Knowledge & Cognitive Developmental Processes
NPTNC1628: Week 5 Knowledge & Cognitive Developmental Processes
NPTNC1693: Week 4 Selected and Constructed Response
NPTNC1628: Week 4 Selected and Constructed Response
NPTNC1628: Week 4 Memory
NPTNC1628: Week 3 Memory
Digital tools I’ve been learning to use
Digital tools I’ve been learning to use
NPTNC1693: Week 3 Summative Assessment
NPTNC1628: Week 3 Summative Assessment
NPTNC1628: Week 3 Cognitive Theories
NPTNC1628: Week 3 Cognitive Theories
NPTNC1693: Week 2 Formative Assessment
NPTNC1628: Week 2 Formative Assessment
NPTNC1628: Week 2 Behaviorist Principles
NPTNC1628: Week 2 Behaviorist Principles
EDU684: Literature Review Sharing
EDU684 Week 8 Literature Review Sharing
EDU684: Literature Review
EDU684 Week 8 Literature Review
NPTNC1693: Week 1 Introduction to Assessment
NPTNC1628: Week 1 Introduction to Assessment
NPTNC1628: Week 1 Perspectives on Learning
NPTNC1628: Week 1 Perspectives on Learning
NPTNC1628: Week 1 Perspectives on Learning Paper
NPTNC1628: Week 1 Perspectives on Learning Paper
EDU616: Week 7 Legal and Ethical Issues in Teaching
EDU616 Week 7 Legal and Ethical Issues in Teaching
EDU684: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
EDU684 Week 7 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
EDU616: Week 7 Legal and Ethical Issues in Teaching
EDU616 Week 7 Legal and Ethical Issues in Teaching
EDU616: Week 7 Legal and Ethical Issues in Teaching Paper
EDU616 Week 7 Legal and Ethical Issues in Teaching Paper
EDU684: Diverse Teaching Strategies
EDU684 Week 6 Diverse Teaching Strategies
EDU616: Week 6 Formative Assessment Paper
EDU616 Week 6 Formative Assessment Paper
EDU684: Reflection on Learning
EDU684 Week 5 Reflection on Learning
EDU616: Week 5 Differentiating Learning for Students with Special Needs
EDU616 Week5 Differentiating Learning for Students with Special Needs
EDU684: Classroom Management Challenges
EDU684 Week 4 Classroom Management Challenges
EDU616: Week 4 Integrating Technology
EDU616 Week 4 Integrating Technology
EDU616: Week 7 Integrating Technology Webliography Paper
EDU616 Week 4 Integrating Technology Webliography Paper
EDU684: Week 3 Special Learning Needs
EDU684 Week 3 Special Learning Needs
EDU616: Week 3 Cooperative and Project-Based Learning
EDU616 Week 3 Cooperative and Project-Based Learning
EDU684: Week 2 Special Ed Referral, Evaluation and IEPs
EDU684 Week 2 Special Ed Referral, Evaluation and IEPs
EDU616: Week 2 Questioning and Motivation
EDU616 Week 2 Questioning and Motivation
EDU616: Week 2 Questioning and Motivation Paper
EDU616 Week 2 Questioning and Motivation Paper
EDU684: Week 1 Special Education Law and Frameworks
EDU684 Week 1 Special Education Law and Frameworks
EDU616: Week 1 Lesson and Unit Planning
EDU616 Week 1 Lesson and Unit Planning
EDU616: Week 6 Formative Assessment
EDU616 Week 6 Formative Assessment
EDU649: Week 6 Reflection, Differentiation
EDU649 Week 6 Reflection, Differentiation
EDU649: Week 5 Reflection, Tech Teacher Resources
EDU649 Week 5 Reflection, Tech Teacher Resources
EDU649: Week 3 Reflection, Assessment
EDU649 Week 3 Reflection, Assessment
EDU649: Week 2 Reflection
EDU649 Week 2 Reflection
EDU649: Week 1 Reflection
EDU649 Week 1 Reflection
EDU621: Literature Review
EDU621 A3: Literature Review
EDU621: Research Identification
EDU621 A4: Identifying Purpose Statements, Research Questions, Hypotheses
EDU621: General Topic
EDU621 A2: General Topic
EDU654: Autobiography
At an early age I was diagnosed with a seizure disorder for which I was heavily medicated. My parents prior to pre-K enrolled me in a catholic school outside...
EDU692: Culture of Poverty, Material Consumption Activity
Topic 5: Poverty, Stereotypes, and Curriculum Assignment 5: Read, “The Myth of the Culture of Poverty,” by Paul Gorski
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My Teaching Philosophy
My approach to teaching has been heavily guided by my experiences operating and teaching in makerspaces in Philadelphia. I have been a heavy proponent of the...
My Ideal Classroom
My ideal classroom is a room with four clearly defined zones. The first is for storage student bags, projects, and a locked area for materials. This is ideal...
Why do I teach?
Ever since I stepped into the woodshop in college I have been interested in teaching. The exchange of skills, ideas, and critique in design studios were eye ...
Reflecting on my Favorite Teacher
Mr. Foldesy, my High School art teacher was one of the best. Mr. Foldesy seemed like a laid back art teacher, but his design courses were engaging to all. He...
How can public schools be improved?
I believe public schools can be improved by allowing students creative agency in personal projects. Looking back on my time as a student as well as my curren...
How important is writing in your discipline(Industrial Design)?
Although heavily dependent on visual communication my discipline requires one to be comfortable and confident with their writing. One must be able to communi...
The skills or attributes to be an outstanding teacher
In experience both within the classroom and in informal instructional roles I have found three qualities that help one become a better educator: amiability, ...
On addressing a wide range of skills and abilities
As most of my classrooms have been project based I have found cycling through my methods of instruction to be most beneficial. Throughout a project I will le...
Summer Institute 2017 Art, Media + Design LookBook
Summer Institute 2017 Art, Media + Design LookBook
Make Your Own | Field Reports |
Originally posted November 25th, 2015 in the Library Journal. [gallery type=”slideshow” size=”large” ids=”238,239,240,241,242,243” orderby=”rand”]
Summer Institute 2015 Art, Media + Design LookBook
Summer Institute 201 Art, Media + Design LookBook
Archive: Mentors Kenny and BK @ Maker Camp!
Originally posted August 15, 2015 on the a http://makerjawn.org/blog/2015/08/03/makercamp15/
Archive: Open Letter to Librarians on 3D Printing
Originally posted April 10, 2015 on the Maker Jawn Blog:
Archive: The State of Digital Badging at the Free Library
Originally posted January 9, 2015 on the Maker Jawn Blog: One of the great things about working for Maker Jawn is watching learning happen in spontaneous, an...
Archive: Making Possibilities at the Village
Originally Posted June 30, 2013 on the Maker Jawn Blog:
Current Prototypeon The Right Keeping My
[gallery] Current prototype(on the right), keeping my fingers crossed!
OneKey: Update 3/21
[gallery] With the new circuit I’m working on … because it uses the Arduino IDE to program it Ardublock can be used. Ardublock is an interface t...
I Began Working On A New Circuit That Halves The
[gallery] I began working on a new circuit that halves the cost of the MMM. It’s slowly coming together.
Maker Corps Info and Q&A Session 3.04.14
Maker Corps Info and Q&A Session 3.04.14<div class="link_description"><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">Find out more about Maker Corps,...
We Were At Stamp Act Day At Hamilton Hall Uarts
[gallery] We were at STAMP ACT day at Hamilton hall @ UArts. It was a day filled with youth and young adults interacting with our stuffs and looking for summ...
We Got A Vinyl Cutter At Our New Space In The
[gallery] We got a vinyl cutter at our new space in the library! ^_^ We’ve also acquired a 3D printer in our newly named “5A lab”!
Victor Made His Own Makey Makey Today He Was So
[gallery] Victor made his own MaKey MaKey today. He was so stoked about it. “I can’t wait to go home and break my computer!” “Can we ...
Victor 9 At Kensington Was Playing With One Of
[gallery] Victor, 9, at kensington was playing with one of my prototypes. He found some LEDs and began powering them by shorting the traces. He seems really ...
Some Pics From The Instructors Workshop It Was
[gallery] Some pics from the instructors workshop. It was interesting to see how many questions came out of every little step throughout the process of makin...
Those Striped Jawns Are Resistors They Are
[gallery] “those “striped jawns” are resistors. they are like water taps for electricity that only allow a little [water] through”
What Even Is This I Dont Understand What Is
[gallery] “what even is this… …I don’t understand what is going on there…“ Eric’s response to K-Fai showing him pictures @ ...
makerjawn/jawnware
makerjawn/jawnware
Had An Idea Today As I Contemplated A Usb Toy
Had an idea today as I contemplated a USB toy business-card. One of the larger costs is the usb cable, which up to this point I’ve been able to scrap o...
I Had To Get Windows And Install Atmelstudio 6 To
[gallery] I had to get Windows and install AtmelStudio 6 to work on recompiling a .hex for the Attiny85. After a bit of research and tinkering it worked. It&...
Got My Code Recompiled
//instagram.com/p/krfgC0Gcth/embed/ got my code recompiled!
2.21jawnware check-in
//e.issuu.com/embed.js<p>✔ Material Exploration.</p> The vinyl cutter pushes the copper tape past just making simple circuits(with ease). ✔ Code...
Teen Tech Week
Teen Tech Week<div class="link_description"><blockquote class="link_og_blockquote">Celebrate technology for teens at your library this March with...
Collaborative Work
[gallery] This sort of collaboration was awesome to see. Shanaya(12), Brandon(9), and Judas(14) worked in a team to hold the soldering iron, the solder, and...
User Testing / Test Workshop
[gallery] Peeling the sticker was not an issue, but it was a bit difficult for the kids to keep it together in the transition and peel back the excess. &frac...
Initial Kit Used
[gallery] This is the kit I utilized for my first workshop / testing with the MakeyMakeyMakey. (l-r) Safety Glasses Soldering Iron Solder Helping Hands, &ldq...
Prototype & Tolerance
[gallery] I’ve finally gotten the hang of the process of cutting them without too much waste. Notice how close the cuts are now! If i make them closer I risk...
Resource Images
[gallery] components to help me prototype in illustrator + for documentation/instructor materials
K.I.S.S.
My earlier(and hastily done) circuit sketch is leading me to consider focusing on simplified units(K.I.S.S) to deploy as my first iteration. These simple ver...
Vinylcut Prototype Update
[gallery] There is still a little bit more work needed on the actual cut circuit, it’s not fully functional yet. Just a matter of retracing my steps and maki...
Hardware limit
[gallery] A thought occurred to me, so far I have only been working with one key input . This has allowed for my circuit to remain simple as there is only th...
Two Circuits
[gallery] I forked Flip’s 4-key-keyboard to begin the second iteration. This evening I took the dive into compiling my own .HEX files. The process of compili...
Design Specs for Copper Tape
[gallery] This past week I iterated with physically to push past my initial units shortcomings. I was focused on two things in my iterations: usability ad fu...
Research Book Done
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Archive: Triluminazey Makey Makey MakerParty Awesomeness
Originally posted August 8, 2013 on the Maker Jawn Blog: This past week working on our Connected Messages mural I could sense that the leaving the theme topi...
Archive: Makey Makey Workshop @ Spells
Originally posted August 8, 2013 on the Maker Jawn Blog: Last Wednesday I held a Makey Makey workshop at Spells Writing Lab. Our game controller workshop was...
Archive: Testing, Learning, and Failing.
Originally Posted July 27, 2013 on the Maker Jawn Blog:
Archive: Who cares about saving the Princess, we’d rather win some Pizza.
Originally posted July 17, 2013 on the Maker Jawn Blog. [gallery type=”slideshow” size=”large” ids=”238,239,240,241,242,243” orderby=”rand”]
Archive: Magnet Explorations
Originally Posted June 20, 2013 on the Maker Jawn Blog [vimeo 68745627 w=640 h=360]Paul started toying around with LEDs today and just “wanted to make someth...
Archive: Camp begins at the Village
Originally posted July 10, 2013 on the Maker Jawn Blog: This past week has been pretty rad for us up at the Village! Earlier in the week Camp started so we h...
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All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing...
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places
EU
Switzerland Basel Paper Museum Zermatt Pilatus Madrisa Klosters-Serneus Berghaus Alpenrösli
Midwest
Chicago
New England
What’s the better route we like?
NJ
Water Gap Hot Rods Hot Dogs, eh Hot Dog Johnny’s Humpty Junior’s
Out West
San Francisco, CA
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA EL Bar Bob & Barbra’s (Go on Drag Night) Jim’s Steaks Delasandro’s Steaks Smith Playground The Pretzel ride Philly AIDS T...
The South
Nashville, TN Bearded Iris
plants
Aloe Vera
Testing
Mother of Thousands
Testing
Spider Plant
Testing
portfolio
Library Badging
Digital Badging platform design and implementation for youth at the Free Library of Philadelphia
Maker Jawn Archive
Documenting the rise and fall of a makerspace program.
Misc. Student Work
Notable student work.
OneKey
Low cost digital hardware fabrication for makerspaces
Kinetic Sculpture Derby
3 years of bike based engineering and art.
Siege Machines
Design-build woodshop project for 9th Graders at NVD.
Shop Systems
Various digital tools I’ve made with students for the shop.
Workshop Industries
Products and Projects while directing a team of tinkerers at the Workshop School.
recipes
Buckwheat Cacao Cookies
Gluten free!
Coconut Chicken Soup
Slow cooker based, most likely Costco rotisserie chicken soup & stock recipes. When making the soup a trick is to not mix the veggies so the potatoes get...
Crab Quiche
I am pretty sure the cafe ripped this from John Travolta.
Fried Green Tomatoes
I grew up with my neighbors making these.
Guava Mead
The first time I made a Costco Mead that didn’t taste like rocket fuel after 2 months. The guava nectar replaces water in a normal recipe.
Haluski: Cabbage & Noodles Casserole
(hah-WOOSS-kee) I’ve regularly had or made this with sausage or kielbasa.
Hutspot: Mashed Potato & Carrot
I wonder why Tootz made this very dutch recipe as a very East German, New Jerseyan woman. Affectionately spelled “Hudspud” in my fam.
Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread
Adapted from Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads, first shared w/ me by Andrew Sherwood
Latkes
I’m not totally sure if this recipe is correct.
Matts Cookies
Matt if you read this, let me know if you want it taken down or drafted. Then I’ll just have to ask you for it again the next time I loose it.
Mint Sage Extract
“Actually it’s very simple. Haha.” - Queenie
Moroccan Carrots
A “cafe” side, best left to ferment in fridge, paired with red lentil cakes.
Oak Lane Chocolate Cake
I ate a whole one of these in a weekend when I worked at Under the Oak Cafe.
Overnight Brunch Casserole
By my Grandmom Pat Gilde, “used for Easter breakfast at church”.
Paleo Pancakes
I spent a month or two trying different ratios trying to emulate pancakes. Otherwise you can easily make these too dry too gummy.
Maple Date Scones
These were simple and delicious at the cafe.
Raspberry Scones
Served with creme fraiche and lemon curd at the cafe.
Shrimp Creole
Feeds about 8 hearty eaters, preparation time 40 minutes (precook chicken and shrimp while cutting veggies), final cook time about an hour
Smoked Porter
To be updated soon, need to transcribe out of my brewing binder.
Roasted Stuffed Delacata
Originally done with pork, now impossible meat.
Tarragon Chicken Salad Sandwich
A classic sandwich special from Under the Oak Cafe.
“Toot’z Rye-Toast Special”
Baked beans, spam, and brown sugar. 😅
Veg. Cincinatti Chili
I have been trying to eat less meat, while this meal relies heavily on processed soy, it’s quite delicious.
tools
3D printers
I’ll pirate a car some day, mark my words.
Brother: KH900 Knitter
Knitting Machine with AYAB interface.
Bantam Mill
I’ll never own one, but love tinkering with one.
Shopbot CNC
I have used both 48x48 and 96x48 PRSalpha models.
Stinger SR23 CNC
CAMaster has the best CAM workflow.
Epilog 50W Mini
Real decent, but lacks robust CAM software
Universal Laser VLS60
I have used multiple VLS Models. Best CAM software.
Roland: GS-24?
This machine is locked to that old Dell laptop @ NVD