G’day o-listers! I wanted to share an origami + engineering opportunity with the group.
I’ve been writing the curriculum for this brand new course. I was planning to teach it this summer in Boston, but unfortunately, due to a backlog of VISA applications at the Melbourne Embassy, I was unable to secure a working VISA for the US. So, lucky for someone else! There is a summer job going to be the lead instructor for this course! There are also teaching fellow positions. See the contact at the bottom of this email for the opportunity! The base technology for the robotics is my origami + robotics kit called oribokit https://oribokit.com Please note that the EXPLO kit will include two brand new oribotic design releases, so you’ll be the first in the world to play and with these new designs! Feel free to email me off-list if you have any questions. best, Matthew — — — — — — ABOUT EXPLO https://explo.org Ann and Arnie Singal founded Exploration Summer Programs in 1976 with the goal of creating a unique summer experience for high school students that combined the best aspects of summer camps — close friendships, activities, and adventure — with a focus on intellectual engagement and lifelong learning. Arnie was inspired by his experience at MIT, where he witnessed a number of innovative initiatives around student-driven transdisciplinary learning. We believe that if education is going to better serve humanity and the planet, it has to be reimagined — and this leads us to hunt for insights. EXPLO has a team of educators pursuing emerging ideas in science, art, business, psychology, medicine, politics, engineering, technology, education, and beyond. We bring these ideas back to the Exploration Center, our 30,000-square-foot headquarters filled with labs, maker spaces, studios, a woodshop, and more. This inspiration fuels the design of unique summer learning opportunities, which combine hands-on learning with the rigorous exploration of ideas. ABOUT THIS POSITION: Engineering Lead Instructor Inspired by the emerging field of origami robotics, Explo’s Engineering concentration has been reimagined. The art of paper folding is influencing engineers across a variety of fields, from informing the development of tiny medical stents that unfold inside the human body, to inspiring NASA’s James Webb Telescope designed to unfold in space. Students in this concentration will develop their own origami mechanisms, and explore the variety of ways in which they can be adapted to serve real world needs. Through hands-on experimentation, they’ll combine their mechanisms with motors and sensors, and bring them to life with code. This course will broaden students’ thinking beyond traditional mechanical engineering, and allow them to develop their own ideas with approachable materials and technology they can continue to experiment with well beyond their time at EXPLO. EXPLO is in search of an individual with an openness to experimentation and experience working with paper circuits, mechanical design, and computer science. We recognize that this is a unique blend of skills, and are excited to work with individuals who may have strong content knowledge in one or more of these areas, and an interest in expanding their skills in ways that are aligned with this course. As the lead instructor of this course, you will be provided with a curriculum, and resources to support you in facilitating learning experiences which center both hands-on learning and academic rigor. You’ll also be supported by an Instructional Coach, and a community of educators. This is a college-credit bearing course, being offered to high school students in grades 10-12. The duration of this course is two weeks. It will run twice this summer on the Wellesley College campus. ● Session 1: June 26 – July 8, 2022 ● Session 3: July 24 – August 5, 2022 Please contact our Director of Teaching and Learning, Kristin Osiecki, for additional information: kosie...@explo.org.
