{"id":2165,"date":"2018-03-10T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T12:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/?p=2165"},"modified":"2021-10-31T21:00:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T21:00:38","slug":"mud-and-kids-and-microbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/thoughts\/mud-and-kids-and-microbits\/","title":{"rendered":"Mud and kids and Microbits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am in the middle of a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arts.wales\/what-we-do\/creative-learning\/the-lead-creative-schools-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lead Creative Schools<\/a> project (I ran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/robot\/bbc-radio-wales-children-make-robots\/\">another one<\/a> last year). Aimed at promoting a creative approach to teaching and life, the scheme allows a class in a primary school to work with a creative practitioner for approximately 10 teaching days on a made-to-measure project. This time I work with a year 6 class (10-11 year olds), combining creative technology and outdoors activities. We code Microbits and upcycle e-waste in the morning and build dens and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/research\/power-of-the-mud\/\">mud batteries<\/a> in the afternoon, a fine balance!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_144436-e1518961341661.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2165 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113746-e1518961543698.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113746-e1518961543698-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113746-e1518961543698-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113746-e1518961543698.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113839-e1518961553185.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113839-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113839-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113839-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113839-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_113839-e1518961553185.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_144933-e1518961392150.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_144933-e1518961392150-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_144933-e1518961392150-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_144933-e1518961392150.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_143335-e1518961517272.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_143335-e1518961517272-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_143335-e1518961517272-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20180208_143335-e1518961517272.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in the middle of a new Lead Creative Schools project (I ran another one last year). Aimed at promoting a creative approach to teaching and life, the scheme allows a class in a primary school to work with a creative practitioner for approximately 10 teaching days on a made-to-measure project. This time I work with a year 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2165"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3915,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2165\/revisions\/3915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zprod.org\/zwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}