Maker Educator Convening

At The Tech Museum of Innovation, we have been increasingly incorporating empathy into our making and engineering design challenge experiences, and exploring it as a way to increase engagement amongst our diverse audience. Join us for a discussion on empathy-driven STEM activities, as well as our active evaluation projects studying the effects of narrative, storytelling, and empathy on girls' engagement with STEM. Then, get hands-on with us and see how we’ve incorporated these practices into our popular Design for All workshop, as we share inexpensive tools that aid students in experiencing virtual reality and the design process, where students take on the issue of creating more inclusive playgrounds.