Jugaad, educational toys from Junk (TPACK at work)

by | Monday, September 14, 2009

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I had written earlier about the idea of Jugaad, the quintessential Indian idea of situational creativity. One of the masters at this is Arvind Gupta. Check out his website for tons of wonderful science toys and experiments that can be made from stuff we typically throw away. Very cool and a critical part of the kind of repurposing of artifacts we need for creative teaching.

Throwaway Technology, playful Pedagogy and powerful Content… who says TPACK needs hi-tech!

Via Major Fun (aka Bernie DeKoven) comes Arvind Gupta, winner of the Defender of the Playful Award.

Topics related to this post: Art | Creativity | Design | Engineering | Fun | Games | Good | Bad Design | India | Learning | Philosophy | Puzzles | Science | Teaching | Technology | TPACK | Worth Reading

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2 Comments

  1. Susan
    Susan on October 11, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    Whooah! That’s cool. How can you make toys out of junks?

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