Breakers: an educational program to introduce digital fabrication to teenagers in vulnerability

World Maker Faire New York 2018

September 22nd-23rd

Presentation Education

In this presentation we will present Breakers, a distributed program developed in 8 Fablabs and makerspaces in Spain to introduce digital fabrication to teenagers in vulnerability. We will share best practices and challenges faced to reach more than 500 students so far.

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Cesar Garcia Saez Maker Picture

Cesar Garcia Saez

Co-founder of Makespace Madrid. Independent researcher on Maker movement. Podcaster at La Hora Maker, a program in Spanish that covers all things happening around makers. (Also available on YouTube now) For the last three years has coordinated Breakers program, an initiative to bring digital fabrication to teenagers in vulnerability.

Categories: Education, Fabrication, Fablab / Hackerspace / Makerspace, Young Makers

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