Christine Mytko
STEM
Science
FIRST Robotics
Improv
Learn more about my non-profit at tinkercoop.org
STEAM Adventures & Presentations with Students
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Bay Area Maker Faire 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2023
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East Bay Mini-Maker Faire 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
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Bay Area Science Festival - 3D Printing Booth at Discovery Days 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2017
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CUE Cool Tools 2017
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Design and Maker Class Colloquium 2016
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STEAM Carnival 2015
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AAAS Pacific Division Symposium 2015
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3D Printer World Expo 2014
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2011 "We" (I) purchased my first 3D printer! (PrintrBot blog | Brooke Drumm talking about our awesome students)
7th Graders at LBNL’s Synchrotron Light Source - Read the story of how our 7th grade participated in a peer-review proposal process which led to the students becoming the first middle school users at the Advanced Light Source (Nov 2013), winning two ribbons at the San Mateo Maker Faire (May 2014), and receiving an invitation to the first-ever White House Maker Faire (June 2014) (3Dpi, ALS news, Berkeleyside)
Selected Teacher-Only Adventures:
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2024 U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force FIRST® Leadership Experience
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2016 & 2012 Participated in the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions's Science Ambassador Program
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2014 Participating in the National Summer Teacher Institute on Innovation, STEM, and Intellectual Property.
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2013 Summer IISME Fellowship in 3D Imaging & Printing at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
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2012 Participated in the Summer Institute for Middle School Teachers at The Center for Probing the Nanoscale at Stanford University.
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2011 Attended Steve Spangler's Science at Sea - the "coolest field trip ever"! See blog.
Articles & Other Media:
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Extending Education Virtually (NSTA, 2016)
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The Educational Value of 3D Printing (EdTech Lens)
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Getting Started with 3D Printing in the Classroom (Autodesk Design Academy)
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3D Printing in Education (Microsoft video)
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STEM Needs a New Letter (The Atlantic)
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CC Talks with Christine Mytko: Open Education and Policy (creativecommons.org, 2010)
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Iron Science Teacher, Exploratorium (San Francisco, CA, 2011) The secret ingredient = Chalk! (my "show" is from 24:00 - 39:25)
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Iron Science Teacher, Exploratorium (San Francisco, CA, 2010) The secret ingredient = Triangles! (my "show" is from 21:08 - 35:58)
Blogs (mostly for archive purposes)
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Post Its and Ponderings about teaching and making
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Tales of a 3D Printer 3D adventures in middle school
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Celebrating Randomness* in science and in life
* so many drafts, so little time!