Writing for the e-Formation blog, Lisa Brown explains how she and Kyle got inspired by the maker movement at Context 2015 in Pittsburgh:
As an incredible example of the intersection of humanities and science, we learned about one of the “Arts & Bots” projects in which students created motorized shoebox dioramas based on poetry.
In choosing which poetic image to represent, and by carefully constructing the diorama out of traditional craft materials brought to life by robotic components for motion, sound, and light, the students were encouraged to “go deeper” into the meaning of the poems they were studying.
They were forced to consider the writer’s intention and context, as they reread and interpreted the words as a visual, animated image. In their personal response, they were forced to ask “I wonder?” questions.
Wait a minute. That creative exegesis and questioning sounds a lot like Godly Play.
Read more of Lisa’s Christian formation reflections here.