Host a Barnraising
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| Title | Author | Updated | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What are some good kid friendly activities people can run at events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 0 | 3 |
| What are best practices for hosting family friendly events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 0 | 2 |
| What are good activities people can do in downtime at multiday events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 0 | 0 |
| What are good ways to capture outputs and notes at events? | @stevie | almost 7 years ago | 2 | 3 |
| How to best write a debrief of a session at Barnraising? | @pdhixenbaugh | about 7 years ago | 1 | 7 |
Materials we're gathering:
Documentation Resources
There are a lot of really creative ways people can captured notes, photos, resources, questions, and even write event publications. Do you have activities to help people do this? Best practices or creative ideas on how to do documentation at events?
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Resources:
- The Barnraiser: "The Barnraiser" is a 1-page daily "newspaper." In many Barnraising it has become a useful way to summarize and share in a succinct, low-burden, but regular way. The nature of "The Barnraiser" is lighthearted, but helps capture some outputs and take aways from the event.
| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
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| Collaboratively document an event with a mini newspaper | - | - | @warren | - | - | 2 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
KidCom resources
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| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building miniature kites at a family science night | build | - | @SuziT9 | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
| Reverse Engineering (a hands-on STEM activity) | - | - | @SuziT9 | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
FunCom resources and activities
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| Purpose | Category | Status | Author | Time | Difficulty | Replications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How to Get Excited About Climate Change Prep #climatechange #science #citizenscience | - | - | @zengirl2 | - | - | 0 replications: Try it » |
Activities should include a materials list, costs and a step-by-step guide to construction with photos. Learn what makes a good activity here.
Best practices for hosting family friendly events
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Resources for organizing supplies and materials people are planning to bring to events
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What else will be on this page:
Why host a Barnraising?
What makes a Public Lab Barnraising?
Resources:
- Logistics and planning resources: location and space requirements, materials needed,
- Hosting the event: Setting up the meeting space, making the schedule, intro to the Marketplace - open space technology