HelloMaker
For young people with some prior knowledge of digital technology, or an established DIY/Maker attitude.
Technology timelines, inventions and ideas are explored to make sense of where we are with digital tech today.
Building on the foundations from HelloExplorer (learnt there or picked up elsewhere), we continue to focus on origin stories and the evolution of technology through human-centred topics. We move at a pace that reflects where the group is as a whole. Think reading the stars, to the invention of the compass, to GPS and the role of satellites. Thinking is paired with doing in a very practical, hands-on way.
What we explore
We work through this world from within much larger human topics:
- Evolving Tools (industrial revolution)
- Power & Energy
- Food (hunting & gathering)
- Shelter & Clothing (weaving & knitting)
- Communication
- Travel & Transport
- What screens want
- Storing numbers
- Retrieving sounds
Stage 3
Next: HelloChanger
Using current events and lived experience, we explore the often unexplored aspects of digital technology in our lives.