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香蕉也能當樂器─兒童駭客日（KIDS HACK DAY）為科學教育注入新能量

駭客（Hack）是指對電腦科學、編程設計具高度理解的人，那麼兒童駭客日，就是顧名思義就是招募兒童成為未來的駭客囉！這是從北歐瑞典發起的全球親子教育科學活動，提供科學材料讓孩子發揮創意實作。創辦者CARL BÄRSTAD是企業家，也是瑞典TEDxStockholm的發起人。

兒童駭客日的靈感來自於「世界駭客空間運動（the global hackerspace movement）」 ，是為了促進創新科技，共享知識為理念的社群，並有感於瑞典科學教育缺乏創造力，扼殺孩子對科學的好奇心和創造力 ，所以舉辦兒童孩客日，目的是終結正規教育與創新技術的鴻溝，對孩子耳濡目染的科學教育環境進行革命。

駭客空間（Hackerspace）的概念，就是讓電腦工程師和科學家們， 能有可以分享科技知識的開放社群空間，兒童駭客日便是延伸此概念，運用在孩童的科學教育上面，讓孩子與家長都能體認到，真正的科學就應該自己動手做，而且好玩，進而激發出孩子們主動接觸科學的能量，而不是被教科書上的死板知識打壓 。 

兒童駭客日活動為期一天，讓孩童和父母們可以一起「Hack」，並且利用電子材料和日常生活中可見的食物、用品，重組出新的用途；像是用香蕉做出電子樂器、用紙板組裝出機器人、用導電油墨做出紙片電路板...等等意想不到又有趣的排列組合！

台灣一向是以理工科系掛帥，但在更重視創新的浪潮下，也顯現出創意思考普遍匱乏的現象，讓兒童參與駭客日不失為開展科學教育新契機的一種方式～

如創辦團隊強調：「如果我們不了解科技如何建構我們的世界，那我們能如何參與其中呢？」科學創新也需要傳承，除了典型的基礎技術傳授，也幫助孩子建立思考邏輯的原則，能從容面對不斷變化的環境，而變化就是培養創新的媒介，進而讓孩子擁有解決問題的能力。

這讓小編想到電影《三個傻瓜》（3 Idiots）的主角藍丘，面對突如其來的危機，彈性應用了科技知識，見招拆招、屢創奇蹟，可說是兒童駭客日的願景具體代表！

目前已有相當多國家也響應了兒童駭客日，包括：澳洲、巴西、哥倫比、立陶宛、摩洛哥、挪威、俄羅斯、西班牙、烏干達、烏克達、埃及等，你有興趣讓台灣成為兒童駭客日的一員嗎？創辦團隊提供以下企劃建議：

發起團隊：一個人沒辦法辦起來，你需要夥伴─包括有創意、懂電子、科技的成員，如果他還能活動主持會很棒；至少2位活動主持人，以及協調活動與場地的籌備人員。 

活動場地：當地的駭客或自造空間（MakerSapce）；免費的空間會是好選擇，根據參與人數提供足夠的空間，讓孩子能自由交流很重要。

邀請兒童：透過聯絡當地學校、相關學習教室、對駭客活動有興趣的朋友等網絡，找到有興趣的參與對象。

尋找贊助：由於兒童駭客日是自發性的非營利活動，讓支持活動的朋友能透過贊助參與，讓活動舉辦能更順暢，包括食物、電子材料、器材等等。

危機處理：這較複雜，只能說越早規劃好越有助於活動執行，比如沒有規劃會讓活動會失控，該來的人突然沒到；如果有志工參與的話，也需要事前規劃溝通好。

內容設計：孩子嘛～設計上的最重要的就是要好玩，保持簡單，不要太複雜，能讓他們自己完成，一旦孩子懂了，還能讓孩子教導其他孩子，甚至能回去教家長！

活動時間：孩子的注意力很短，每個段落大概10~20分鐘，總時數大概2小時就差不多囉。

提昇知名度：若你想讓活動獲得更多人的注意，讓行銷與公關關注到「兒童駭客日著重於推廣孩子的教育，並推出讓孩子能學習吸收的活動，以便讓孩子從中學到解決問題的技術與能力」等等。

品牌識別：官方識別標誌的文字，換成舉辦的國家、城市即可；統一識別有助於推廣兒童駭客日的理念。

如果以上要點評估後都能克服，記得到這裡申請共同發起台灣的兒童駭客日吧！

撰文：www.kidslanding.today 資料、圖片來源：KIDS HACK DAY 延伸閱讀：KIDS HACK DAY FanPage

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Build for STL announces its Youth Hackathon, “Digital BioBlitz: The Next Generation Hacks Urban Biodiversity”

Build for STL announces its Youth Hackathon, “Digital BioBlitz: The Next Generation Hacks Urban Biodiversity”

Digital BioBlitz is a collaboration between the Youth Learning Center, the Academy of Science, and OpenDataSTL where students between grades 5 through 12 get a peek into the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields while working together to build something new and useful for all of St. Louis.

Scheduled for Saturday May 31st, students from both organizations will meet in the…

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Norwegian embassy about to deny VISA for Ugandan TEDPrize winner to come to Stockholm? Ugandan artist and TEDPrize winner Ruganzu Bruno from Kampala was invited 1 month back to come to Stockholm to collaborate with us on the Kids Hack Day Stockholm team. Our founder Carl Bärstad met up with Ruganzu at TEDActive in California together with this years TEDPrize winner Sugata Mitra. So the U.S. has given Ruganzu a VISA but not Norway? Amongst many of the exciting activities planned Ruganzu was to paint our lab, tell his story and interact with the kids we work with here. To inspire them to view the waste around them as a resource. Ruganzu himself is spearheading Kids Hack Day Kampala through his project Eco Art Uganda, turning waste into art and playgrounds for kids.  We are confused. How can a man that wants to spread so much joy in the world be denied a VISA from Norway but not from the U.S.?

It is deeply disturbing that a few people at the Norweigan embassy, handling the Swedish VISA applications, are making such arbitrary decisions about peoples lives and destinies. This is the second time Ruganzu is facing this destiny. Last year he was also invited to the annual TEDGlobal conference on a scholarship from the Gates Foundation, but was unable to go due to the exact same people at the Norwegian embassy. 

This ignorance has to stop! NOW! 

Ruganzu is an artist, not a political prisoner. If you find this story as upsetting as we, help set him free by sharing this on facebook and twitter today. Ruganzu will be at the embassy tomorrow at 9 am GMT+3 for a last chance to get his VISA before his flight takes off in the afternoon.  If you want the full story on this collaboration between Kids Hack Day Kampala and Kids Hack Day Stockholm it is available on the TED Blog here.

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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.