About The Website
Welcome to the Midwest Digital Fabrication Weebly page. My name is Sylvia Tiala and I have created this website for you! I consistently get people asking for help and resources as I work with UW-Stout's Fab Lab, conduct Fab Lab training sessions, and present at conferences. Hopefully the sources on these pages will help you find the resources you are looking for and move beyond the machines you have in your lab to the possibilities that digital fabrication opens up for you, your students and your community. Digital fabrication is more than a set of tools. It is a philosophy. It is not about the tools. Rather, it is about the difference you can make using the tools. I hope your visit today is the beginning of a collaboration where you can come to find the curriculum resources, safety guides, and answers to questions you may have about digital fabrication spaces. In return, I am hoping you will help provide me with curriculum materials, suggested links, and other resources that will help innovators, like yourself, find the resources they need to be successful.
Feel free to check the links below if you are interested in knowing a bit more about me. Thanks for visiting! Sylvia Tiala |
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Presentations
Tiala, S (February, 2016). Process not product. A process-based curriculum framework for problem solving. Presented February 26, 2016 at the Wisconsin Technology Education Association Conference, Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.
Tiala, S., Zagorski, K., Polzer, J. & Edenborg, K. (December, 2015). Caching the RSD. Presented December 3, 2015 at the Student Research Skills Symposium at the University of Wisconsin Stout in Menomonie, WI. Tiala, S., Navarre, J., & Wison, M. (April, 2015). RSD Framework connecting research & Pedagogy. Presented April 17, 2015 at the Office of Professional & Instructional Development’s Contemplative Pedagogy Conference in Green Lake, WI. Tiala, S. (April, 2015). Can we play a game? Poster presented April 17, 2015 at the Office of Professional & Instructional Development’s Contemplative Pedagogy Conference in Green Lake, WI. Tiala, S. & Simenson, S. (March, 2015). Framework for integrated STEM and digital fabrication. Presented March 27, 2015 at the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association’s 77rd Annual Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Tiala, S. (March, 2014). Fab labs: Changing people living, learning and playing. Presented March 2, 2014 at the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association’s 76th Annual Conference in Orlando, FL. Tiala, S. (March, 2014). Fab labs – The future of STEM education? Presented March 16, 2014 at the Wisconsin Technology Education Association Conference, Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Tiala, S. (March, 2013) Fab labs: The next national STEM initiative? Presented March 15, 2013 at the Wisconsin Technology Education Association Conference, Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Tiala, S. (March, 2012). Technology education programs: Revise them? Cut them? Keep them? Presented March 8, 2012 at the Wisconsin Technology Education Association Conference, Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Tiala, S. (July, 2011). Fab labs: re-envisioning innovation and “entrepreneering”. Presented July 20, 2011 at the 2011 ASQ Advancing the STEM Agenda in Education, the Workplace and Society Conference at the University of Wisconsin – Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin. Tiala, S. (March, 2011). Technology/Engineering Education in a Spiky World. Presented March 25, 2011 at the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association’s 73rd Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tiala S., (March 2011). Funding Your Classroom: Grants and Other Resources. Presented March 10, 2011 at the 42nd Wisconsin Technology Education Association Conference, Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Tiala S., (May 24, 2010). Creating CORE: Undergraduate Research Experience. Presented at First Exposure, Undergraduate Research: Changing Students’ Learning Patterns. Presented at UW-Stout’s May Day presentations in Menomonie, WI. |
PublicationsTiala, S. (2012). Re-envisioning STEM Teacher Preparation. In Veenstra, C., Fust-Bowe, J., & Padro, F. (Eds.), Advancing the STEM agenda. Milwaukee, WI: ASQ Quality Press.
Tiala, S. (October, 2011) Fab Labs: re-envisioning innovation and “entrepreneering”. ASQ Higher Education Brief, 4 (5). Tiala, S. & Harris, K. (September, 2011). The right time for recruiting new colleagues. The Technology Teacher, 77 (1), 32-36. Tiala, S. & Winegar, P. (February, 2011). Integrating STEM into technology education programs. ASQ Higher Education Brief, 4 (1). McAlister, B., Hacker, M. & Tiala, S. (2008). Engineering content and the technology education curriculum. In R. Custer and T. Erekson (Eds.) Assessment in technology education: 56th yearbook (Council on Technology Teacher Education). Peoria, Illinois: McGraw Hill/Glencoe. Tiala, S. (2007). Integrating virtual reality in technology education labs. The Technology Teacher, 66, 9-13. |