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FIC Toolkit

Everything you need to organize your

Festival of Invention and Creativity

 

 

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The Festivals of Invention and Creativity (FIC) are local celebrations of the inventive, collaborative, and hands-on spirit of Brazilian education.

 

Promoted by the Brazilian Creative Learning Network (BCLN), FICs are spaces for recognizing and valuing innovative educators, bringing schools and communities closer together.

 

The FICs provide opportunities to experiment new ideas, explore ways to foster innovation of traditional educational approaches, and engage in respectful and welcoming collaboration.

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Want to know more? Explore these resources about our Festivals

The FIC website has inspiring examples from the entire BCLN community!

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How to organize a FIC?

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How to organize a FIC?

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The Brazilian Creative Learning Network shares a set of resources to assist in the organization of your FIC. Here you will find suggestions for how to set up your team, select the time and place, find sponsors, plan the Interactive Station and other activities, in addition to tips for communications, registration and reflection after the event.  

Support Materials

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Publicity graphic materials

Personalize the communication of your FIC using these editable files

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Supporting documents

Find examples of letters, forms, list of materials and more

The Interactive Station is the heart of the FIC

The main attraction of the FIC are the Interactive Stations, an opportunity for teachers, students, artists, makers to share interactive and engaging activities with the potential to transform the classroom dynamics -  a much more impactful experience than a lecture or textbook.

Visitors to the Interactive Stations become active participants and not just spectators!

Having a chance to experiment and create things using the different materials can open up new possibilities.

 

 

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Representing the world with elements from nature
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Animating faces in OctoStudio
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Children explore sounds and rhythms
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Variety of plants and the QR codes for participants to record their observations
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"Elevating" learning by constructing an elevator
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A Hands-on Corner with youth facilitating the explorations of children and their families

Example activities from the Interactive Stations

Building a Rover

Mandalas

Fantastic Creatures

Magic Box

Automata

Circle of Inventions

Contraptions with marbles

Stop Motion

Created by

RBAC
MIT Media Lab

With support from

MIT Jameel World Education Lab
Fundação Lemann
Acknowledgements

Our sincere gratitude to the BCLN Hub coordinators, the schools, the departments of education, the teachers and students, the informal spaces, and the partner organizations for the dedication and creativity in promoting their Festivals of Invention and Creativity.

Special thanks to ChangeX for their support for many of the Festivals.