Fab Lab Northern Ireland

Educational Impact

fablabni.comJohn Petoj.peto@nervecentre.org

Engage Stakeholders/Build Support /Share the Model

Impact?(What do you want to measure?)

Some Useful Tools

Video Case Studies – St Joseph’s

Engage Stakeholders

Develop Quality Resources

Gather DataAt Every Opportunity

Hard Data

Group Size, Group Key Stage, Curriculum Area/Programme Focus, ProgrammeGoals/Achievement of Goals, Attendance, Resources Required, Tangible Outputs, Deprivation Data.

Soft Data

Teacher Reflections, Learner Reflections, Good Practice, Bad Practice

Fab Nerve Ed Pilot 2013/14

25 Schools

6 Teachers (Pilot)

1697 School Learners

4300 Combined Learner/Users

Engagement is High. Very High.

Retention/Attendance is High.

Inreach to Poverty and Social Exclusion is High

NEETS Case Study Film

Future Directions