Ryan Jenkins is the director and lead tinkerer at Wonderful Idea Company, a collaborative studio that creates playful resources to support STEAM education and the development of 21st century skills. He's a leader in the field of making and tinkering education and has partnered with children's museums, schools, universities, professional organizations and companies around the world. Ryan got his start as a workshop leader and exhibit builder at the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium, a well-known science center in San Francisco, California. He developed summer programs at Tinkering School that blend large scale construction with learner-centric investigations of electronics, robotics, and programming. He has contributed to MAKE magazine, Instructables, SparkFun Education and the Tinkering Studio blog. He lives with his wife and son and they split their time between Southern California and Germany’s Black Forest region.
