Hi Purna,
This is a really interesting idea. @Janet recently came across someone running daily art classes via YouTube live as a way of engaging children who are stuck at home. It would be fantastic to develop something similar for repair.
What kinds of activities were you thinking of trying?
There’s a conversation here about running events online. In that conversation, I linked to this CMX article, which lists lots of online platforms (half way down the page).
We’ve also been thinking about how we could run educational workshops for children and young people online. One of our ideas is to run a ‘what’s inside a smartphone’ session using our Materials Matter resources.
A while back, we also developed a 10-session enrichment programme about repair. It was designed for in-person workshops, but perhaps some of this could be adapted to an online environment?
Teaching the theory (why repair is important, barriers to repair and so on) should be fairly straight-forward. I think one of the more tricky questions is the ‘hands-on’ element. Watching someone else disassemble or repair something isn’t as engaging as doing it yourself. But what’s a safe, practical way to help kids get access to a broken item and help them handle it? Supervision from a responsible adult is important. What’s the best way to ensure that happens?