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Making MAKEing More Inclusive

User Generated Education

The maker movement and maker education, in my perspective, are such great initiatives – really in line with what student-centric education should be in this era of formal and informal learning. The two I discuss in this post are: Maker movement initiatives are often driven by more affluent white males.

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Things That Have Me Thinking-March 12

The Web20Classroom

I like the critical analysis here. The Maker Movement-Just in the last 6-12 months there has been a movement towards MakerED. And since the technology, specifically 3-D printers have come way down in price more and more educators are embracing this movement. And in the second video Jeff got him back.

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A Fuller Framework for Making in Maker Education

User Generated Education

Critical Awareness and Analysis – This is the praxis, the critical thinking component that combines reflection and action. This critical analysis should directly and strongly influence future making experiences – the action part. .)” ( Amplifying Reflection ).

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How Maker Mindsets Can Be An Easy Fit For Rural Schools

MindShift

The maker movement has expanded greatly in recent years and much of the attention has focused on cities with high population density and large well-funded school districts. Along with learning how to fly the drones, students learn data analysis. But how tech-driven the program is depends on the teacher, said Bowers.

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

Design thinking is an approach to learning that includes considering real-world problems, research, analysis, conceiving original ideas, lots of experimentation, and sometimes building things by hand. The Design Thinking Process.

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Teacher: Know Thyself – School Culture Shift is About the People

techlearning

If perhaps you were to approach this same list of categories with topics like Virtual and Augmented Reality, the Maker Movement, Coding, and/or Robotics… you may find yourself in a different adopter category. The Maker Movement’s Innovator may also be the Robotic’s Laggard, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

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The Free, Amazing, Library 2.015 Online Events Start Today

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Jagerson, JD, MLIS Indonesian LIS Professionals’ Understanding of Library 2.0 - Ms Bekti Mulatiningsih Strategies for Internationalizing LIS Courses - Melanie Sellar, Founder and Co-Executive Director 7:00pm 3D printing and beyond, how and why library can take leadership in the Makers Movement on campus - Amy Jiang, Library Technology Coordinator Can't (..)