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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

Marketplace K-12

The Maker Movement has its roots outside of school, in institutions such as science museums and in the informal activities that everyday people have taken part in for generations. There is growing interest in whether Maker education can help boost student learning outcomes, including test scores.

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How to Help Kids Innovate From an Early Age

Digital Promise

They are most often associated with STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math). They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally. They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally.

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Maker Programs Strive to Reach All Students

Educator Innovator

Through training and outreach, maker programs aim for greater diversity among future innovators. The maker movement is everywhere it seems. Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country.

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6 STEAM tinkering tools for the holidays

eSchool News

Engage kids of all ages with these STEM and coding learning toys. Inspired by the Maker Movement, this JoyLabz created invention kit for all ages combines computer programming and hands-on maker tools limited only by imagination. Makey Makey. Make some magic this holiday season. Gizmos and Gadgets Kit.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Two Great Library Events - GlobalEdCon Deadline - UNC's Amazing World View

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Samantha Adams Becker taught the first online course ever to take place in Facebook.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia. a nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

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Learning in the Making: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator

User Generated Education

This should be thought out and factored into your maker program from the beginning to develop a healthy sense of community. This can be accomplished through team-building activities with a STEM or maker education focus. mak- ered, #stem); and online communities, such as Facebook groups. Relationship Enabler and Builder.

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