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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. The Maker Movement in Education (Erica R. Often, such work is guided by the notion that process is more important than results. ” 2.

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Futurizing the Stacks: How Makerspaces Can Modernize College Libraries

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The answer, in part, lies in the so-called maker movement, a trend studded by hobbyists, inventors, students and even entrepreneurs who creates products or gadgets for educational or industrial purposes. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S.

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9 Fine Ways to Do Better 20% Time

The CoolCatTeacher

A student is allowed to select a project in a course of study that is of personal interest. Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. Other Articles I’ve written on 20% Time, Genius Hour, and the Maker Movement.

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The Joy of Watching a Lesson Come Alive

User Generated Education

About half of them were able to just fly with it without my assistance; by just studying my prototype. I was in awe about the directions they took with this; how much they added their selves to the base project. Their ability to create the project without direct instruction. Their interest in their peers’ projects.

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Maker Culture Has a ?Deeply Unsettling? Gender Problem

Edsurge

The goal wasn’t to count the number of 3D printers or robotics clubs, but rather to take a more “ethnographic” view of the phenomena, says Youngmoo Kim, the director of Drexel’s ExCITe Center and an author of the study. And it didn’t stop there—gender bias was even more pronounced, which the report called “deeply unsettling.”

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Top 4 microtrends in e-learning

Neo LMS

While being an entrepreneur may not be everyone’s destiny, the skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur are useful for almost any student, regardless of what career or course of study they choose. Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement.

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The Maker as a Reflective Practitioner

User Generated Education

Studying the Reflective Practitioner During Graduate School. During several of my graduate courses, the idea of the reflective practitioner was introduced through studying the works of Donald Schon and Stephen Brookfield. Reflection in the Maker Process. Experiential Learning. The Reflective Practitioner.