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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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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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Documenting Learning

User Generated Education

I approach experiential learning from a cycle of learning which includes reflecting on and analysis of things done through learning-by-doing. I am excited about the current trend towards maker education but I believe it needs to embrace a full cycle of learning including engaging in reflection. doing a photo essay which includes.

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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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Maker Education and Social-Emotional Development

User Generated Education

For many, design thinking goes hand-in-hand with the maker movement and maker education. Not all making is about attempting to design solutions to community and world problems, but building in that aspect has the potential to create more meaningful maker projects. Durlak, Weissberg et al.’s

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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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The Myth of Neutral Makerspaces

User Generated Education

Program leaders and instructors remain predominantly male, and a language analysis of recruiting and instruction materials revealed evidence of implicit bias. Implicit bias is pervasive and insidious,” the report states. Our evidence is specific to gender, but there may be other forms.