innovation – EDUC 342: Child Development & New Technologies https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:06:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 DQC Week 9 https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/dqc-week-9/ https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/dqc-week-9/#comments Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:06:14 +0000 http://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/?p=1574 The Maker Movement has been growing in popularity in recent years. The wide ranging, nearly all encompassing nature of activities in the Maker Movement allow for a diverse group of participants. Makers are creators and builders, they use the materials around them to bring ideas to life. Activities in the Maker Movement might include building with wood, sewing, buildingĀ circuits, baking, weaving, welding, painting, etc. The Maker Movement seems to be only limited by a maker’s imagination, “the maker movement welcomes all types of making” instead of “drawing boundaries around what is and isn’t making.”

Some educators are beginning to incorporate principals of the Maker Movement in schools and believe in “the maker movement’s potential to transform how and what people learn in STEM.” Hands-on learning is a very popular way to engage students in activities. However, most schools do not have great reputations for creating truly engaging hands-on learning experiences. Instead, I believe, schools tend to draw boundaries and organize inauthentic experiences. Will schools be able to avoid drawing boundaries? If schools are to implement the Maker Movement, what will they need to consider while implementing? How will schools avoid watering down the experiences?

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