Tag: maker movement

Week 9

This weeks really gave me a hard look at all the ways I could have been educated in high school and made me wonder if I would have different interests if my school had a very different approach to education. I loved reading about the maker movement and the digital fabrication paper. I can see… Read more Week 9

Week 9 Discussion

The study Parents as Learning Partners in the Development of Technological Fluency resonated strongly with me, as I also grew up with a technology-minded father but was never exposed to CS until college. Throughout my brother and I’s childhood, my dad would spend time teaching my brother programming and web design basics. In an interesting turn… Read more Week 9 Discussion

Week 9: Maker Movement + Innovation

I have always been a fan of the Maker Movement. From a young age, my favorite experiences all involved me actively engaging with a topic– building with legos, creating with paints and scrap materials found around the house. A project that I am currently working on is similar to many referenced in the Peppler and… Read more Week 9: Maker Movement + Innovation

Week 9 Response

I’m taking Beyond Bits and Atoms with Dr. Blikstein, so I’ve been very immersed in the Maker Movement, teaching coding to kids, and building animals with the laser cutter this quarter. As an assignment for that course, I visited a maker space at Barron Park Elementary School, part of the PAUSD. Smita Kolhatkar, the head of… Read more Week 9 Response

Week 9 response

I am taking the “Beyond Bits and Atoms” course with Prof. Blikstein this semester so I was very familiar with the content in his article and that of Peppler and Bender. I think it’s important to share with the students in this class some of what we’ve discussed there, because there are critical tensions between… Read more Week 9 response

DQC Week 9

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… Read more DQC Week 9