Learning through Making has the power to revolutionize education by empowering students to see themselves in the role of creators as opposed to only consumers. To truly impact student learning, Making and Tinkering should not be confined to just the makerspace, the classroom, or afterschool activities. To truly transform education, one needs to not only build a makerspace but build and sustain a culture of creative expertise, inventive thinking, and effective problem solving. As the Internet of Things extends our human capacity to remake and reconceptualize our environments and how we interact with them, learning and thinking like a Maker become increasingly relevant and valuable.
GROWING CULTURE & PRACTICES
Accelerating a Maker Culture – we support schools to strategically plan to create a successful maker culture.
Professional Development – we provide professional development that supports learning and thinking through Making
CURRICULUM INTEGRATION
STEM and STEAM – we provide support and guidance for leveraging Making for enhancing STEM and STEAM learning.
Programming – we provide support and guidance for bringing Making and programming into the classroom.
Self-Directed Learning – we have created practices that can be adapted to support self-directed learning through Making.
Real-World Application and Entrepreneurship – we provide support for schools to enable students to use Making and Entrepreneurship to solve real-world problems.
ASSESSING IMPACT
We support schools to audit their Maker culture by assessing:
