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Andy Forest, Co-Executive Director (Learning) of MakerKids presents a Maker Learning model, with examples of how MakerKids programs are structured.
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MakerKids: a Makerspace Just for KidsAndy Forest
Co-executive Director (Learning)[email protected]
@Maker_Kidswww.makerkids.ca
Garage Startup - 2010
MakerSpace - 2012
Expansion - 2013
Jennifer TurliukCo-ExecutiveDirector(Business)
Digital Makerspace - 2013
Curriculum Development
What to Teach
What to Teach
“Our education system goes back to ancient Messopotamia, with scribes learning to write. It’s top down, limited, authoritative and draconian. If you're not a round peg that fits in a round hole then you're a failure.”
- James Burke
SCHOOL
New Teaching Tools
What to Teach
1. Making - Production Centered2. Interest Driven3. Peer Collaboration4. For an Authentic Audience5. Networked
What to Teach
Learning to Learn in the 21st Century!
What to Teach: Making - Real Tools
Step by Step Skill Building?
Creativity over Skill Building
Photo copyright Andrea Schwalm
What to Teach: Interest Driven
What to Teach: Interest Driven
Project Process1. Play2. Brainstorm 3. Make a plan 4. Identify unknowns, research solutions5. Build6. Fail – try something else7. Repeat8. Success!
Project Process - Play
Project Process - Brainstorm
Project Process – Make a Plan
Project Process – Build, Fail, Repeat
What to Teach: Peer Collaboration
What to Teach: Authentic Audience
What to Teach: Networked: Volunteers
What to Teach: Networked: Teachers
What to Teach: Networked: Community Engagement
What to Teach: Networked: Marketing
Example:
1. Making - Production Centered2. Interest Driven3. Peer Collaboration4. For an Authentic Audience5. Networked
Make Something!
Interest Driven
Peer Collaboration
For an Authentic Audience
Networked• School• Home• Community
Toy HackingLevel 1: Take apart and reassemble!
Toy HackingLevel 2: Add circuits
RobotsLevel 1: Wired control
RobotsLevel 2: Arduino
ProgrammingLevel 1: Hack the web - X-Ray Goggles
ProgrammingLevel 2: Build the web - Thimble
3D PrintingLevel 1: Download 3D objects
3D PrintingLevel 2: Design with 123D Creature App
3D PrintingLevel 3: Design with TinkerCad
Fill the Gap!
Fill the Gap!
Fill the Gap!
