One goal of maker-centered classrooms is to have students make purposeful and imaginative creations. A more important goal is to develop the maker mindsets that help them to continually do so on their own - to become innovative if you will. The burden of coming up with project ideas needn't be the teacher's, but can instead be the students'. The teacher's responsibility becomes creating conditions in which children's innate imagination and curiosity can lead to creative and innovative outcomes. But this isn’t as straightforward as one might think. In fact, it is actually quite challenging, especially when you consider the material and tool options available (or not available) in schools. The workshop will share pedagogical practices that have been developed and used by veteran #MakerEd educators in their own classrooms, which span PS-12 settings. Participants will leave the session equipped with a framework that can help guide them via a more intentional planning approach to designing maker experiences. But this isn’t a sit-and-get course. Participants will make their way through a number of experiences designed using this framework to give them playful opportunities to explore new possibilities. Come ready to build, both physically and mentally!
Provocations - Designing Experiences to Nurture Innovation and Creativity
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2. Plan for the Session
• Personal Philosophy
• Purpose of Studio(i)
• History
• Repeat 4 times…
– Make
– Debrief
• Thoughtful Reflection
3. Sharing… It’s the new
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#Fuse19
#MVIFI
#MakerEd
4. (Some of) My Goals for
Maker-centered Learning
• Develop innovative habits of mind…
• Promote agency…
• Create opportunities for collaboration
and idea exchanges…
• Become a contributing learner, not just a
consuming learner…
9. What is ?
An R&D Lab and
Transformation Design
Studio
The Mount Vernon Institute for Innovation is a
team of maverick leaders and educational
designers who are helping schools transform
through people-centered design.
SHA HOS DESIG CONSU
76. Image Credit: “Mechanic Fixing Orange Car”, by Hosea Georgeson via Unsplashed
Under the
Hood…
77. Tips for
Making
Provocations• “Make them
beautiful”
• Offer limited
selections (to start)
• Gather materials
ahead of time
• Follow learners’
interests
79. Maker
Empowerment
A sensitivity to the
designed dimensions of
objects and systems,
along with the inclination
and capacity to shape
one’s world through
building, tinkering,
re/designing, or hacking.
83. Debrief
Image Credits: “Like”, Thomas Angerman via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0
“Wishing You All A Happy Mother’s Day”, Dawn via Flickr, CC BY 2.0
“Wonder Woman”, Julian Fong via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0