Maker Education
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IT Infrastructure & Management
Video
Smart Ed Tech Strategy That Comes From the Classroom
Joseph Williams, the technology director in California’s Perris Union High School District, demands fast responses to IT problems and insists on keeping close connections to teaching and learning by sitting in on lessons and coaching his colleagues. Williams oversees a $3.2 million technology budget that supports Chromebooks for all 10,700 students, has dramatically expanded opportunities for students and staff to learn computer science, and provides “maker spaces” for hands-on student building and creation.
“What I didn’t want to do was try to effect change by riding a desk,” Williams says. “I needed to be able to lead from the classroom.”
This video was produced as part of Education Week’s Leaders To Learn From project, recognizing outstanding school district leaders from around the country. More at http://leaders.edweek.org
Classroom Technology
Ed-Tech Research That Mattered in 2016
From the maker movement to online testing to the digital divide, 2016 was a big year for high-quality research on the promise and peril of educational technology.
Curriculum
Study Profiles Maker-Space Educators and Their Needs
A study that combined an online survey with a smaller number of in-depth interviews revealed what motivates maker-space educators and what they need from administrators to succeed.
Classroom Technology
Baltimore Maker Education Goes Mobile in Open Works Van
A 34,000-square-foot facility and its mobile van will provide maker education opportunities for students in the region this coming fall.
Curriculum
ISTE 2016: Maker Education, Computer Science...and Drones?
Here's what to look for at the country's largest education technology conference, which begins this weekend in Denver.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
Maker Spaces or Virtual Lockers Won't Solve the Achievement Gap
Unless school and district leadership take a system-wide view of each change to re-design the possibilities within the system as a whole, with the intent of including all students, a widening achievement gap will result.
Curriculum
Education Secretary King Calls on Schools to Build 'Maker Spaces'
U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. called on schools to help foster "making"—or hands-on creating, building, and tinkering—by giving students space for that sort of innovation.
Reading & Literacy
'Maker Spaces' and Literacy Instruction: Playing With Story
As maker spaces become increasingly common in K-12 schools, one school librarian argues that the philosophy of making can lead to creative literacy instruction.
School & District Management
Q&A
The Maker Movement, Equity, and Schools: Researcher Q&A
As K-12 schools embrace maker education, researchers and practitioners are wrestling with how to ensure a focus on diversity and inclusion.
Curriculum
The 'Maker' Movement Is Coming to K-12: Can Schools Get It Right?
The movement for more hands-on, student-driven learning is going mainstream, migrating from museums and garages into the highly regulated world of K-12 education.
School & District Management
Researchers Probe Equity, Design Principles in Maker Ed.
Encouraging students to draw not just on their own internal skills and experiences, but also assets from individuals and community is a key to successful "maker" education, research suggests.
Curriculum
The Maker Movement in K-12 Education: A Guide to Emerging Research
As Maker Education evolves in K-12, researchers are exploring related equity issues, design principles for Maker spaces, and the impact of this approach on student learning.
Student Achievement
Opinion
Every Classroom Should Be a Maker Space
The idea of making something is transformative, yet schools too often limit opportunities for students to make things. A teacher at High Tech High shows how making can be done in any classroom.
Teaching
Opinion
Maker Education Is About More Than 3-D Printers
The buzz around the maker movement obscures the benefits of maker education for students, writes researcher Jennifer Oxman Ryan.