The document discusses the Maker Movement, which involves independent inventors, designers, and tinkerers who design and create their own products using new technologies like 3D printers. Key aspects include Maker Faires, which showcase inventions, as well as educational makerspaces where students can explore ideas using tools that support hands-on, collaborative learning. The Maker Movement promotes critical thinking and problem solving skills through learning by doing and encourages students to develop curiosity and interest in STEM fields.

1. Maker Movement
Teresa Sappington
Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow

2. What is the Maker Movement?
 The umbrella term for independent
inventors, designers and tinkerers.
 A grassroots effort by people who design
and create their own products.
 A tech-focused social initiative built
around design, innovation, education
and entrepreneurship.
 It is constantly evolving and growing.

3.  Driven by new technologies like
robotics, laser cutters/engravers,
electronics, and 3D printers that
have become more accessible to
the consumer market.
 Has a magazine, Make,
makezine.com
 Has events called Maker Faires
What is the Maker Movement?

4. Maker Faire
 Maker Faire is said to be the “greatest show
and tell on Earth.”
 Many show their inventions at Maker Faires,
which are widely attended by large
corporations like Intel, VEX, and Altmel.
 Maker Faire has had over 50 events globally,
with flagship events across key cities.
 The World Maker Faire in New York had
95,000 attendees this year.
 Local mini maker faires are held in
Meridian, New Orleans, and Mobile.

5. White House Maker Faire
 June 18th, 2014, the first White House Maker Faire
 The White House Office of Science and Technology
has a Maker Initiative to:
 create more opportunities for young people to use
making to build confidence, foster creativity, and
spark interest in STEAM and learning as a whole.
 focus on three important areas:
 (1) more maker spaces and infrastructure where students
can come together to design and build,
 (2) more maker projects that bring together materials and
curricula for a broad range of students of various ages
 (3) more maker mentors to share both their technical
expertise and their passion with young makers.

6. Capitol Hill Maker Faire
 On June 11, 2015
 It was a fun and interactive event for
members of the public, including
members of Congress and their staff.
 Hosted by the federal Institute of Museum
and Library Services in collaboration with
the Congressional Maker Caucus, Maker
Media, and Nation of Makers
 Held during the National Week of Making
and in conjunction with the National
Maker Faire.

7. Making in Education
 fosters curiosity, tinkering, and iterative
learning, which in turn leads to better
thinking through better questioning.
 promotes critical thinking and problem
solving skills
 creates interest in STEM among students
who can fill the future manufacturing
and technology jobs
 teaches students to think differently
about design

8. Making in Education
 teaches students to work
collaboratively with multiple disciplines
on a product or project
 built upon the foundation of
constructionism, which is the
philosophy of hands-on learning through
building things
 primary objective of the teacher in this
case is to facilitate the acquisition of
concepts by building a specific project

9. Making in Education
 Projects should:
Invite curiosity. Students are naturally
drawn to things that pique their curiosity.
Inspire wonder. wonder is a fast-fading
ethic in our culture, yet the awe that
comes from the unexplained is very
important
Encourage playfulness.

10. Making in Education
 Celebrate unique solutions. We are all
familiar with the power of praise. Not all
individuals are highly motivated by
affirmation, but to the significant fraction
who are, being recognized for a talent or
creation is a powerful motivator.

11. Making in Education
 The Maker Movement was No. 4 on the 2014
list of ed-tech developments by eSchool
News.
 The Maker Movement and maker spaces are
popping up in classrooms, labs, and libraries
across the country.

12. Makerspaces
 Over 300 makerspaces have been set up
across the country.
 Most makerspaces contain 3D printers,
laser engravers, CNC machines,
electronic equipment, woodworking
equipment, and hand tools.
 Some makerspaces have art centers and
textile design areas.
 Makerspaces are being put into libraries,
museums, and schools.

13. Education Makerspaces
 have the potential to revolutionize the way
we approach teaching and learning.
 students are encouraged to explore ideas
and concepts with tools such as 3D
printers, design software, electronics, and
tools.
 This hands-on approach supports the “learn
by doing” concept, and also helps generate
student interest in STEM.

14. Education Makerspaces
 The Guiding Principles of an Educational
Makerspace
 It’s OK to fail.
 Breaking things is not a cardinal sin.
 Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate!

15. School Makerspaces
 Multipurpose Makerspace:
 Classroom for physics and robotics classes
 Specially designed elective classes
 An interdisciplinary tool and materials
resource center used by many different
teachers and classes
 Fellow teachers going there on their own in
their prep periods to build teaching materials
and demos
 An afterschool Maker Club meetup space
 Community / neighborhood after-hours access

20. Three Main Take-away Lessons
 (1) maker education inspires
deeper learning,
 (2) educational makerspaces are
based on student ownership of
their learning
 (3) it is not necessary to be a
technical expert to start a
makerspace in your school or
library

21. Resources
 http://makered.org/wp-
content/uploads/2015/10/Youth-Makerspace-
Playbook_FINAL.pdf
 http://makered.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/09/Makerspace-Playbook-Feb-
2013.pdf
 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/creating-authentic-
maker-education-rubric-lisa-yokana
 The Philosophy of Educational Makerspaces, Authors: R.
Steven Debby L. Kurti Laura