This document provides a framework for maker education. It discusses the theoretical background of experiential learning and how making allows students to learn skills like math, science, problem-solving through hands-on projects. It recommends frontloading activities by explaining the purpose upfront and using scenarios, essential questions and standards to provide context. Reflection is an important part of the learning process. The document provides examples of digital tools students can use to document and share their making experiences such as creating word clouds, comics, presentations, audio recordings and more.

1. A Framework for
Maker Education

2. @JackieGerstein
http://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/
“I don’t do teaching for a living, I
live teaching as my doing . . .
and technology has amplified
my passion for doing so.”
Dr. Jackie Gerstein

3. Theoretical Background

4. •https://youtu.be/ADabjmV8qBE?t=15s

5. School for Hackers: The do-it-yourself movement revives learning by doing.
When a kid builds a model rocket, or a kite,
or a birdhouse, she not only picks up math,
physics, and chemistry along the way, she
also develops her creativity,
resourcefulness, planning abilities, curiosity,
and engagement with the world around her.

6. https://www.thinglink.com/scene/575147870160683008
https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/07/07/a-perfect-storm-for-maker-education/

7. Maker Education and Experiential Education

8. http://www.thinglink.com/scene/530497733706907648
MAKE STEAM: Giving Maker Education Some Context

9. https://usergene
ratededucation.
wordpress.com
/2015/07/28/sta
ges-of-being-a-
maker-learner/

10. https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/09/14/dont-leave-learning-up-to-chance-framing-and-reflection/

11. https://thejournal.com/Articles/2017/05/16/Fashioning-a-Framework-for-Maker-Education.aspx?Page=1

12. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/a-natural-and-experiential-cycle-of-learning

14. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/framing-and-frontloading-maker-activities/

15. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/03/16/framing-and-frontloading-maker-activities/
Frontloading is making clear the purpose of an activity prior
to actually doing it. The idea is that if participants clearly
understand the purpose or lesson upfront, that lesson will
repeatedly show itself during the action component.
(http://chiji.com/processing.htm)
The practitioner tells or guides participants before the
experience on how what they want them to focus on in the
activity. It is about guided attention before the activity.
(http://www.aee.org/tapg-best-p-matching-facilitation-
strategy)

16. https://usergenerat
ededucation.wordpr
ess.com/2016/03/1
6/framing-and-
frontloading-maker-
activities/

17. Using Scenarios
You have been hired to
create a new invention
to bring kindness into
the world.
You have been identified as your
school’s teacher leader. Your job
is to test out different maker
activities and help expose-train the
other educators in your school in
the best practices of maker
education

18. Using Essential Questions
How do inventors,
engineers, scientists,
mathematicians, and/or
artists solve problems?
What are the
attributes of being a
maker educator?

19. Questions to Help with Scaffolding and
Sequencing the Activities
In this next activity you will be ask to do
_______________, what skills did you
learn in (the previous activity) that will
help you do ____________ in this
upcoming activity?

20. https://youtu.be/gOWccnOrZOA

21. Specifying Standards
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/subjects.html
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/subjects.html
● 2.4 - design, build, and test a device that
produces electricity
● 2.5 - use technological problem-solving skills
to design, build, and test a device that
transforms electrical energy into another
form of energy in order to perform a function
(e.g., a device that makes a sound, that
moves, that lights up)

22. https://usergenerated
education.wordpress
.com/2016/03/29/ma
ker-education-and-
social-emotional-
development/
Questions to
Tap Into
Social
Emotional
Learning

26. Critical reflection is an active, conversive,
dialectical exercise that requires as much
intellectual work as does every other aspect of the
learning process.
https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/612829/pages/heres-what-to-do-on-saturday

27. A recent research study published via Harvard Business Review
concluded that:
● Learning from direct experience can be more
effective if coupled with reflection-that is, the
intentional attempt to synthesize, abstract, and
articulate the key lessons taught by
experience.
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7498.html

28. A recent research study published via Harvard Business Review
concluded that:
● Reflecting on what has been learned makes
experience more productive.
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7498.html

29. A recent research study published via Harvard Business Review
concluded that:
● Reflection builds one’s confidence in the ability
to achieve a goal (i.e., self-efficacy), which in
turn translates into higher rates of learning.
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7498.html

30. Encouraging students to build awareness, understanding and
control of their thought processes – also known as
metacognition – has been identified by the Education
Endowment Foundation (EEF) Toolkit as one of the most
cost-effective ways to improve learning. It’s also thought to
help boost performance in subjects such as maths, science
and English.
It’s all about about getting students to think critically about
their own learning.
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/jul/21/critical-thinking-ideas-help-students-learn-better

33. Educator as Official Photographer
• https://goo.gl/photos/1gbSDWAvSNfi6k2N6
• https://goo.gl/photos/ogPGTU337VRLzY9V8

36. Create Word Clouds
➔ Wordle – http://www.wordle.net
➔ ABCya Word Cloud –
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm
➔ Tagxedo – http://www.tagxedo.com/

37. Fun with circuits!

38. Create a Comic Strip
➔ Make Beliefs Comix – http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
➔ ToonDo – http://www.toondoo.com/
➔ Storyboard That - http://www.storyboardthat.com/

40. Create a Multimedia Presentation
 Prezi – http://prezi.com/
 Animoto – http://animoto.com/
 Buncee – https://www.buncee.com/home
 Adobe Spark - https://spark.adobe.com/
 Biteable - https://biteable.com/

41. https://youtu.be/Cl-BALDZdS4

42. https://youtu.be/LXYZmTD4DC8

43. https://youtu.be/1iVW9LM9jJI

44. Create an Audio Message
➔ VoiceThread – http://voicethread.com/
➔ Blabberize – http://blabberize.com/
➔ Woices – http://woices.com/
➔ Voki – http://www.voki.com/

45. Zaide and Charles
Listen to our reflection by clicking the
following link:
http://tinyurl.com/yalum6gm
“This is less about kits and
spending money and more about
creation.”

46. Create an Illustrated eBook
➔ Storyjumper – http://www.storyjumper.com/
➔ Mixbook – http://www.mixbook.com/
➔ Storybird – http://storybird.com/

47. Do an Animation
➔ GoAnimate – http://goanimate.com/
➔ Scratch – http://scratch.mit.edu/
➔ Doink – http://www.doink.com/

48. Create an Infographic
➔Piktochart – http://piktochart.com/
➔Easil.ly – http://www.easel.ly/
➔Canva – https://www.canva.com/

49. Additional Resources

50. http://www.makereducation.com/

51. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/tag/maker-education/