_DESIGN AND MAKING: TOOLS, APPLICATIONS, AND STRATEGIES TO FOSTER
STUDENT-LED CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION (LA)_When applied to the K-12
classroom, principles of making, design, and coding offer educators
the opportunity to build multidisciplinary, hands-on experiences that
empower students to direct their own learning in creative and
collaborative ways. More schools are exploring and investing in
makerspaces, design thinking, digital fabrication, coding, and
robotics as modern day tools to spark student innovation. And,
teachers from all disciplines are looking to effectively and
meaningfully use design and making in their existing curriculum.
How are schools with successful making and design programs using these
spaces creatively, and with collaboration amongst teachers and
students? This intensive 3-day program will explore that question
through hands-on activities, allowing participants to experience the
potential of making and design in the classroom, to work with a
variety of tools, and to get feedback on their own making and design
projects. Particular attention will be paid to ways that curricular
leaders can coach and support teachers in doing this work.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
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Learn ways to transform a makerspace from a room with lots of
materials into an innovative school-wide learning environment;
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Understand how making and design can foster the growth of students as
independent learners, and experience principles of meaningful
making/design projects;
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Develop practical skills to develop their own projects in areas such
as design thinking, multidisciplinary making projects, problem-based
learning, coding and robotics, digital fabrication, etc.
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Develop teacher-ready strategies to make effective use of a
maker/design space;
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Explore schoolwide practices and cultural norms that support
meaningful making and design;
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Work in a makerspace environment with access to appropriate tools and
materials.
This program is ideal for K-12 teachers and administrators looking for
a deep dive into making and design strategies. It is ideal for:
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Directors/Coordinators of STEM, makerspaces, and entrepreneurship
programs;
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Administrators and curriculum leaders charged with
curricular/pedagogical innovation;
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Teachers looking to deepen their expertise in making and design
pedagogy;
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