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Students AS DESIGNERS & MAKERS
Students AS DESIGNERS & MAKERS
MAKERS
Prioritize Belonging
How we design for students to be known, supported, and heard
impacts if students have what they need to lead their own
learning. The National Equity Project defines educational equity
as each child receiving “what they need to develop to their full
academic and social potential.” A starting point in designing for
educational equity is establishing classrooms that promote equity.
Jennifer Gonzalez shares, “The relationships we
build with our students have a profound influence
on their success in school. In order for our
students to perform well academically, they need
to feel safe, both physically and psychologically.
They need to feel a sense of belonging.”
Design for Agency
Jennifer Davis Poon shares three components that
shift students into the role of co-designers: Agency-
empowered students set learning goals, initiate action
towards those goals, and reflect on progress towards
goals. In short, agency begins with students knowing
their learning targets deeply and in having an active
role in how they achieve them.
Establish and Maintain Structures
Getting started
You don’t need expensive equipment to create your own makerspace.
Begin with a dedicated space in your classroom or school, stocked
with basic materials and tools. If you’re low on space, mobile
makerspaces on carts have been used by a number of schools with
great success. Then commence with entry-level digital tools, such as
visual programming software, 3D printers and digital storytelling.
There are four key elements to fostering a maker
mindset in your classroom:
What is MOOC?
a course of study made available over the internet
without charge to a very large number of people. "anyone who
decides to take a MOOC simply logs on to the website and signs up”.
http://hechingerreport.org/new-micromasters-online-learning-program-offered-
major-universities/