Maker kids at Creative Making Conference at 2014

MakerKids: a Makerspace Just for KidsAndy Forest

Co-executive Director (Learning)andy@makerkids.ca

@Maker_Kidswww.makerkids.ca

Garage Startup - 2010

MakerSpace - 2012

Expansion - 2013

Jennifer TurliukCo-ExecutiveDirector(Business)

Digital Makerspace - 2013

Curriculum Development

What to Teach

What to Teach

“Our education system goes back to ancient Messopotamia, with scribes learning to write. It’s top down, limited, authoritative and draconian. If you're not a round peg that fits in a round hole then you're a failure.”

- James Burke

SCHOOL

New Teaching Tools

What to Teach

1. Making - Production Centered2. Interest Driven3. Peer Collaboration4. For an Authentic Audience5. Networked

What to Teach

Learning to Learn in the 21st Century!

What to Teach: Making - Real Tools

Step by Step Skill Building?

Creativity over Skill Building

Photo copyright Andrea Schwalm

What to Teach: Interest Driven

What to Teach: Interest Driven

Project Process1. Play2. Brainstorm 3. Make a plan 4. Identify unknowns, research solutions5. Build6. Fail – try something else7. Repeat8. Success!

Project Process - Play

Project Process - Brainstorm

Project Process – Make a Plan

Project Process – Build, Fail, Repeat

What to Teach: Peer Collaboration

What to Teach: Authentic Audience

What to Teach: Networked: Volunteers

What to Teach: Networked: Teachers

What to Teach: Networked: Community Engagement

What to Teach: Networked: Marketing

Example:

1. Making - Production Centered2. Interest Driven3. Peer Collaboration4. For an Authentic Audience5. Networked

Make Something!

Interest Driven

Peer Collaboration

For an Authentic Audience

Networked• School• Home• Community

Toy HackingLevel 1: Take apart and reassemble!

Toy HackingLevel 2: Add circuits

RobotsLevel 1: Wired control

RobotsLevel 2: Arduino

ProgrammingLevel 1: Hack the web - X-Ray Goggles

ProgrammingLevel 2: Build the web - Thimble

3D PrintingLevel 1: Download 3D objects

3D PrintingLevel 2: Design with 123D Creature App

3D PrintingLevel 3: Design with TinkerCad

Fill the Gap!

Fill the Gap!

Fill the Gap!

Questions

Andy ForestCo-Executive Director (Learning)

@codepoet127andy@makerkids.ca