Whats next in Maker Education project

What’s next in Maker Education project Where have we been on the maker education project      Research           Visited schools: Nueva, Hillbrook, Friends Central, Crucible,            Met with People:            Conferences: FabLearn, EduCon, Stanford Design Thinking      Prototypes           Entre Maker Boot Camp, shack           Room 6 Maker Space         Outreach           Met with parents’ association

What’s next      Research           Computer Use Project      Prototypes

          Digital Portfolios (6th, 7th)      Outreach           Parents           Faculty      Strategic Plan / Report to the Board           Maker Education strand in Ways of Knowing                Full-time maker teacher           Schedule:                More loosely-structured time for interdisciplinary inquiry                Less siloed curriculum                     —> More research needed here. Which schools do it well?                Enable collaboration                     strands,                     grade-level themes/questions,                     course interfaces                          ex: Scratch as lingua franca                 Assessment: Portfolios                Recruitment: Maker School                Making in the Humanities: Digital media