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Maker Movement Spreads Innovation One Project at a Time
Kylie Peppler,Sophia Bender +1 more
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Lessons learned from the grassroots spreading of the "maker movement" can help us reimagine schools and foster a mindset of creativity and innovation in educational settings as mentioned in this paper, and we can use these lessons in our own schools.Abstract:
Lessons learned from the grassroots spreading of the “maker movement” can help us reimagine schools and foster a mindset of creativity and innovation in educational settings.read more
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The Maker Movement: a Global Movement for Educational Change
Wenjuan Sang,Amber Simpson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used diagnostic and prognostic frames to analyze the problems related to makerspaces and how makers solve these problems and highlight that makerspaces are deeply rooted in local communities as they both integrate local expectations with their ideal of making and depend on communities to solve internal problems.
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The Influence of Toy Design Activities on Middle School Students’ Understanding of the Engineering Design Processes
Ninger Zhou,Nielsen Pereira,Tarun Thomas George,Jeffrey Alperovich,Joran W. Booth,Senthil Chandrasegaran,Jeffrey D. Tew,Devadatta Madhukar Kulkarni,Karthik Ramani +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the influence of the workshop activities on students' understanding of and self-efficacy beliefs in engineering design and find that there is a significant increase in students' selfefficacy belief after attending the workshop.
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Makerspaces in First-Year Engineering Education
TL;DR: In this article, a detailed review of the maker movement and the impact of makerspace in higher education is discussed and the benefits of incorporating them on first-year students' creativity, sense of community, self-confidence, and entrepreneurial skills are discussed.
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UTeach Maker: A Micro-Credentialing Program for Preservice Teachers
TL;DR: UTeach Maker is a microcredentialing program that supports preservice teachers interested in bringing making into STEM classrooms and PK–12 makerspace environments and success factors include a Maker Showcase framework, community support, and the public review and presentation of work.
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The Stuff that Heroes Are Made Of: Elastic, Sticky, Messy Literacies in Children’s Transmedial Cultures
TL;DR: The authors conducted a study of children's transmedial cultures in a combined-grades 3-4 classroom within an elementary school in a smaller city in Southern Ontario, Canada, and found that children were interested in trans-medial theories, elastic literacies, and curatorial design practices.
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Makers: The New Industrial Revolution
TL;DR: Anderson as mentioned in this paper explains how such technologies such as 3D printing and electronics assembly are becoming available to everybody, and how people are building successful businesses as a result, whereas once every aspiring entrepreneur needed the support of a major manufacturer, now anybody with a smart idea and a little expertise can make their ideas a reality.
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FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop--from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication
TL;DR: The next big thing in personal fabrication is personal fabrication as mentioned in this paper, the ability to design and produce your own products, in your own home, with a machine that combines consumer electronics and industrial tools.
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The Maker Mindset
TL;DR: The Maker Movement continues to gain momentum as discussed by the authors and we can see the growth of maker communities online as well as the development of physical community workspaces, called makerspaces, and the spread of Maker Faires around the world.