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Maker Movement Spreads Innovation One Project at a Time

Kylie Peppler, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2013 - 
- Vol. 95, Iss: 3, pp 22-27
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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.
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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.

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Toward Participatory Discovery Networks: A Critique of Current Mass Collaboration Environments and a Possible Learning-Rich Future

TL;DR: A set of findings from the learning sciences about the characteristics of good learning environments are enumerated and then applied to critical analyze current mass collaboration environments to better support both mass production and mass learning.
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Managing making and makers in open-access craft studios: the case of Turning Earth

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how open access (OA) studios as creative social enterprises (CSEs) negotiate coexisting creative, social and economic missions, and manage the motivations of stakeholders.
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Teaching & learning in makerspaces: equipping teachers to become justice-oriented maker-educators

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present case studies of two tea-making spaces for teachers in K-12 schools and discuss the need for professional development on making for practicing teachers, which is under-studied.
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Information behaviour of architecture students in creative design projects

TL;DR: An exploratory study of third-year architecture students’ information behaviour focusses on information activities, personal experience, resource usage, preferences in working individually or collaboratively, preferences for information resources inspiring creativity and physical spaces to be creative.
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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.