When I realized that my CEP 811 class, properly titled Adapting Innovative Technology to Education, was going to be all about the Maker Movement I was both excited and worried. I had been hearing things about the Make Movement, and Makerspaces, and the primary program in my district was getting a big Maker roll-out about … Continue reading CEP 811 Final Reflection
Month: August 2018
Assessing Creativity
It can be a lot of fun to find a new technique or innovative lesson to your classroom. You can already imagine how the students will enjoy it, maybe how it will challenge their thinking and push their understanding further. You may eagerly show it to your colleagues, your principal, then the reality of teaching … Continue reading Assessing Creativity
Maker Infographic
So after some weeks of exploring what maker education is and what it might look like in a classroom, CEP 811 had me bring some of my thoughts together in an infographic. The infographic is intended so show a complex concept in simplified form. It is difficult to talk about all the varieties and variability … Continue reading Maker Infographic
A Design Classroom
This week my CEP 811 course taught me about designing with intention. Our students sit in one classroom after another for a major portion of their day, and sometimes we forget about how that environment affects them. Experience design suggests that would should arrange the environment to foster the sort of experience we want our … Continue reading A Design Classroom