Maker+Movement


 * [[image:The-Maker-Movement.png width="314" height="265" align="right"]]What is the Maker Movement???**

Cultivating independent designers, inventors and tinkerers School are offering weekly Maker classes, after school Maker Clubs, Summer Maker camps ! Students are learning how to explore ideas, fail, try again, create, market, etc.

The dschool at Stanford University has a k-12 Design Resource Kit



Here is a wonderful idea book by Edutopia:

Link to Edutopia Ideas and Articles Link to Resources for getting started

Design Thinking for Educators Toolkit:



Blank Workbook

Some articles worth reviewing: Time Newsweek Huffington Post

Maker Faires are everywhere !

Denver Museum of Nature and Science hosts them annually - see what other teachers are doing to create innovators ! Dedicate part of your classroom time or talk to admin about a specials slot !