This is the second of a series of posts documenting the progression of a collaborative project at the South End Technology Center @ Tent City supported by the Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean’s Equity Project. The goal is to create a safe and creative space for high school and college youth to explore their… Read more »
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An interesting article on “Culturally responsive computing: a theory revisited”
Among the FabLearn Fellows and at the Fab Learn Conference this past October, there has been a focus on thinking about how to put youth of color, young women and youth living in families with low incomes at the center of the maker education movement. As part of my own research for a current project… Read more »
Toward Making Change: Beyond #BlackLivesMatter (One: Introduction)
This is the first of a series of posts documenting the progression of a collaborative project at the South End Technology Center @ Tent City supported by the Harvard Graduate School of Education Dean’s Equity Project. The goal is to create a safe and creative space for high school and college youth to explore their… Read more »
Sequencing activities to support discovery
In the quest to create an authentic student-driven learning experience I find myself thinking a lot about the role of a maker educator as facilitator. If I were to distill what that ideal is for me, it would be to provide an environment where students could find their own way creatively, all the while gaining… Read more »
The Role and Rigor of Self-Assessment in MakerEd (Part 2)
The Role and Rigor of Self-Assessment in MakerEd (Part 2) by Christa Flores In part one of this blog, we discussed what self-assessment is, and the relevance of using alternative assessments in your MakerEd program or school wishing to usher in more student choice into the curriculum. In this blog, we will do a… Read more »
Where the circle overlaps, thinking about the “A” in STEAM
I have been thinking about STEAM. STEAM supporters believe STEM should be updated to include creativity, innovation and aesthetics. Are we thinking of this like a Venn diagram, merging form (from the artistic side) to function (from the scientific side) or an extra component to add to the mix, enhancing work in STEM? Either way, arts… Read more »
A Brief Introduction to Debugging
I did not have anything to do with this video series. It was produced by professors and students at ITP-NYU. But I think it’s great and relevant to our community, so I am sharing it here. Enjoy and Happy New Year! “A Brief Introduction to Debugging” Written & narrated by Clay Shirky Illustration & animation by… Read more »