A protocol for looking critically at content and developing a sensitivity to the role(s) of power and participation in the design of objects and systems.
A protocol for looking critically at content and developing a sensitivity to the role(s) of power and participation in the design of objects and systems.
A resource for educators to explore the ways you can use the Agency by Design Framework and Making Moves/Indicators.
Guest Author Jeff Evancho, the Project Zero Programming Specialist at the Quaker Valley School District, describes the process of establishing the Pittsburgh Maker Educator Learning Community, including the community’s interest in developing documentation and assessment strategies for the maker-centered classroom.
A protocol for looking critically at content and developing a sensitivity to the role(s) of power and participation in the design of objects and systems.
Agency by Design project manager Jen Ryan describes her experience discussing the “maker mind” at TEDxDirigo.
The routine helps students explore complexity by encouraging them to consider that people may have different experiences with and perspectives on the same object or system. This routine also encourages students to think more carefully about how the object or system impacts their lives and the lives of others.
Participants at the Arts Education Partnership National Forum consider the role of the arts in maker-centered learning experiences.
This routine encourages learners to slow down and make careful, detailed observations as they look beyond the obvious features of an object or system and think about how it works. This thinking routine can help foster curiosity as children notice details, ask questions, make connections, and identify topics for future inquiry.
Esta rutina de pensamiento ayuda a los estudiantes a ir lentamente y observar detallada y cuidadosamente, al animarlos a mirar más allá de las características obvias de un objeto o sistema. Esta rutina de pensamiento estimula la curiosidad, plantea preguntas y hace evidente otras áreas para continuar la investigación.