I've always been skeptical about the maker culture, especially because I'm unsure of how it connects to my work and teaching requirements as an English educator. I have seen a bunch of great examples and applications in the STEM-related subjects of how maker culture can play a key role in students' learning. Now is the time to learn about it through this graduate course. After reviewing course expectations for CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technology to Education, a few thoughts are beginning to reverberate inside of my mind, especially with ideas associated with maker spaces, technologies, and the culture itself, such as: Where does it fit in to the English curriculum? What can students in my classroom make?
According to Dale Dougherty (2011), creator of Maker Faire, "All of us are makers" (We are makers). This positive maker mindset can be applied to English education along with Kirby Ferguson's (2010) take on creativity and remixing, specifically those in the arts, music, and film. Applying all of these positive maker-related thoughts to my context and classroom will help me guide my students through potential remixing projects based on essays, book reviews, timelines, character profiles, etc. In addition to watching and reading introductory texts related to this culture, I spoke with Andrew Shauver, an instruction and technology coach at the Ingham ISD. He helped ease some of my worries about making connections to English education by providing me with insight into various maker kits suggested for the course. I was going to check out a circuitry kit with two Makey Makey from the REMC13, but the kit was unavailable. If you are looking to check out materials from REMC13, double check with them to make sure the kit is available. I ran into a bit of a jam by thinking it was available, when it was not. I've remixed my thought process of where I started from prior to the class to the end of Week 1 utilizing Creative Commons videos and music into the following video using WeVideo. English educators: Please share resources and insight for using MakerSpaces or adopting the maker culture in your classroom! I am looking forward to the opportunity to study the maker culture this semester! References:
Dougherty, D. (2011, January). We are makers. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers Ferguson, K. (2010, September 12). Everything is a remix part 1. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/14912890 Lakeland PBS. (2017, February 23). Golden apple: Young innovators create through makerspace. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbFXHhHJklA religiongonecrazyll. (2011, October 14). Crazy creationism in a high school classroom. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0fPDnjZpz0&t=24s Western University. (2016, January 28). Tour of the d.b. weldon library. Retreived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSKz8FEW3kg Woodcock, B. (2017, January 14). Cep811 remix video. Retrieved from https://www.wevideo.com/view/1052977566
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