I read Sara L's blog and really enjoyed the video "Hackschooling makes me happy." The proof in the value of makerspaces is in the fact that a teenager has designed his own education! I'm constantly trying to promote self-motivated learners but am usually just getting work that is done for the grade This kind of inspiration described by this student, Logan, is similar to what I've seen in our fab lab students. When Aleta says, I have observed too often that in spite of the laws that require inclusion of students who struggle in our instructionism classrooms, they get “sent away” or left behind as the more average or advanced students go off to Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) programs" I completely understand her frustration. Most of our fab lab students had such poor grades that they weren't allowed to take electives because they were using their elective periods to make up core classes, but when they joined the fab lab, all their grades improved. Sarah K. focused on the changing role of student and teacher in an active learning environment. I am not a teacher who's afraid to relinquish power and so I really look forward to my classroom running like that, although I will need more help to get there.
I think the biggest takeaway for me this week is the examples of ways to use makerspaces in an English/Language Arts classroom. Our fab lab teachers and our English department met many times trying to figure out how to tie the two disciplines and we never did figure it out, but the examples given by Angevine & Weisgrau, 2015, really inspired me and helped me to think differently about the way we can collaborate. I would also like to say, as a little aside, that I really appreciate how clear and nicely organize Brian's blog is. I have really enjoyed reading it for every topic.
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