Innovative educators know the importance of
ensuring student learning is real, relevant, hands on and fun. That’s why they
also understand the importance of a maker mindset. Teachers with a maker
mindset help their students do work that is important to them. They aren’t
looking for a specific answer, but rather support students in asking the right
questions and finding new answers.
In New York City at PS 96, Manhattan Ed Tech
Director along with educator Lliana Villiegas helped a cohort of Manhattan
teachers discover how to adopt the maker mindset. They shared and modeled the
five steps below that these innovative educators use with their own students.
These enthusiastic teachers jumped right on
board becoming the makers they will soon model being for their own students.
They selected one of three maker challenge cards: 1) Make it play, 2) Make it fly, or 3)
Make it spin.
Over the course of about an hour they went
through each of the five steps just like their students will when they return
back to school and completed their challenge. You can see how they did in
the movie recap below.
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