MakerSpace Revolution
#GAFE Peak 2015 - Eric Lawson
Overwhelmed?
How Do We Keep Up?
“It’s the End of the World as We Know It”
Evolution of the iPod
Launch Early - Iterate Often
Redefine What We Know
Be Kind
and Rewind!
Make Something Better
Classrooms in the 20th Century
Classrooms in the 20th Century
Classrooms in the 21st Century
Translation or Transformation?
Collaboration?
Classrooms in the 21st Century
Translation or Transformation?
Collaboration?
Move the Learning Up - Rushton Hurley
1 Powerfully Memorable
Move the Learning Up - Rushton Hurley
1 Powerfully Memorable
2 Generally Effective
Move the Learning Up - Rushton Hurley
1 Powerfully Memorable
2 Generally Effective
3 Weak, But Easy
Move the Learning Up - Rushton Hurley
1 Powerfully Memorable
2 Generally Effective
3 Weak, But Easy
4 Waste of Time
How Do We Keep Up to Date?
If this is what you see when you log into Twitter…
That’s Your OWN Fault!
Follow people that will provide valuable feedback for you and your teaching.
How Do We Keep Up to Date?
How Do We Keep Up to Date?
How Do We Keep Up to Date?
Summer PD Sessions
Alumni include…
Alan Shepard and Robert Frost
“What Will Your
Verse Be?”
Mr. Keating - Oh Captain, My Captain - Robin Williams
“Two Wild and Crazy Guys!”
Festrunk Brothers
Steve Martin
Dan Akroyd
It’s Important to take a Look at
Things from a Different
Perspective Once in a While
Eric Lawson
“There is no blueprint for a Maker Space, because it can take on a different look depending on the learners, facilitators, space and needs involved.”
CIS
CIS
Comparative
CIS
Comparative
Inadequacy
CIS
Comparative
Inadequacy
Syndrome
"The only person you need to compare yourself to is who you were yesterday."
-Rushton Hurley
Enter MakerSpaces
A place where students can tinker, create, collaborate, and think critically about solving a problem.
A safe place where failure is expected, and revelations are inspiring!
“We have to stop being the comfortable experts, and become restless learners.”