Educating Makers: Encouraging Active, Creative, and Self-Directed Students
Maker Faire Bay Area 2016
May 20th-22nd
Presentation
How do Maker Educators in K-12 public schools speak of implementing making as part of their instruction and daily routine? What skills and traits are being fostered in students? Attend this presentation to learn more about common ways of thinking about educating future makers.
Amber Simpson
Amber is an educational researcher and teacher educator at Indiana University. Her research interests include understanding individual’s STEM identity and how one’s STEM identity may transform due to different formal and informal learning experiences such as engagement as a maker. She is involved in several research projects around maker education.
