Teaching and Learning
Teaching and Learning
Learning-things-by-making-things is a powerful way to learn anything at all. But approaching teaching in this way can be a big transition for some educators.
Respect the journey. Experimenting with, integrating, and feeling successful with new instructional approaches takes time. Support teachers wherever they are on their journey with maker learning.
Supporting teachers before, during, and after projects
Planning maker learning projects
Use this planning worksheet before embarking on maker learning projects, and return to it when iterating and improving projects over time.
Project design and facilitation
Use this guide to surface key indicators of successful maker learning projects as they’re in progress and to help projects become even more powerful learning experiences.
Maker learning project reflection
Use this reflection protocol at the conclusion of a project to support continuous improvement.
- Remix these tools! Download the .docx versions of planning maker learning projects, project design and facilitation, and maker learning project reflection and adapt them to your school’s approach to teaching and learning.
Resources for teachers
Projects
- Projects and Learning Approaches by Maker Ed
Assessment
- Project-Based Learning Rubrics by the Buck Institute for Education
- Practical Guide to Open Portfolios by Maker Ed and Indiana University’s Creativity Labs
- Metarubric Activity by the MIT Teaching Systems Lab
Developing competencies with micro-credentials
- Getting Started with Making micro-credentials issued by Maker Ed
Online courses
- Fundamentals of Tinkering by the Exploratorium
- Learning Creative Learning by the MIT Media Lab
- Thinking About Learning in the Maker-Centered Classroom by Harvard Graduate School of Education
Additional resources
- Use: Understanding by Design by ASCD
- Use: Challenge-Based Learning
- Watch: Learning and equity video by the Exploratorium
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