Project-Based Learning Through a Maker's Lens | Edutopia - 5 views
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A Maker is an individual who communicates, collaborates, tinkers, fixes, breaks, rebuilds, and constructs projects for the world around him or her.
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Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16A nice list-style definition of a Maker.
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A Maker, re-cast into a classroom, has a name that we all love: a learner.
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A Maker, just like a true learner, values the process of making as much as the product.
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The messy, hands-on Maker classroom is perfect for a PBL unit when the teacher is willing to collaborate, tinker, fix, break, and rebuild alongside students. Some fundamental elements to consider in the designing of a maker-centered project, but not as absolutes. It is important to realize that any project taken on in a maker-centered classroom is, by definition, a PBL experience.
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Fabulous piece about the myriad connection among PBL and Maker. And your commentary is so helpful and provocative. Thank you!