We are 'Makers'

The Maker Revolution can completely change the ways of teaching. So many times inside of the classroom teachers teach to the test, straight from the textbook. The world is no longer 'how much do I know' it is 'do I know how to get the information that I need'. The upcoming generation needs to know how to solve problems, not facts that they memorized for the test and then soon after forgot. The maker revolution is about becoming makers or inventors. Arts integration and technology integration both become an important part of teaching. A common idea that describes the maker revolution would be "Project-Based Learning" where the students work collaboratively in groups to solve a certain problem or idea.


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We want students to be creative and have an imagination. We want students to be able to navigate the internet and find good reliable resources. In Project-Based Learning students work in groups rather than sitting for a lecture. This idea could completely change my future classroom in a number of ways. I think using this model for teaching will re-structure the classroom. When using this in my classroom I would use this as a way for students to teach each other. When they work together in groups to create something they will become 'pros' in that area and then they can present their information in a million ways to teach the rest of the class about what they learned.







 

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Using this model in my future classroom will help to create a more well rounded group of students. It helps with social skills and team building and also creativity and imagination. There are so many benefits of transforming your classroom they outweigh any cons. Two minds are always better than one and when students work together they can create and learn more than they ever will sitting in a traditional classroom.