makers

I enjoyed the info and sites on the "makers' move".

Two years ago I attended Southern Makers in Montgomery.  This is not an education event but, rather a festival with exhibitors from all over the state of Alabama who "make" something...  soap, tshirts, cards, candy, jam, furniture, honey.

At this event I realized that we don not teach our students ot "make" anything under the current structure.  This was a turning point in my personal pedagogy as I began to push towards this objective.  Thus, the inofmation presented this week was especially intriguing to me.

The video I appreciated was the young man who soldered and created electronic.  He was inspirational is all he had created but moreso for his willingness to teach peers these skills.

What an extraordinary environment we could create if we could steer education, not just isolated pockets, in this vein.

How do we?  

Now, I'm pondering.  

Hmmmmmmm.....

Note: the following video clip is for Southern Makers...  the inspiration I spoke of above:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48BeVL_vMYQ