Maker revolution

What is a maker?

The idea of the maker revolution is that our future will create more makers. What do I mean by makers? Dale Dougherty does a great job of explaining that every human is considered to be a maker.  The idea of a "maker" comes from the word creativity. In order to be creative you have to simply create. Which is what a maker does. Even though you might have not created the light bulb or a running car you have at some point in your life created something of your own.




As technology is taking off faster than we can breathe the face behind those creations are makers. Whether you were the first to create a cell phone or used a tool to create something else it's humans who are expanding our world's creations. In order for creativity to be at play teachers play a key role in providing that to the future of our country. Students thrive on experimenting, problem solving, by themselves and with peers which is how makers are created. The way we teach is being changed constantly due to new research and findings to benefit teachers and students. Although standardized testing is becoming outrageous there are still ways to allow creativity within the classroom. I do believe it takes work and practice to find the balance between incorporating more creativity time into the everyday classroom but I do think that the attitude towards this idea is changing for the better which will highly benefit  our future students. We have to change with the world around us. When we send our students out into the real world they have to not only be prepared for what our world is like today but for what the future holds. A perfect example of this is inside a job interview. No employer as "What information do you know", they as "What unique characteristic or strength can you bring to is that will benefit our company".



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