Reading take-always.
1. "The fact is that even though most people can make, most people don't" . I actually wrote my undergraduate thesis about how we are increasingly and purposefully being distanced from the processes of production. We used to be both producers and consumers, if we weren't producing our goods we knew who was. Today we are merely consumers and the producers work very hard to hide their people and practices. This has led to both an apathy towards how goods are made and who is negatively affected by the production of those goods as well as a lack of knowledge about the materiality of the world. I believe that fostering a maker culture in the art room can encourage kids to think critically about how things are made and where materials come from in order
to create a more just world. This is also why I plan to educate my students about how their materials are made, who makes them and where.
2. I would never have thought to associate Dewey with making and technology, but it makes total sense (my thesis also invoked a lot of Dewey). I love the idea of teaching technology in the tradition of experiential learning, which I feel like has mostly been associated with lessons that take place outside of the classroom. I feel that we have been doing a lot of experiential learning in New Media New Forms, especially in Scratch, Tinker Cad, Video and Editing, scannography, found photography and more. I would love to see how introductions to the laser cutter could become more experiential since the introduction to how to use the equipment is so intensive. It would also be interesting to have high school students create their own lasers with magnifying glasses and the sun (I've seen someone "paint" with those materials before. I have also seen a diy laser cutter using the same technology.
Potential for circuitry in the classroom:
Circuitry is fun and empowering. I think that bringing circuitry into the classroom can help students see their potential creatively and scientifically. Circuitry will help students gain a better understanding of the atom (electrons flowing through the circuit) and encourage them to employ systems thinking. At first circuitry doesn't feel creative, but once you start using it in creative ways you can begin to see the creative potential of circuitry and other technologies used in the engineering and science fields.
1. "The fact is that even though most people can make, most people don't" . I actually wrote my undergraduate thesis about how we are increasingly and purposefully being distanced from the processes of production. We used to be both producers and consumers, if we weren't producing our goods we knew who was. Today we are merely consumers and the producers work very hard to hide their people and practices. This has led to both an apathy towards how goods are made and who is negatively affected by the production of those goods as well as a lack of knowledge about the materiality of the world. I believe that fostering a maker culture in the art room can encourage kids to think critically about how things are made and where materials come from in order
to create a more just world. This is also why I plan to educate my students about how their materials are made, who makes them and where.
2. I would never have thought to associate Dewey with making and technology, but it makes total sense (my thesis also invoked a lot of Dewey). I love the idea of teaching technology in the tradition of experiential learning, which I feel like has mostly been associated with lessons that take place outside of the classroom. I feel that we have been doing a lot of experiential learning in New Media New Forms, especially in Scratch, Tinker Cad, Video and Editing, scannography, found photography and more. I would love to see how introductions to the laser cutter could become more experiential since the introduction to how to use the equipment is so intensive. It would also be interesting to have high school students create their own lasers with magnifying glasses and the sun (I've seen someone "paint" with those materials before. I have also seen a diy laser cutter using the same technology.
Potential for circuitry in the classroom:
Circuitry is fun and empowering. I think that bringing circuitry into the classroom can help students see their potential creatively and scientifically. Circuitry will help students gain a better understanding of the atom (electrons flowing through the circuit) and encourage them to employ systems thinking. At first circuitry doesn't feel creative, but once you start using it in creative ways you can begin to see the creative potential of circuitry and other technologies used in the engineering and science fields.
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