http://empathetics.org (Read at your own peril) Thu, 09 May 2013 15:55:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://empathetics.org/2013/01/28/networked-innovation-and-hive-nyc-popups-as-particle-accelerators/#comment-752 Thu, 09 May 2013 15:55:37 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=919#comment-752 […] true Hive pop-up style, the NASA Youth Space Challenge brought together 5 member organizations to provide awesome making […]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/01/28/networked-innovation-and-hive-nyc-popups-as-particle-accelerators/#comment-751 Wed, 08 May 2013 18:32:00 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=919#comment-751 [...] is re-posted from Rafi Santo’s blog. This post, an excerpt from a longer piece, summarizes themes and cases from early fieldwork he [...]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/02/12/is-making-learning-considerations-as-education-embraces-the-maker-movement/#comment-750 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:48:03 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=950#comment-750 [...] think Rafi Santo said it best when he said “Is making, in fact, learning? The short answer: yes, but it’s complicated.” In addition to nodding to everything he says in that post, I find myself thinking about this bit [...]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/02/12/is-making-learning-considerations-as-education-embraces-the-maker-movement/#comment-748 Sat, 04 May 2013 13:59:39 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=950#comment-748 [...] our creations, and in the process we reflect, share and learn. The “Maker Movement”, as Rufi Santo’s article explains, takes its core ideas from Constructionist learning theory and the foundational work of [...]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/02/12/is-making-learning-considerations-as-education-embraces-the-maker-movement/#comment-745 Wed, 01 May 2013 12:18:44 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=950#comment-745 Hi Rafi
Very pleased to have come across a blog post that reminds us of sociocultural context in the current manic maker movement. I’m in my 1st year of a phd in the UK whose draft title is Making is learning: the role and the function of practical media work in school settings. The highly instrumental economic imperative – to provide a workforce for the Creative Industries worries me…
Michelle

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/02/12/is-making-learning-considerations-as-education-embraces-the-maker-movement/#comment-743 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:36:08 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=950#comment-743 [...] Good introductory read from Rafi Santo [...]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/01/28/networked-innovation-and-hive-nyc-popups-as-particle-accelerators/#comment-742 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:28:49 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=919#comment-742 [...] Hive Toronto, 2012 was a year of collaborative youth-focused Hive Pop-ups and member meetups spearheaded by Heather Payne. Last year paved the way for Hive Toronto to level [...]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/01/28/networked-innovation-and-hive-nyc-popups-as-particle-accelerators/#comment-535 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:44:38 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=919#comment-535 [...] individual view (cross-pollination of jobs, people and ideas) and how it works beyond individuals (diffusion of ideas, pathways for people and expanded [...]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/02/12/is-making-learning-considerations-as-education-embraces-the-maker-movement/#comment-532 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:17:45 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=950#comment-532 [...] from the community when I’m engaged with the content. Plus, I believe in making = learning (yes, but it’s complicated In this case, the engaging content is less the blogposts and more the multimedia stories and [...]

]]> http://empathetics.org/2013/02/12/is-making-learning-considerations-as-education-embraces-the-maker-movement/#comment-501 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:24:58 +0000 http://empathetics.org/?p=950#comment-501 [...] discussion on the Webmaker mailing that starts with the question ‘is making learning?’ Rafi Santos both asked and began to answer this [...]

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