Thank you everyone for a wonderful class!
Here is my project video about the maker movement in education:
Resources accompanying this video can be found below. Please click "Read next page" at the bottom so you can see all of them. You wouldn't want to miss out on "Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show"!
Melissa,
ReplyDeleteI have been watching videos about Sylvia and included her as a source for my art and technology presentation because maker crosses over into design/creative in art. She is so enthusiastic and fun to watch. She is a combo science, design and drama.
I am a little confused about the 3D printing and the automatic association with maker movement. I am just not seeing 3 printing as cost effective. Isn't easier to print plans and build it. I like instructables because I like to make things. I like being crafty and am somewhat mechanically inclined. I can see how things go together if I can get my hands on it.
Your project gave me more questions to ask. What is the difference between maker and craft? 3D printing seems more like manufacturing than printing. So layer by layer it becomes 3 D dimensional? What material is 3D printing made out of? Paper? Metal? Plastic?
I will need to explore your resources for my understanding before passing it onto my students. Is Art more tactile than maker? Is maker more design than craft? So many questions and I find the topic intriguing. I do find maker may be more difficult to budget or plan for materials for the large group of students I teach. This Sylvia was fascinated and got it at any early age. I am still scratching my head and saying "wow, how'd you do that?"
Valerie
I love that you have questions! Artists and crafters would be considered types of makers, so would blacksmiths and cooks. The 3D printers use plastic. I saw two different kinds. One sprays a liquid which turns hard when exposed to a special light and the other used a long piece of plastic which is melted and then turns hard again. Different machines had different advantages and disadvantages. Yes, it is printed layer by layer. One example of how it was being used locally is that an architect would print models of the houses he was planning to show clients. One thing I didn't realize until I saw it is that these printers can even print things with moving parts, truly wild. I really do think it is worth finding a way to go see one even if you don't use it. One very makerish thing I would do with my students (when I taught art classes to groups) was simply provide them with a large amount of materials, cardboard, duct tape, etc, and encourage them to make what they wanted. I would also have a planned activity, but they knew they could gravitate to the anything table at some point. If you want to mix art with technology, you might want to check out squishy circuits, think electricity and play do! If you're interested in fabric arts, you might come up with some interesting projects to use led lights with. Invent to Learn is a really nice book for ideas. Even if you don't want to deal with the new technology aspect, you can embrace the idea of you and your class being Makers. It is partially an attitude of focusing on what we can do, make, and learn, instead of what can we buy and consume.
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