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  • Making Connections - Challenging the perceived homogeneity of Making
    Date: 06/26/2017
    Resource Category: Conference Proceedings
    This research paper critically explores the common definitions and perceptions of Making that may potentially disenfranchise traditionally underrepresented groups in engineering. Given the aspects of engineering design that are commonly integrated into Making activities, the Maker movement is increasingly recognized as a potentially transformative ... »
  • Poster - STEMLiMS: Investigating STEM Literacies in MakerSpaces
    Date: 03/21/2016
    Resource Category: Conference Proceedings
    This poster was presented at the 2016 Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) PI Meeting held in Bethesda, MD on February 29-March 2. Makerspaces are social spaces with tools, where individuals and groups conceptualize, design, and make things using new and old technologies. Literacy practices are the ways people use representational texts to ... »
  • Impact of the Maker Movement: Developed by Deloitte Center for the Edge and Maker Media from the Maker Impact Summit Dec. 2013
    Date: 06/01/2014
    Resource Category: Reference Materials
    This report from the 2013 Maker Impact Summit proposes ways in which the future economic and social landscape will be shaped by the Maker Movement. ... »
  • A Movement in the Making
    Date: 01/24/2014
    Resource Category: Reference Materials
    What makes “making”—the next generation of inventing and do-it-yourself—worth paying attention to? In this report, we explore the three categories of makers, the ecosystem growing around those categories, the role technology plays in this ecosystem, and, finally, how business can take advantage of the opportunities this movement represents. ... »