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The Maker Educator Convening is an annual gathering of maker education practitioners from all over the world, organized by Maker Ed. This year, the event will take place in Pittsburgh, PA, in collaboration with MuseumLab at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. We are committed to further exploring last year’s themes—equity, accessibility, and sustainability in maker education—over two full days of sharing, collaboration, and delicious food. We hope you will join us! To register and for more information, visit Maker Ed’s website.
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Saturday, October 12 • 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Telling the African American Story in the Makerspace

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The project described in this session is one of the winners of the 2019 Chevron STEM Education awards from the Fab Foundation! Learn how the Makerspace can enhance the experience of students in history, math, science, art, literature and more. Become a student in an African American History class and design and build an object that tells the story of freed slaves. Decide how you would evaluate your own work.

This session explores how making can take the place of a test or paper in a traditional content class. Topics include:
- How do students demonstrate understanding of a unit of study through creating a physical object rather than answering test questions?
- What are the benefits and challenges involved in active, hands-on learning vs. traditional classroom instruction?
- How do you assess a project when students have voice and choice in the form that project will take?

In addition to looking at student responses to this type of project, participants will run through the process on a small scale by researching a topic, working in small groups to design and build a prototype to respond to the topic, and evaluating their prototype.
Presenters
avatar for Allison Ewing

Allison Ewing

I have been teaching for 13 years and currently serve as the Department Chair for Upper School Social Studies and as the Co-Director of Equity, Inclusion and Justice at Bullis. I created the African American History course several years ago in order to provide students and our school... Read More →
avatar for Matt Zigler

Matt Zigler

Bullis School
Matt Zigler is the coordinator of the Bullis Innovation and Technology Lab (BITlab) at Bullis School in Potomac, MD. He has worked in K-12 education for 18 years as an art teacher, administrator and Makerspace coordinator. In addition to teaching making courses such as Making for... Read More →
avatar for Cathy Melanson

Cathy Melanson

Teacher, Bullis School
I have been an educator for over 30 years in the Washington DC area and have a passion for project based learning. As a history teacher I love that I essentially can engage my students in the history of everything!

Maker Ed Convening Telling the African American Story pdf
Saturday October 12, 2019 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: Classroom
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