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The Case for a Campus Makerspace

ELI Annual Meeting, February 2013

  1. Campus makerspace
    Audrey Watters
  2. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters already rabblerousing in her opening comments! we should learn from hackers & tinkerers & maker movement #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:52:46
  3. Smithstorian
    Shannon D. Smith@Smithstorian
    The maker movement as one of the most important #EdTech happenings of last year bit.ly/SbF322 by @AudreyWatters #ELI2013 #HigherEd
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:53:21
  4. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters "why does the love of learning lie outside our walls?" #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:54:17
  5. Last day of #eli2013 @audreywatters advocating for #maker spaces on campus #edtech http://pic.twitter.com/avAPHPbz
    Anand Khurma@akhurma
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    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:56:11
  6. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    reframe manufactuing as a creative enterprise. makerspace not just for engineers and STEM; "open and participatory" @audreywatters #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:56:39
  7. plowenthal
    Patrick Lowenthal@plowenthal
    "What would it look like to have "making across the curriculum" ?" @audreywatters #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:58:12
  8. brightspotter
    brightspot strategy@brightspotter
    #ELI2012 @AudreyWatters -- Learning by making, not just learning by clicking. Love this. #makerspace
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:58:45
  9. pumpkiny
    Pumpkin Yang@pumpkiny
    Maker culture ftw w/@audreywatters . How to infuse into mainstream instituational culture? #ds106 /@jimgroom @timmmmyboy #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:59:03
  10. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters re: Steve Jobs & intersection of liberals arts and technology; 3D in archaeology class; app creation in poli sci. yes!
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 08:59:31
  11. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters open source means non-proprietary learning how to learn occurs #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:01:17
  12. edremy
    Eric Remy@edremy
    @audreywatters Should you put your #makerspace in your library? #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:02:41
  13. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters openness of libraries a makerspace setting different than science lab or art studio; inter-/cross-disciplinary space#eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:04:19
  14. amberhoye
    Amber Hoye@amberhoye
    "A Makerspace is a safe place to learn" @audreywatters #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:05:05
  15. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters Cain's arcade: bit.ly/HwhuxL oh, yes! #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:06:28
  16. sgreenla
    Steve Greenlaw@sgreenla
    @timmmmyboy 's FSEM gets a shout-out frm @audreywatters #ELI2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:06:58
  17. LearningTimes
    LearningTimes@LearningTimes
    As we consider the future of the college campus, can we make room for Makerspaces? Great idea. #eli2013 @audreywatters
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:07:40
  18. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters: ed tech will make educ more efficient? it will not liberate learners if we just use lecture capture... #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:09:07
  19. sgreenla
    Steve Greenlaw@sgreenla
    @audreywatters Makerspaces contribute by explicitly demonstrating that learning is messy which is okay. #ELI2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:09:27
  20. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    maker movement can help shift academe from teacher to learner focus; more experimenting & risk-taking & innovation @audreywatters #eili2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:10:45
  21. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters: students have AGENCY in a maker space as builders and thinkers! YES!!!! eli#2013 @GardnerCampbell
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:12:00
  22. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters says let's make student "maker-curious" I'm in! #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:15:19
  23. edremy
    Eric Remy@edremy
    @audreywatters Important to keep makerspace open and not tie it to specific class- agreed. #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:16:31
  24. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters reviving Amer manufacturing is not about a new factory line; its about entrepreneurial problem-solving #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:19:12
  25. shellifowler
    Shelli Fowler@shellifowler
    @audreywatters cites @SeymourPapert Mindstorms. Don't use computers to put students through routinized curriculum. #eli2013
    Wed, Feb 06 2013 09:24:46

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