Maker Movement and STEM by Makynna Black https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg Reading Response 3 en-us 2016-06-17 01:15:35 UTC 2016-06-17 01:38:47 UTC hello@padlet.com The Maker Movement encourages people to invent, design, create, produce etc. makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877606 2016-06-17 01:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877606 A "maker" can be defined as anyone who makes things makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877654 2016-06-17 01:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877654 There are approximately 135 million U.S. adults who are "makers" makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877725 2016-06-17 01:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877725 The popular website Etsy allows makers to sell their makes makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877827 2016-06-17 01:25:06 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877827 YouTube has increased the number of makers because of the access to a plethora of DIY instruction videos makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877851 2016-06-17 01:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877851 There is unfortunately  a lack of minority presence in the Maker Movement community makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877893 2016-06-17 01:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877893 STEM is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology,  Engineering, and Math makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877993 2016-06-17 01:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114877993 There is a vast number of jobs available in the STEM category and the number of jobs continues to rise makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114878254 2016-06-17 01:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114878254 As teachers we should: makynna17 https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114878435 -introduce STEM concepts early on
- make STEM relevant by showing students why STEM is important
-explain the types of opportunities STEM education can provide]]> 2016-06-17 01:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/makynna17/7r1lsjeq4hlg/wish/114878435