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The document proposes having students "make" and "do" projects to solve real problems in innovative ways, noting how communities have transformed abandoned areas into vibrant spaces. It advocates giving students opportunities for imagination, creativity and innovation in the classroom by having them design solutions to things that bother them, to help them develop purpose and get from one state to a better one, even if such skills are not currently tested.
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SXSWedu 2015 Session Proposal – What are we making… and why are we making it?
1. W H A T A R E W E M A K I N G …
A N D W H Y A R E W E M A K I N G
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2. How do we get
from this…
… to this?
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Friends of the High Line
website
3. We do it by thinking big. By thinking better.
By making. By doing.
Why shouldn’t we be asking our
students to do the same?
4. Making doesn’t have to look like
circuit boards and wires,
printers and filament.
But it could.
6. We can make with just about anything around us.
We can make everything around us.
9. We need imagination, creativity, and
innovation in the classroom.
But when we design with a reason,
with purpose, and starting with the
things that really bug us, we develop
the best solutions.
