CULTIVATING THE MAKER MOVEMENT IN SONOMA COUNTY

Leading a Maker Network Across K-16 Education

Mickey Porter

• Deputy Superintendent, Sonoma County Office of Education

• Founding partner of Sonoma State University Maker Certificate Program

• mporter@scoe.org

• Twitter: @mporterSCOE

The Maker Mindset

“We can create a workshop or makerspace, and we can acquire tools and materials, but we will not have succeeded at creating innovative thinkers and doers unless we are able to foster the Maker Mindset.”

~Daugherty, Dale (n.d.). “The Maker Mindset.”

Cultivating a Maker Mindset

Risk-taking

Passion

Partnerships

Vision of making and learning in our community

Maker Media, Inc. (2014). Sebastopol, CA.

Every Movement Needs a Spark

Dale Daugherty

Make:

Casey Shea Math Teacher, Analy High School

Project Make Analy High School

SCOE Make and Take Workshops In 2014, teachers from around the county helped SCOE pilot three Make and Take Workshops as part of our Maker Education initiative.

https://www.scoe.org/pub/htdocs/blog-21c.html?id=132

ieSonoma: innovate|educate

Co-sponsors: Sonoma County Office of Education, Sonoma State University, Sonoma Country Day School

Dale Daugherty: Speaker 2013 inaugural event

“Learning is the new skill. Imagination, creation, and asking new questions are at its core.”

~ Sugata Mitra, 2014 ieSonoma Keynote Speaker

www.iesonoma.org

Maker Certificate Program

“In order to change minds and change pedagogical practice, educators need to engage in making and learn through making, just as their students would.”

~ Dr. Jessica Parker , Maker Certificate Program Director; Associate Professor/Chair Sonoma State University

http://www.thestartupclassroom.org/maker-course

Maker Certificate Program

Since October 2014, 43 teachers have entered the Maker Certificate Program

Teachers earn 50 hours of professional development (5 CEUs)

First Maker Certificate Cohort (2015)

“The Program has been designed by maker educators for other educators”

~ Dr. Jessica Parker, Maker Certificate Program Director

SCOE 21st Century Teaching & Learning Summer Institute

Making to Learn: Connecting the Maker Movement to CCSS, NGSS, and 21st Century Skills

Our emphasis is on making as not confined to a room; but a way of teaching kids to own their own learning

Shifting the Thinking of Kids Through the Lens of a Maker Mindset

https://youtu.be/euwjFMLQvpU

Making in a 4th Grade Classroom

This video highlights the shift in thinking of 4th grader, Tristan, as she explains how she is encouraged to problem-solve, design her own learning, collaborate with her peers, and reflect on their process.

Looking Ahead…

“Make Leadership Institute” (September, 2015) Sponsored and hosted by SSU and SCOE

Maker Movement Implementation Network (ongoing)

Maker Certificate Program available online (Fall 2015)

Sonoma County Community Maker Space, Design 180 (Fall 2015)

Leadership and Maker Movement Takeaways

“Encourage the practice of followership”

Charlene Li, Leading in the Digital Era, 2014

Leadership Lessons We’re Learning! “Do” Make… “Don’t” Talk

Provide the Launching Pads

Partner, Partner, Partner

Resources • StartupClassroom/Maker Certificate Program:

http://www.thestartupclassroom.org/maker-course/

• SCOE 21st Century Teaching & Learning Summer Institute: http://www.scoe.org/pub/htdocs/21st-century-institute.html

• ieSonoma: http://www.iesonoma.org

• Project Make, Analy High School: www.projectmake.org