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“Don’t be bored. Do something”. | Mambohead — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:13:10 +0000

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By: Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:14:46 +0000

Great point, John. Yes, we don’t want to restrict the discussion to the US education system or necessarily formal education in general. If the maker movement has taught us anything it’s that resonant educational experiences can happen far beyond formal edu, in local clubs and orgs, hackerspaces, museum programs, through home schooling, and far beyond. And we’re seeing the impact of bringing making into formal educational settings, such as Project: Make with Analy H.S. and our upcoming Makerspaces program.

By: John T

John T — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:49:15 +0000

There is just one thing I would add to this, aside from more congratulations for Joey, and that is to ignore the fact this is will come across as a request for US Education (Quite unavoidable given who made the initial call for ideas). Regardless of where you are in the world, if you have ideas on how to improve education, whether it be in schools or local organisations and events (Youth clubs, maker spaces, Maker Faires or similar events etc), please share them. You never know, what you may think would only work in your town, may be of huge benefit else where. Maybe with a bit of effort, all us makers could “fix” education in a couple of years, maybe less!