Free to Make: How the Maker Movement is Changing Our Schools, Our Jobs, and Our Minds
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (913 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1623170745 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Free to Make is a call to join what Dougherty calls the “renaissance of making,” an invitation to see ourselves as creators and shapers of the world around us. As the internet thrives and world-changing technologies—like 3D printers and tiny microcontrollers—become increasingly affordable, people around the world are moving away from the passivity of one-size-fits-all consumption and command-and-control models of education and business. Free to Make explores how making revives abandoned and neglected urban areas, reinvigorates community spaces like libraries and museums, and even impacts our personal and social development—fostering a mindset that is engaged, playful, and resourceful. Free to Make asks us to imagine a world where making is an everyday occurrence in our schools, workplaces, and loc
In Free to Make, Dougherty tells us about the history, people, and projects that animate this movement. Importantly, he shows us how making can change the education of our youth and even lead them to make a better world.”—Milton Chen, author of Education Nation; Senior Fellow, George Lucas Educational Foundation “This deeply insightful book highlights the profound role that the Maker Movement is playing in catalyzing and shaping a new Big Shift that will transform our economy and society. We are transitioning from
. More about her collaborations, interviews, presentations, and other adventures is available at arianeconrad. Most recently she supported Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner with Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss and Hope in an African Slum (Ecco, 2015). in San Francisco. Make started at O’Reilly Media and spun out as its own company in January 2013. In 2011 Dougherty was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change th
Fabulous Survey of the New Industrial Revolution: The Maker Movement Is there a "New Industrial Revolution" underway? Chris Anderson, former editor of WIRED magazine, and founder of 3D Robotics company, thinks there is. According to this book there is a hands-on renaissance afoot, excuse the metaphor mix. According to the author of this book, Dale Dougherty, it's a mix of technology and DIY. This book examines the who-what-where-how of the Maker phenomenon, as Dougherty calls it. He even st. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever considered making or fixing, those who seek to transform communities As a maker, formally educated engineer and person with a disability and associate of Philadelphia's hackerspace Hive76 and past author in Dale's Make Magazine I was extremely impressed with this first introduction to the social and educational side of the Maker Hobby.While many books exist on specific technologies and such books as "Zero to Maker" Zero to Maker: Learn (Just Enough) to Make (Just About) Anything and "Maker . Gaby at Starting Fresh blog said An introduction to the Maker movement and design thinking. I've been fascinated by the creativity of the maker movement and Dougherty and Conrad's Free to Make describes the history and importance of the maker approach as a part of American culture. As both a maker and a writer who created the magazine Make, Dougherty's is well positioned to tell the stories of the Maker movement and design thinking. He tells these stories through the people and their creations/companies. In the c