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Make, Create, Code
Digital Makers
The 21st Century world is Digital
Fuelling Debate
Empower a generation to understand, impact and shape their world as digital makers not consumers
Digital Makers
What is digital making?
What is digital making?
Computational thinking
Understanding of Programming
Why Making?
Benefits of Training Digital MakersEconomic
– Preparation for digital workplace– Global competitiveness– New businesses and entrepreneurs
Social– Innovation and problem solving skills– Use of open resources and data– Localised solutions
Individual– Creativity and self expression– True digital literacy– Empowerment to shape the world
Barriers: Supply and DemandSchools
Online / Open
resources
Hardware
Clubs / Informal Learning
Supply
Focus on Supply
Barriers: Supply and Demand
Limited Reach
Lack of relevant content
High barrier
to entry
Demand
Need to create demand
A Top Down Story
Going from the bottom up
?
Three streams of work
Means:
Disruptive Products and Services
• Online products• Game-based learning• Remote tutoring• Exemplification materials• Disruptive assessment
Action: Commission website aggregating maker resources
Motive
Campaign, Content and Continuity
• Media campaign• Supporting content / IP
partnerships• Opening data• Support from one step to
the next
Action: Supporting Mozilla’s Summer of Making
Opportunity
Education where kids are• Online• Clubs• In the home• Non-learning locations
Action: Rebooting Scouts Badge
[email protected]@mrtkenyon
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