The famous educational philosopher, John Dewey, stated “We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience.’ Maker education involves hands-on and experiential activities. Learning can occur through the act of making but having learners reflect on their making experiences increases the likelihood of learning. It is not left to chance.

1. The Maker as a Reflective
Practitioner

4. Example “Make”
http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/

8. Critical reflection is an important part of any
learning process. Without reflection, learning
becomes only an activity — like viewing a reality
TV show — which was never meant to have
meaning, but was only meant to occupy time.
https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/612829/pages/heres-what-to-do-on-saturday

9. Critical reflection is an active, conversive,
dialectical exercise that requires as much
intellectual work as does every other aspect of the
learning process. In reflection, all the learned
material can be gathered about, sorted and
resorted, and searched through for greater
understanding and inspiration
https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/612829/pages/heres-what-to-do-on-saturday

10. A recent research study published via Harvard Business Review
concluded that:
● Learning from direct experience can be more effective if
coupled with reflection-that is, the intentional attempt to
synthesize, abstract, and articulate the key lessons taught by
experience.
● Reflecting on what has been learned makes experience more
productive.
● Reflection builds one’s confidence in the ability to achieve a
goal (i.e., self-efficacy), which in turn translates into higher
rates of learning.
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/7498.html

11. Honoring multiple means of
reflection

12. Talk About It

13. Sketch it

14. Write about it.

15. Take a photo or create a video
about it

16. Tweet (or snapchat or
Facebook) about it.

17. Some Making Reflection Questions

18. Was I resourceful in terms of finding
information, resources, and
materials?

19. Did I accept failure as part of the
process and use it to inform my
learning?

20. Did I approach learning as an open-
ended process; open to new & all
possibilities?

21. Did I try to either make something
better or create something new rather
than just copy something that already
exists?

22. Did I ask other people for feedback and
information; to collaborate?

23. Did I share my work and findings with
others?

24. Did I play and have fun?

25. Did I learn something new?

27. https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/reflecting-on-the-making-process/

28. Educator as Lead Learner
https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/educators-as-lead-learners/

30. http://www.makereducation.com/

31. eBook: Educator as Maker Educator
http://www.amazon.com/The-Educator-as-Maker-ebook/dp/B016Z5NZ6O