Makerspaces are simply portals of possibility
This was a piece written for NZ Education Review to give an overview of Maker Ed and my thoughts about…
Author Archives: Kimberly Baars
Just because it’s new does that make it innovative?
The past few months I have consciously stepped back…
The cult of cute and its impact on girls in STEM
TED.com website: We’re raising our girls to be perfect and we’re raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani,…
Maker classroom: Hold the space for ideas to marinate
I want you to imagine you are a student in my classroom. What if I posed a question or gave…
Creating with technology starts with thinking human
This screenshot comes from an article on code.org – see the full video here. The quote was dug up two…
Put yourself in your students shoes – I challenge you to make something!
Maker culture is built on the action of doing, making something. It is inherently personal, challenging and rewarding. All reasons why…
Please turn down the pink dial. Part two: If not pink, then what?
It’s been few days since part one of this post and through discussions on Twitter and other channels I felt…
Please turn down the pink dial and lets learn to code
I feel like current dialogue online has shifted from ‘We need to teach kids to code’ to ‘We need to…
Talking Maker Culture with CORE Education NZ
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