Monthly Archives: June 2016

Hacking Minds

Almost done the edits for an upcoming chapter (co-authored with my supervisor, Stephen Petrina), titled, Hacking Minds: Curriculum Mentis, Noosphere, Internet, Matrix, Web in the book Hacking Education in a Digital Age: Teacher Education, Curriculum, and Literacies (Editors: Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, Sarah Pratt, Bryan Smith, and Linda Radford)

You can find our current draft HERE.

The National Week of Making


[image from makered.org]

In June 2014, President Obama’s Nation of Makers initiative was launched and has resulted in the White House hosting a Maker Faire and the declaration of June 17-23, 2016 (THIS WEEK) as The National Week of Making. Maker Education emphasizes a multidisciplinary model of education that respects all subject areas in both academic and vocational education, evolving the tradition of a general education through making and creating with technology.