244: How might you cultivate your beginner’s mindset this year?

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Episode

On this episode, we explore the joy of tinkering, the social-emotional case for making, and we question the benefits of cultivating a beginner’s mindset.

Whether you are an experienced teacher of MakerEd or you’ve never thought of yourself as a ‘maker’ this episode is for you.

Our special guest on the show is Mike Bycraft.

Mike Bycraft is an international educator who specializes in design, robotics, engineering, and makerspaces. He is the head of design and innovation at Korea International School.

Prior to moving internationally, Mike taught AP and IB sciences in the United States, in Clark County School District.

Mike has created design programs, makerspaces, and robotics curriculum for K-12 students.

In 2021 his project of redesigning a controller was featured on the Makey Makey blog

Learn more about his work in this video and through his website.

You can connect with Mike on Twitter here.

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