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VISIONING MODULES
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OVERVIEW:
The first step on our visioning journey is to reflect on what hands-on, creative learning looks like in your organization and your community, and to think about the values that your organization holds when it comes to your maker-centered learning programs.
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OBJECTIVES:
Identify the value maker-centered learning holds for learners in your program.
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RESOURCES:
Envisioning a culturally relevant maker learning program [PDF]
If working remotely, you can record your notes here
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Values Mapping Grid
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Getting Started: Program Values (Online Module)
OVERVIEW:
Visioning provides a scaffold and centers the institution’s values as a way to define the “why” behind making and the “how” to implement. This section includes a foundational set of tools for visioning and planning any sort of maker-oriented programming, space, or curriculum.
OBJECTIVES:
You’ll gain a clear picture of why you value maker-centered learning and a defined vision of your goals, audience, and how you’ll know you’ve been successful in reaching your goals.
RESOURCES:
Planning: Stakeholders & Audience (Online Module)
Stakeholder Cards (Tool)
Stakeholder Goals
OVERVIEW:
Here we'll start to dig in and start planning – based on your programmatic values, stakeholder goals, the resources at your disposal, and your existing programs. You will zoom out and look at your program as a system and then zoom in and think about each of the parts of your program in detail.
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OBJECTIVES:
Vsualize your current and ideal maker education programs and align existing parts of your program and plan new ones to create cohesion.
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RESOURCES:
Visioning: Program Parts (Online Module)
Program Element Cards
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Systems Mapping Your Program
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Padlet (For virtual collaboration)
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OVERVIEW:
In this section, we'll start to think about learning practices and learning indicators. By thinking about learning practices, we push ourselves beyond core content and skills into mindsets, dispositions, and pursuits.
OBJECTIVES:
Draw connections between & organize sets of learning practices and adopt or create a plan to adopt a set of learning practices for your program or organization.
RESOURCES:
Visioning: Learning Practices (Online Module)
Learning Practices Frameworks
Learning Practices Activity
Miro (For virtual collaboration)
OVERVIEW:
This section will guide you to assess the impact of your program. You will identify the goals of your program and outline ways you will collect data to help you understand and evaluate your program’s impact.
OBJECTIVES:
Connect the parts of your program that will help you achieve your goals. Create a plan for gathering data to measure the success of your program goals.
OVERVIEW:
In this section we'll explore how to cultivate and share compelling stories that showcase your work and focus on the proper audience.
OBJECTIVES:
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To create a culture of culture of storytelling grounded in power and joy and understand what tools and documentation practices support storytelling on an ongoing basis.
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