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Below is a sample of recent articles about the maker movement and its importance in education. Use these articles to make your case for instituting a maker mindset or building makerspaces in your organization-- or read them just to educate and inspire yourself.

https://njmonthly.com/articles/towns-schools/the-stem-frontier

https://www.districtadministration.com/article/remaking-classroom

http://time.com/104210/maker-faire-maker-movement/

http://ajjuliani.com/heck-manage-project-based-classroom/

http://www.newsweek.com/2014/09/19/maker-movement-reinvents-education-268739.html

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/10/07/maker-movement-takes-steps-to-build-1-to-1.html

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/01/13/making-it-2

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2015/10/12/techshop-maker-movement_n_8254578.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2012/06/maker_faire_and_science_education_american_kids_should_be_building_rockets_and_robots_not_taking_standardized_tests_.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2014/0706/The-maker-movement-creates-D.I.Y.-revolution

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=915&category=Featured-videos&article=4+innovative+lesson+ideas+to+bring+magic+to+your+makerspace+%5bVIDEO%5d

https://thejournal.com/articles/2014/04/30/the-maker-movement-conquers-the-classroom.aspx#1lvxqXlR6YpCS9DU.99

https://www.iste.org/explore/ArticleDetail?articleid=100 Inexpensive making in the classroom

http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3758336 Why should I care about the maker movement?

http://www.weareteachers.com/blogs/post/2015/04/03/how-the-maker-movement-is-transforming-education

http://teach.com/education-technology/maker-education-projects

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/10/school-for-hackers/308218/

http://www.columbian.com/news/2015/oct/12/3-d-laser-printer-carves-maker-movement-niche/

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/The-big-boys-now-bet-hard-on-the-Maker-Movement/articleshow/49392531.cms

http://makezine.com/2013/08/21/stocking-up-school-makerspaces/

https://books.google.com/books?id=4iAmadd3AJYC&lpg=PA7&ots=XKkuKclctc&dq=maker%20education&lr&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=maker%20education&f=false Dale Dougherty Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277928106_The_Maker_Movement_in_Education Harvard Educational Review

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/why-the-maker-movement-matters-part-1-the-tools-revolution/485720/?scrlybrkr=82a9854f

http://fortune.com/2016/07/14/3d-print-maker-movement/?scrlybrkr=1ae0b53c

https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/10/cities-drive-the-maker-movement/

http://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/index.ssf/2015/07/the_maker_movement_is_tinkering_across_the_garden_state.html

http://www.raisinggeeks.com/blog/maker-movement/

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2015/04/09/popular-repair-cafes-build-community-and-global-sustainability-who-can-argue-with-that

Articles/Texts on Authentic, Problem-Based, & Blended Learning

https://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/win2003/authentic_learning/

https://www.exploratorium.edu/education/ifi/constructivist-learning

http://stager.org/articles/goodpbl.pdf

Origins of PBL in medical education from 1983

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/

Doing with Understanding: Lessons from Research on Problem- and Project-Based Learning. (Barron et al, 1998)

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/05/are-flipped-science-classrooms-worth-hype

Michael Fullan equates change, developing humanity, and (inadvertently) the maker mindset: https://michaelfullan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/17_Fullan_Developing-Humanity_Principal-Connections.pdf

Articles and Blogs on Tech in Education

https://www.viar360.com/blog/education-schools-using-virtual-reality/

Miscellaneous Articles on Progressive Educational Topics

The Effort Effect - Dweck's Growth Mindset (Stanford Alumni Magazine, April 2007)

How to Build Community Leaders Through Genius Hours (EdSurge, October 2017)

Reliable Sources on Ed Topics

Ed Data & Research: Put Your Numbers Where Your Mouth Is!