Week 1 Reflection

I am slowly getting to see how much I have to learn about the topics covered in this class. I am so excited to start playing around with the kit and learning more about robotics. As far as the topic this week I had fun responding to it because I have a personal connection to Maker Space.
As I am working on my Masters I am not in a regular classroom, instead I teach for an after school program. The room I teach in is actual the old Maker Space room. I thought it was interesting that there is a sign outside the room made of wires, and knects, unifx cubes, and other materials common in a Maker Space. Most of the kids I had were unfamiliar with even the basic unfamiliar materials that were used like pieces of a computer. I think it's interesting that the room was not successful because they had so many resources including Ozobots, and coding games. Right now it seems that the biggest hurdle was not having enough teachers interested in exposing their students to what was available in the Maker Space. This may because many of the teachers at my school have been teaching for 20+ years and struggle to change their routines and add a new element into their already busy day.
This year I hope to see more use of the Maker Space room even though there isn't a full time staff member in charge of the room. In my own teaching I would also like to start adding more Maker Space themed activities into my teaching.

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