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Make, Create, Code

Digital Makers

The 21st Century world is Digital

Fuelling Debate

Empower a generation to understand, impact and shape their world as digital makers not consumers

Digital Makers

What is digital making?

What is digital making?

Computational thinking

Understanding of Programming

Why Making?

Benefits of Training Digital MakersEconomic

– Preparation for digital workplace– Global competitiveness– New businesses and entrepreneurs

Social– Innovation and problem solving skills– Use of open resources and data– Localised solutions

Individual– Creativity and self expression– True digital literacy– Empowerment to shape the world

Barriers: Supply and DemandSchools

Online / Open

resources

Hardware

Clubs / Informal Learning

Supply

Focus on Supply

Barriers: Supply and Demand

Limited Reach

Lack of relevant content

High barrier

to entry

Demand

Need to create demand

A Top Down Story

Going from the bottom up

?

Three streams of work

Means:

Disruptive Products and Services

• Online products• Game-based learning• Remote tutoring• Exemplification materials• Disruptive assessment

Action: Commission website aggregating maker resources

Motive

Campaign, Content and Continuity

• Media campaign• Supporting content / IP

partnerships• Opening data• Support from one step to

the next

Action: Supporting Mozilla’s Summer of Making

Opportunity

Education where kids are• Online• Clubs• In the home• Non-learning locations

Action: Rebooting Scouts Badge

Tom.kenyon@nesta.org.uk@mrtkenyon

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