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Maker Education is an educational approach and culture that emphasizes collaboration and community-mindedness, and uses hands-on, project-based learning methods to demonstrate student learning. Well-designed and implemented maker activities and curricula promote creativity, problem-solving, experimentation, and collaboration, as well as content learning, and they are often connected to STEM and STEAM initiatives. In this course, students will learn and apply theoretical principles for Maker Education and the culture of making. They will investigate tools and strategies that hold promise for engaging and empowering learners of all ages in maker-related activities. Students will develop authentic learning experiences that support inclusive and equitable access to technology and maker education for diverse learners in a range of learning environments. Students will also become familiar with critiques of maker education, formulate plans to integrate maker activities with “traditional” learning activities, and develop rubrics to assess student learning with maker activities.