«Equity and diversity in the Maker Movement and FabLabs: our educational challenge for the next 20 years»
Paulo BliksteinStanford University, USA
Abstract
The talk will be about the challenges, potential and pitfalls of maker and hands-on education, some of it was summarized in the paper «Children and not hackers»
Bio
Paulo Blikstein is an assistant professor at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education where he directs the Transformative Learning Technologies Lab and the global FabLearn Program. Blikstein’s research focuses on how new technologies can deeply transform the learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Paulo is also the Founder and Principal Investigator of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Education at Stanford, a 10-year initiative to transform public education in Brazil. Blikstein’s research focuses on how new technologies can deeply transform the learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
