The Rise Of Makers: Rethinking Innovation And Education

The maker movement has grown out of Make Magazine and Maker Faire. It is a grassroots movement that invites participation of amateurs of all ages and takes advantage of new technologies for personal fabrication and physical/digital interaction. It offers new tools and a new community for creative people to work with technology. As a result, makers are developing new hardware products and starting new businesses, using crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter. Helping more people become makers is the goal of DIY workshops and makerspace that have grown up in parallel to provide training and workspace for makers. There's also a national effort to find a variety of ways to see making as a way of transforming education, providing hands-on experiences and open-ended projects that engage students.

Speaker: Dale Dougherty, Co-founder, O'Reilly Media, Make Magazine