Developing Makerspace Activities to Help Improve Preservice Teachers’ Technology Integration Competency
Abstract: The poster paper presents a project that aims to develop makerspace activities to help improve preservice teachers’ technology integration competency. There has been a growing interest in the adoption of makerspaces in K-12 educational settings in the United States. The need for developing preservice teachers’ makerspace technology competency is imminent. The purpose of this project is to help teacher education major students at a mid-Atlantic university to develop skills in the design, development, and implementation of makerspace activities in K-12 environments by providing them with the opportunity to engage in makerspace activities that align with K-12 curriculum standards. The developed maker modules will be shared during the poster presentation session. The poster will also feature (in videos and photos) school students’ work while they were pilot testing the maker activities.
Presider: Jongpil Cheon, Texas Tech University