Interpreting the technology group in maker Education

Looking around the world , What comes along with makers is maker education . Maker education refers to cultivating students' innovation 、 The knowledge needed to start a business 、 Ability 、 Educational behavior in terms of vision , It is mainly manifested in activities 、 Curriculum and environment , Both maker activities and courses need maker space to support . In Europe and America ,“ Maker Education ” It has infiltrated into daily education , Many schools have set up special maker courses , And offer students “ The guest room ”, Give students “ Let imagination fall to the ground ” The platform of .

Internet + The era of education has come quietly , The change of students' learning style promotes the change of teachers' teaching methods . Use the Internet to learn , Using various digital tools to explore interdisciplinary knowledge will become the norm , Maker education aims to activate students' creative thinking and innovative consciousness , Students can be in the social maker space 、 Campus maker space 、 Community maker space experience learning , Conditional can be further extended to the family , Lower barriers to entry , Creativity can be realized everywhere .

Makers are a kind of culture , It means that we will form a new educational ecology , Under the support of information technology , Let teachers and students take more initiative 、 More creatively into campus life , Form a healthy and upward 、 innovation 、 A responsible campus ecological culture ;

Makers are a kind of education , Cultivate students' innovation 、 The knowledge needed to start a business 、 View 、 Ability and other aspects of educational behavior , It is mainly manifested in activities 、 Curriculum and environment , Both maker activities and courses need maker space to support . Ben is a group of technology addicts 、 Pursue fashion , in order to “ Show off ” And the technical otaku who realizes creativity . But when makers move towards maker Education , Let more children participate in the process of creation , Share the results of creation , Enjoy the fun of creation , It has become the primary goal of maker education .“ Everyone can participate in ”“ Grassroots propagation ” And other slogans are undoubtedly the best slogan for this idea . from 5% The elites themselves “ play ” The makers of 50% Even more students participate in the maker education , Some of the ideas that makers cling to need to be repositioned .

The first idea that needs to be repositioned by makers is ： Is it electronic 、 Only high-tech makers of programs are considered makers ？ In our mind , It seems that makers are all technical people , They are playing 3D The printer 、 All kinds of sensors . But if you follow the maker's original intention , In fact, the technical threshold should not be set .

Since it is about AI It is still hard to draw a conclusion whether we will wake up , So let's turn to why it might be more valuable for people to remain interested in this issue . I think , The reason why people have always enjoyed this problem , Besides wondering if you have the potential to become a Creator , More importantly, out of an instinctive fear . After all , In human studies AI In just a few decades , Especially in the past few years, deep learning technology has been widely used ,AI The progress of technology is so rapid . A lot of work that was once thought only human beings could do ,AI Have been able to take over , And can prove that it can do better than human beings . If all this is just a procedure , Then people can comfort themselves by saying , All this is nothing but your own creation . But if AI My consciousness is awakened , So this is another story . Will they in turn enslave mankind ？ Or destroy human beings directly ？

Such a sense of suffering is certainly necessary , But we don't have to pay too much attention to similar problems . in fact , These are for AI The concerns of all are summed up in one sentence , Fear is that a force that is intellectually stronger than human beings will in turn harm human beings . But as long as we think a little , You will find out whether this worry will come true , Actually sum AI It doesn't matter whether you really wake up . about AI for , It is really enough to cause harm to human beings , It is its own intelligence . If this intelligence is used by some people with ulterior motives , Then it may not cause less damage . such as , In many novels , It has been described that some war maniacs launch wars through efficient intelligent weapons 、 The bridge that destroys the world . If such a thing comes true , Then the degree of terror should be no less than “ The terminator ” Rule the world .

such as , Creative works made by traditional handicrafts such as pottery , New products made of some new chemical materials . For the children , In addition to the differences in the use of Technology , There is no difference in the thinking process of innovation . But the reality is , It seems that these forms of creation can hardly be classified as maker education . This result is equivalent to closing the boundary of maker education , It is undoubtedly unfavorable to the development of maker education . A practical problem arising from this problem is ： Who will teach maker education ？ Is it a technical subject teacher or a faculty member ？ At present, most of the teachers of maker education in China are technical teachers , The result of makers' high-tech positioning is that teachers of general disciplines are deterred . If we admit that maker education needs more than technology , Its interdisciplinary 、 Comprehensiveness requires teachers to be outside of technology , They should also have a high level of scientific knowledge 、 Engineering and artistic literacy . that , Teachers of other disciplines may have more advantages than technical teachers in maker education . Only by making all teachers become the promoters of maker Education , Only in this way can maker education face a wider range of students .

The second idea that needs to be repositioned by makers is ： Maker education focuses on the process of creation or the result of creation ？ From the current practice , The answer is obviously the latter . There is nothing wrong with emphasizing hands-on production in terms of maker education , But when we put too much emphasis on the end “ works ” When , It will bring some negative effects to maker Education . such as , In the practice of some schools , Excessive attention to the merits of the works, coupled with utilitarian factors such as competitions , Maker education has become the territory of a few top students . We are familiar with some “ Student makers ” Is the best of them .

in summary , Be able to realize your own creativity , Making satisfactory works is certainly an important embodiment of the maker's ability , I failed to produce excellent works, but I poured my imagination and creativity into the process of creation , It has also achieved the goal of maker education . Admit that not all children are good at making things , But every child has a gift for innovation . Maker education should be devoted to exploring the creativity of each child , Instead of focusing too much on specific works . Makers overemphasize the value of manufactured products , It is a kind of abnormal technical culture , Ignoring the respect for the existence value of non makers .” Today's maker education does not have such a serious tendency , However, we are somewhat worried about the utilitarianism caused by the over emphasis on results in maker education . How to balance the process and result of creation , Let more children join the maker education , It's worth thinking about .