MAKER– a person that makes, hacks, produces, wood/metal work, creates something new.  Many times a maker includes a creator of new technologies: new devices, video games, electronics, robotics, and/or apps.  Makers are DIY people/persons.  They have a unique culture of thinking and mindset.  A Maker also includes a creative mind, innovated ideas, and the ability to make things come to life (Kickstarter).  Makers support open source hardware, they tinker, and see cardboard/recyclables as tools (Junk ReThunk).  The Maker Movement is fast moving and supports Constructivism/Social Constructivism learning.  What a great movement for purposeful play, discovery, and developmentally appropriate activities for our students.

OLOGY – a subject to study  or branch of knowledge

MAKEROLOGY (EDU Version) – The study of MAKING  (What is best for students?  Best Practices with Making, STEAM, and looking at your learning space with 21st – century eyes:  Does it work for what we know about learning today, or just for what we knew about learning in the past?  Do you have a space for making?  Making is not about the tools.  It is about creativity, opportunities, design, the environment, and time).

Maker Movement – If you create a system where initiative and creativity is valued and rewarded, then you’ll get change for the bottom up.

~Paul Pastorek