Drive Student Success: Designing a MakerBus to Bring Standard-Based Making and Technology Activities into K-12 Schools

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Yi Jin
Leigh Martin
Stephanee Stephens
Ann Marie Carrier

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Designing a mobile makerspace, the MakerBus, originated from our goal of bringing maker education to all students in K-12, thus empowering students to believe they could create things and make social changes. This design case was guided by human-centered design principles and rapid prototyping instructional design model. In this paper, we elaborated on the process of designing the MakerBus, highlight major design decisions.

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Jin, Y., Martin, L., Stephens, S., & Carrier, A. M. (2020). Drive Student Success: Designing a MakerBus to Bring Standard-Based Making and Technology Activities into K-12 Schools. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 11(2), 130–141. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v11i2.27010
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Yi Jin, Kennesaw State University

Yi Jin is an assistant professor in the Department of Instructional Technology at Kennesaw State University. Her research explores technology integration in PK-20 education, focusing on maker education, computational thinking, and the TPACK framework.

Leigh Martin, Georgia State University

Leigh Martin is an instructional technology coach at iTeach and a doctoral student at Georgia State University. Her research explores maker education in K-12 schools.

Stephanee Stephens, Kennesaw State University

Stephanee Stephens is the Director of iTeach and a doctoral student at Kennesaw State University. Her research explores personalized learning and maker education.

Ann Marie Carrier, Kennesaw State University

Ann Marie Carrier is an instructional technology coach at iTeach and a doctoral student at Kennesaw State University. Her research explores the use of virtual reality and maker education in K-12 schools