Professional Learning Workshop: “Making” that Matters, Designing with Empathy in Mind

This workshop is tailored for educators seeking to elevate their teaching approach through empathy-driven design thinking.

Engage in a hands-on, immersive experience that will walk you through a series of “making” activities, modeling how to build empathy and enhance social emotional wellbeing with students while engaging in the design process.

The Learning Dimensions framework, a Making that Matters project guide, several design challenges, and novel engineering resources will be shared as ways to easily implement this approach in every K-8 classroom.

Lunch will be provided.

Background | The mission of the Matt’s Maker Space PD Division is to provide FREE professional development to all of Matt’s Maker Space educators and others in our communities who are interested in STEAM, design thinking and maker learning. The goal is to help establish foundational skills to  new makers as well as offer refresh training opportunities  to all adults who utilize maker spaces.

Who Should Attend? | Teachers K-8; all content areas

Cost | Free