Maker Education can improve student learning in a multitude of ways. Maker Education has been described as authentic, relevant, student-empowering, active, engaging, community-building and mega-cognition stimulating. The maker movement is spreading rapidly! A Google search of Maker Education brings up more than 36 million results! You can find Maker Education initiatives all around the world! From 2005 through 2014 over one billion dollars of venture capital was invested in 3D printing startups. 3,051 patients were filed in 2013 to 2014. These are prime reasons as to why there is an overwhelming need for young, new creative individuals and the maker movements seeks to empower them by having them work with experts in the industry!

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