Education and the Maker Economy - Feb 04, 2010
by The Center for the Future of Museums News Department
Jillian Darwish blogs at the Future of Education about Homeboy Industries, a network of businesses and services helping alleviate gang violence in Los Angeles. She points out lessons the formal education system could learn from such intersections of "Maker Economy" and "Platforms of Resilience." (Fancy terms for people making and selling their own stuff, and innovative systems that gather and adapt quickly to feedback on whether they are working.)
by The Center for the Future of Museums News Department
Jillian Darwish blogs at the Future of Education about Homeboy Industries, a network of businesses and services helping alleviate gang violence in Los Angeles. She points out lessons the formal education system could learn from such intersections of "Maker Economy" and "Platforms of Resilience." (Fancy terms for people making and selling their own stuff, and innovative systems that gather and adapt quickly to feedback on whether they are working.)