Shift from students as consumers to students as creators

1. Benefits and drawbacks of "makerspaces"
Makerspaces could increase motivation and be really engaging for the students to participate in. These activities would be very interactive and it would reduce the likelihood that a student could take a "passive" role in the learning process. They also have some grounding in education theory, that being Constructivism (shout out to Dr. Boyer for planting this thought in my head).

One draw back of this approach could be the logistic limitations of available space, time, materials, and instructor resources. I imagine it would also be difficult to use this approach in an online form

2. How are "makerspaces" being used in education? How have you used "makerspaces"? 
From the article, I gather that "makerspaces" are used in informal education (and probably in formal education) to have students construct something while learning. I think this might be things like making biomes while receiving instruction about carbon cycles. I've never used this approach before.

3. How could you incorporate "making" into your future teaching?
Last semester I thought about having some of my students construct "knees" using soda bottles and rubber bands in they hopes it would help them understand how ligaments work. They really struggled to visualize how the joint functioned so I thought they would benefit from being able to manipulate a model of that concept. I struggled with the construction of my own model and never actually did it with my students. It would be nice to be able to build moveable models for some physiology concepts but like this article mentioned, I really struggle with the DIY construction part. Maybe I'll get lucky and a board filled with them will pop up on Pinterest.