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“Wow! "Moment - Popup Makerspace in French

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Isn’t it wonderful when you hear your students having those moments? Last spring, I set up a popup maker space. For a whole morning, my students tinkered, made, built and played with scribbling machines . “The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge” Seymour Pappert. I’m telling you, setting this popup Makerspace was a big thing for me. It involved disrupting the “usual” French learning, disrupting the whole classroom. As I organised my room that morning, my mind was spinning with “ what if..”, what if the students can’t do it, what if it all fails, what if it’s too easy for them??? Added to that, the funny look on my colleagues’ faces didn’t help to relax! Yet it was a completely and truly amazing morning! How did I get organised... [caption id="attachment_470" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Photo M. Brutel[/caption] I was lucky enough to attend Learning2 Europe in Milan last spring and to...