Interview with Andrew Goodin

Student IntroductionWhen students make and create they are proud of what they make.  They feel good about what they make.  Questions that come to mind are how much of school work actually makes kids feel this way?  How can I have kids do more work like that?IntroductionAndrew Goodin is a makerspace teacher at Grand Center Arts Academy and has been for the last three years. From the beginning Andrew had students design and create working solutions to real problems by using the D School Design Thinking Process.  He models design thinking in the makerspace by using it to continually improve the learning opportunities available. The results with students are impressive and Andrew has set up a fantastic example of what a makerspace is capable of in a school setting. Andrew's StoryHe started out discussing teaching with teachers and about how to make it better.  They started with a problem.  Kids needed computers in Andrew’s chemistry cla