Stephen Lethbridge - The Race to Makerspace #futureschools
Stephen Lethbridge presenting at Future Schools After warming up the crowd with a few Dad jokes like only Lethbridge can. He then began the session with a moments silence and this quote: “So the urgent drives out the important; the future goes largely unexplored; and the capacity to act, rather than the capacity to think and imagine becomes the sole measure for leadership.” - Gary Hamel and C. K. Prahalad: "Competing for the Future" What is the proliferation of Makerspaces doing? is it a case of a good idea being scaled up and watered down? Is it keeping up with Joneses? He then talked about the renaming of Woodwork to Hard Technology, the change from Cooking to Food Technology. But has anything really changed?? He also challenged the notion of even having a dedicated space. Or that making can only happen in a certain space or in a certain class. He talked about us needing to consider the one important space - the mind and the idea that being a maker is about hav...