Mark Barnett

he/him

Mark is the Learning Experience Designer/Head of Makerspace at Harbour School Hong Kong. Mark is dedicated to developing makerspaces that have all children succeed in learning.

What do you value in your space and how do values guide your practice?

April 19, 2020

What I have found in most cases is that the smaller, less funded spaces seem to be more value driven, purposeful and goal oriented, while many of the larger, well funded spaces seem to just be a showroom floor of the best technologies and equipment.

An alien atmosphere.

Rejecting the Huxley Supposition: Using Technology in the Classroom for Real Transformative Learning

January 12, 2019

The worst part was all of the wide-eyed educators and administrators who were just eating it up, all mesmerized by the message that using these tools are how kids should be learning in the 21st Century.

A robot with large eyes.