Innovators vs Makers

An innovator is an idealistic person. It is someone that feels they can change or impact an idea or concept for the greater good. A maker may feel like they have similar attributes as an innovator, but to the contrary they provide a more manufactured goal at hand. Depending on the situation or topic, I preferred the innovator educational role. As new teachers, I believe we all have an "innovator" in us. We are in education to make a difference and to provide children with the opportunity to see new views and outlooks on life as to what it holds in education.

My favorite on the innovator website is Catherine Beecher. My goal is to be a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher. Catherine Beecher had idealistic goals for women. Not only goals but also hope. She inspired more recognition for woman and the roles they placed within managing their homes and raising their families. Beecher wanted women use their talents as homemakers in a more professional resource, such as teachers. "Beecher held the view that the woman, as educator and spiritual guide for families, was the basis of a well-ordered and moral society. This theme contributed to a growing feminist attitude that women did not have to be weak, passive creatures, but could be strong, contributing members of their communities." http://www.answers.com/topic/catharine-beecher

My "maker" of choice is Henry Ford. He played a crucial role in our society. Ford created the Model-T automobile. Although he did not create the 1st automobile he did provide the development for mass production via assembly line. I was an HR manager for an automotive company for 4 years. It is ludicrous on how the automotive industry plays such a vital role in our way of life. It controls where we are at and where we are going. It provides transportation for goods. It controls the oil industry. You can value Ford as a "Maker Educator" because he influenced us as a society to strive for the greater knowledge.

You really can not have one without the other. You must have an innovator to think of different idealistic ideas and then you must have a maker to stive to accomplish such. They can be looked at as the same but then also very different.