Jason Harron is a Ph.D. candidate at The University of Texas at Austin specializing in Learning Technology. For the past four years he has been working with the UTeach pre-service program as a teaching and graduate research assistant. He helped launch UTeach Maker, a micro-credentialing program for pre-service teachers that aims to empower STEM educators through 'making' and constructionist practices. Jason's research interests focus on how technology can lower the barriers to creativity and self-expression. His dissertation focus is on interdisciplinary project-based learning between undergraduate artists and engineers, specifically how they negotiate the creative process as they design and create shared artifacts.