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Making MAKEing More Inclusive

User Generated Education

The maker movement and maker education, in my perspective, are such great initiatives – really in line with what student-centric education should be in this era of formal and informal learning. 9 Maker Projects for Beginner Maker Ed Teachers ). Is the Maker Movement About Hacking Society—Or Just Hardware? ).

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Maker Education Camp: Circuit Crafts

User Generated Education

This summer I am offering: Cardboard Creations , Circuit Crafts, Toy Making and Hacking, and Robotics and Coding. These technologies are seductive especially seeing all the press they get on social media, blogs, and Kickstarter. Each camp lasts a week. Click to view slideshow. Gami-Bots. This was developed by Howtoons.

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Virtual Valentines: The Global Valentine Project Sharing Love and Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

Micah Brown on episode 237 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Just share that love on social media. He’s the robot there. Virtual Valentines are an incredible global project in February. You basically make a Valentine with your class.

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Educators Make, Play, and Connect This Summer

Educator Innovator

In Pittsburgh, kids might join the growing Maker Movement or pick up some engineering skills while making robots. On July 7th join KQED to learn how to use Twitter and other media-sharing applications to promote social and civic discourse with students. Connecting all these activities are digital badges.

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Stop Thinking and Start Doing -- A Makerspace Is Within Your Reach!

Graphite Blog

You've no doubt read countless blogs and articles about the incredible impact makerspaces can have in schools. But after being a maker-librarian for nearly two years, I can assure you that you should really stop thinking about starting a makerspace. I assumed they'd be thrilled about a $200 Dash and Dot robot set.

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Stop Thinking and Start Doing -- A Makerspace Is Within Your Reach!

Graphite Blog

You've no doubt read countless blogs and articles about the incredible impact makerspaces can have in schools. But after being a maker-librarian for nearly two years, I can assure you that you should really stop thinking about starting a makerspace. I assumed they'd be thrilled about a $200 Dash and Dot robot set.

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

Increasingly formal use of social media by education institutions. Maker Movement. Rapid change in the demands for media forms (e.g., blogs, social media, podcasting) to promote conversation and thinking around what’s possible in education. Robotics in the classroom.