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300 Organizations Come Together to Launch Nation of Makers

EdNews Daily

The grassroots Maker Movement has, and continues to, impact entrepreneurship, education, economic and workforce development, manufacturing, community revitalization and technology inclusion in the U.S. Macon, GA, where SparkMacon is empowering entrepreneurs to launch businesses in the broader Macon-Bibb county.

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TechShop launches maker space workshops for educators

eSchool News

Maker space workshop guides educators and librarians through the nuts and bolts. Seizing hold of the booming maker movement, a new four-day workshop will walk educators through the steps of designing, equipping, and operating successful, safe and inspirational public maker spaces.

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Passion Projects in Kindergarten and First Grade

The CoolCatTeacher

They are working once they have some of their work done for reader’s workshop where they are getting on their computers and investigating that way. They are reading their books during readers’ workshop. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design

eSchool News

That was a key area of focus at the 2016 South by Southwest Education ( SXSWedu ) conference in Austin, Texas, March 7-10, and a number of ed-tech companies and organizations demonstrated possible solutions. That’s the experience her company is trying to replicate for students at all levels with the new STEAM Student Set.

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Literature Performance Odyssey with Drama and Student Leadership

The CoolCatTeacher

Marynn: Several of them, I actually led some conflict resolution workshops because they found out the hard way that they didn’t know how to do conflict resolution. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Vicki: (agrees). Vicki: Yeah.

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

I personally have used FlipSnack as a way of creating more interesting workshops instead of a powerpoint or Google Slides. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Why the School Library Is the Perfect Place for Maker Education

Educator Innovator

Graves—a maker, librarian, and former English teacher—discussed the parallels between making and writing and created a graphic that listed the similarities side by side. That’s “iterating” in maker-ese. The workshop leaders emphasized that the “making” umbrella is a large one. A rough draft? Same concept as a prototype.