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Connecting Voices through Robotics: An EdCamp Global Event

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

This year, our library is fortunate to have a robotics loan from Birdbrain Technologies. We have 12 Finch robots that we are using throughout the year for coding experiences for our students. Currently, a group of 2nd-5th graders are meeting every Friday for one hour to learn to code these robots and create projects with them.

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Coming This Summer: Powerful, Peer-Led Professional Development That Won’t Bore

Edsurge

Or, for that matter, without the slightest idea of what you might learn? For us, it was at EdFoo 2017 , an un-conference of teachers, edtech gurus, funders and others gathered at Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters for three days of spontaneous learning. When was the last time you walked into a conference without an agenda?

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Notes from the "Makerspace for Elementary Schools" Session @ #edcampsteam

Saving Socrates

Electronic with robots, goal is use to do it yourself concept. It is designated space such as a library, or unused locker room they can refurbish. Coding to learning about circuits using rasberry pi or the makey makey. Using hummingbird kit which they had at edcamp in Philly. Piscataway Public Library has 3D printer.

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Events + News - #TLChat LIVE! - NMC Preview - Students in Charge - iSchool Initiative

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

April 13th - April 27th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. They are the people pushing the envelope to infuse innovation and creativity into learning experiences worldwide.

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Massive "Mobile MakerSpace" Resource

Adjusting Course

When we conceptualized this model we were not aware of any other schools using this approach, so much of our learning has been from the well-intentioned missteps we've made along the way. Accessing a cart is as easy as checking out a library book! This is not a technology initiative.) careful when purchasing super-specialized tools.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!),

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

" It’s lovely to see the big innovation from the MOOC startups in 2017 involves the learning management system. ” Edsurge profiles Lexia Learning in a new research series paid for by a variety of investors and corporations. No mention that Lexia Learning is owned by Rosetta Stone. Very thorough research, gj.