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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. Technology is expensive. And so they basically were learning to use the technology themselves, which is what they’re going to have to do for the rest of their lives. Other Resources: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom.

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Announcing the Library 2.017 "Makerspaces" Mini-Conference and Call for Proposals.

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Her research is focused in emerging technologies and their use in education and libraries. Her current research focuses on makerspaces and their subsequent technologies in libraries of all types and levels. link] Makerspaces in Libraries: Partnerships with Communities June Abbas, Ph.D.

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A Call to Remake the Maker Faire

Edsurge

Of all the learning trends of the past 20 years, one of the most sweeping and impactful has been the rise of the maker movement. After 15 years of inspiring millions of people to be creative and “make” something out of just about nothing, Maker Media, the company behind much of momentum, shut down due to financial shortfalls.

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She Hired Me! Betty Shiver, the woman who convinced me to become a teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

But I will say that at the time, I knew that one of my three kids had a learning difference, and I knew that there was technology to learn. She had kind of been left without a technology teacher at the last minute. And the math group… and the technology group… I don’t remember what all we did. What I remember is that Ms.

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