Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. There is growing interest in whether Maker education can help boost student learning outcomes, including test scores. But that’s changing fast.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. But what if we spend thousands of dollars on 3D printers, robotics, and other ephemera and it just ends up collecting dust?

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

Future Ready Schools (FRS), led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, announced Future Ready Librarians , an expansion of the FRS initiative aimed at positioning librarians as leaders in the digital transformation of learning. “In

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Each year, as parents look to celebrate the various holidays with our kids, many of us rack our brains trying to find gifts that are both fun and educational. One of Time Magazine’s “ 2014 Best Inventions of the Year ,” more than 7,500 schools are already teaching with Osmo. Makey Makey. Make some magic this holiday season. Ozobot Bit.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update September 17th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. It also provides tools and resources to youth, families and educators to help kids change the world and themselves through service. More information at [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 26th, 2014 If a child can''t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn. Our products are research-based and developed for various audiences: youth, college students, the research community, policy makers, or workers in a particular industry.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In my 2014 post Making Inside the Space and Outside the box , I wrote about a growing convergence that points to libraries as the most promising site for making. The action in our huge open technology wing engaged kids in robotics and coding and CAD and now, 3D printing. robotics teachers (OMG! Knowledge Quest maker posts.

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