Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 30, 2015

Our library makerspace has been a bustling place over the past few weeks. I make sure to put an appointment on the library calendar to introduce them to the space and set some parameters of what they can and cannot do. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) January 28, 2015. I’m still seeing a lot of tinkering with Sphero.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend! A full listing of sessions is below. You're going to be blown away.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

In 2015, as the program was launching, I began to have in-depth conversations with emerging industry leaders in our community. Elementary and middle school students will be able to attend field trips and summer camp programs at the space to gain exposure to project-based learning experiences with high-tech tools.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 23, 2015

In the summer of 2015, Chicago, Dallas, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C., In Dallas, for example, kids can intern at the mayor’s office , dissect owl pellets at the library, or program a virtual robot at RoboMind Academy. Thanks to support from the John D. and Catherine T. double as Cities of Learning (COL).

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. wi.us, among other sources."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 13, 2015

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. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues! Two Week Calendar Monday, April 13th at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe - #TLChat LIVE!

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 23, 2015

You may recall that they spent a day in our makerspace exploring several tools that might help them in their research and inventing. Some have chosen topics like water, oxygen, food, shelter, robot exploration, and clothing. A small group of students came to me in the library. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) April 20, 2015.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 23, 2015

You may recall that they spent a day in our makerspace exploring several tools that might help them in their research and inventing. Some have chosen topics like water, oxygen, food, shelter, robot exploration, and clothing. A small group of students came to me in the library. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) April 20, 2015.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Volunteer at Library 2.014. Big thanks and a special shout out to our Library 2.0 Student Entrepreneurship.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 3, 2015

The idea would be to have a variety of maker tools available for UGA students to try on the spot. The biggest news was that 2 members of the Flipgrid and Vidku team from Minneapolis flew down to do a video in our library. — Flipgrid (@flipgrid) April 2, 2015. — Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) April 2, 2015.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. We''re about to announce three additional conferences for 2015: Maker Education, Reinventing Higher Ed, and Digital Citizenship.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. This virtual conference will be hosted in Adobe Connect and registration is free for librarians and leaders of libraries.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 27, 2017

You had to search the library, ask the right teacher, or find some type of adult of expert who had knowledge and ask for guidance. Today’s learners can find out what a professor at MIT thinks about the future of robots…and we have to be ok that his/her answer if most likely much better than ours ever would be.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

I’ve been called the “Willy Wonka of school librarians” because I transformed our traditional library into what I call an IDEA (Innovation, Design, Engineering, and Art) Lab complete with flexible furniture, robotics, engineering tools, iPads, laptops, and sewing machines. Create a dream binder.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2015

I cant’t think of a better thin then summer to check out some new edtech tools and possibilities. I have a goal every summer to bring you at least 40 new tools… maybe more… that you may not know about. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full. Great free tool from classtools.net.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. More often than not, these platforms also come with a series of tools that enable their users to build their own products, services, and marketplaces.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Nevertheless, just because an activity has points and is called a game doesn’t make it an effective game-based learning tool any more than putting me in a Doritos bag makes me a chip. Let’s dig deep into the resources, research, and tools that will help you become start using game based learning in your classroom. . Sept 2015).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

In 2014, I wrote about strategies for edtech success in the new school year , and in 2015, I wrote about edtech teaching trends for the new school year. Well, I’ve spotted some tools and strategies that have amazing potential to empower students and teachers to engage and learn more with the world beyond their school. It is good!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

It also means fewer language programs, robotics labs and other enrichment opportunities that parents increasingly perceive as necessary. One “positive impression campaign” included social media posts pushed out by the San Francisco Public Library and the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

I got my first taste of "making" in April 2015, when I attended a session on makerspaces at South Dakota's Technology and Innovation in Education conference. I also knew creating such a space could be pricey, especially when you start talking about robots, advanced software and 3D printers. Every school’s makerspace is unique.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Those are merely tools. Library 2.014 on YouTube. The great majority of these events are free to attend. Register here.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Affluent students get to digital tools for creative exploration; poor students get to use theirs for test prep. His fears appeared to be unfounded, as Boundless settled the lawsuit with damage perhaps only to its own reputation.

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Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

She and her husband also donated $200,000 to AFC’s charitable arm in 2014 and 2015 through the Dick and Betsy DeVos Family Foundation. ” The New York Times looks at “ anti-tax fervor ” in southern Oregon , which will result in the one public library in Roseburg closing its doors. ” Just like humans do.

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Hack Education

MARCH 17, 2017

The elimination of funding for 18 other independent agencies , including the National Endowment for the Arts , the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , the National Endowment for the Humanities , and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. “A Fumble on a Key Fafsa Tool, and a Failure to Communicate” by Susan Dynarski.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

“ New York City libraries have announced they plan to forgive the late fees of all children aged 17 and under in a one-time amnesty event,” The AP reports. “ Internet Archive Hopes to Help Libraries Make Available Books Once Thought Trapped By Copyright,” writes Jen Howard. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” The University of Wisconsin at Madison plans to close 22 libraries and create six “hubs” in their stead, says The Wisconsin State Journal. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Private Colleges Had 58 Millionaire Presidents in 2015.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. More via Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

The American Library Association announced its youth media awards. “Can robotics teach problem solving to students?” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” “ Robots and drones take over classrooms,” according to the BBC. ” More robot crap in the Betteridge’s section above.

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