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Making Is Great Because It’s Chaotic. But Not Everyone Is Looking for Chaos.

Edsurge

Elementary school educators were more likely than secondary school educators to allow students relatively unstructured time to experiment with physical materials, often in the form of manipulatives. While most educators in our focus groups expressed similar ideas to Flamm, they did not offer one singular definition of making.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

While any instruction planning is a form of design, librarians for elementary school audiences, for example, must diligently design engaging storytime lessons to help prompt students to develop listening and literacy skills. And when librarians approach their lesson planning as an element of design, students ultimately become more engaged.