The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks!

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

The post A Framework for Meaningful Technology Integration – SULS003 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Ready to learn how to meaningfully and practically integrate technology into your classroom?! I’ve created the Dynamic Learning Framework to help with meaningful technology integration. Listen Now.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

Aligned with the maker movement—which focuses on using hands-on activities like building, sewing, assembling and computer programming for learning—the kits provide a foundation that teachers can use for guided projects both in and out of the classroom. I used all of those materials to build our maker lab,” says Howell.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. We all need arts in every classroom, in every subject, in what we do as educators. Record your own voice over.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Middle schooler Hannah Levenberg always liked taking things apart, but she didn’t make the connection between her tinkering and technology until she took a class from Mr. Moredock. Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement. Full size image here.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

A snapshot of classroom-ready 3D printers available for eductors. These days, 3D printing is becoming a staple of the modern classroom, from K-12 to college and university campuses as well. Featured on eSchool News Resource STEM Top News 3D printers construction engineering maker movement'

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 29, 2015

With Lightning Lab, users can have access to all of their programs no matter which device they use to sign in as the programs travel with the user’s profile. Lightning Lab will make it even easier to use the SPRK robot in the classroom because students can access te instructions and starter code inside of the app.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2017

Many people associate the Maker Movement with ‘stuff’ like 3D printers, but in my opinion, this isn’t what pushes children outside of their comfort zone, it is that opportunity for open-ended exploration that is key. I encourage you to read their thoughts, and contribute your own for us to all learn and grow from.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

But that hasn’t stopped us from asking a number of experts in education and technology to gaze into their crystal balls and share their thoughts on one major EdTech trend we can expect to see lighting up learning and one major challenge that education will face in 2016. Technology and the classroom – major trends and challenges.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Announcing the 2015 Student Technology Conference. We are excited to announce the 2015 Student Technology Conference , a student-directed global conversation about technology in education. The Call for Proposals will open November 15th, and we will begin accepting presentations as early as December 1st. Learn more at [link].

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If this is how the makerspace is set up in your school, then your kids may not have access to the resources, materials, and tools when they need them, especially for STEM or STEAM. This is why we decided to create a planning tool for makerspaces in the classroom for you using the Design Thinking Process and Universal Design for Learning®.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. And then all the content and the videos and the images and links, they’re all in one spot for the kids to access. And then they were able to produce that book and share it with parents, and grandparents, and embed it in their classroom website.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

In a fast-moving field like education technology, it’s worth taking a moment to take stock of new developments, persistent trends and the challenges to effective tech implementation in real classrooms. Access to mobile technology especially has helped students feel comfortable in the role of digital creator. CHALLENGES.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Check out Jennifer Gonzalez’ 2018 Teacher’s Guide to Technology for more than 200 tools with special tips, videos, and screenshots to get you started. He is in the San Francisco Unified School District as a Learning Integration Designer, and he does it with digital technology. It comes with a free app that students can access.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

Julie: Well, our first idea is called the Lexicon of Sustainability , and this is actually a PBS web series that you can access through the internet. But there is really an easier way to do this in a classroom without all the funding or – quite frankly – the space to do it, and that is you can make model greenhouses and use them.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

However, I do believe mixed reality gives us one of the most fantastic tools to help students understand the real world using VR technology. The contest promotes immersive technology and illustrates how impactful mixed reality can be in a classroom setting. Win your own Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. Supportive community of fellow teacher-makers? Unlimited access to personal coaching with a design thinking coach? Curated resources?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

Next week, my tenth graders will have to invent a new way to access the Internet. It doesn’t have to work , mind you, but it does have to include plausible technology. Many students see science, history, literature, technology, and math as totally different subjects without understanding the connections.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

The “maker movement” can play an important role in getting kids interested in innovation and design, and littleBits —which makes easy-to-use electronic building blocks—is finding itself at the center of this movement. “We We want to unleash the inventor in everyone,” Bdeir said.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

We''ve set up a new student entrepreneurship portal at StudentEnrepreneurship.com that provides quick access to the free HPLIFE interactive classes for students to learn business skills, and gives you a chance to sign up for information about the free online conference on student entrepreneurship we plan to hold in 2015. Learn more here.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

While you may take up the role of champion as a general way of perceiving your fit within your school system, we may find ourselves identifying with one adopter category or another when discussing emergent technology. Read through the descriptions below with one type of emergent technology and see how you fit.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Do you co-learn with a classroom across the globe? For more information, click here.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. Problems occur when administrators, educators, learners, and communities come to believe that maker education is synonymous with these tools and spaces.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

But then his teacher added, “He’s always tinkering with the computers in our classroom.”. At the time, I was in the process of developing a program called “The Tech Pipeline” that allowed local, fast-growing technology companies to connect with prospective talent in the community through our schools.

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EdTechTeacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Makers build, fix, and create. They are students, teachers, tinkerers, cooks, technology buffs, architects, crafters, performers, hobbyists, builders, artists, engineers, scientists, and writers. They use the MakerSpace to solve real life problems with access to tools and materials. What is a MakerSpace?

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MindShift

DECEMBER 7, 2015

On the other hand, most children under the age of 8 have access to a mobile device in the home and it can be hard to enforce an absolutely-no-screen-time rule. ‘What’s exciting about this is it offers a different way of using technology that’s much more active.’ Courtesy Bay Area Discovery Museum).

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Access is important. The action in our huge open technology wing engaged kids in robotics and coding and CAD and now, 3D printing. As the school year neared an end, I realized that a traditional technology-oriented makerspace would not work. Knowledge Quest maker posts. Making is important. Informal learning is important.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

As such, the roles of the educator as a maker educator are also different. Lead Learner Process Facilitator Safe Environment Manager Normalizer of Ambiguous Problem Finding and Solving • Resource Provider Technology Tutor Relationship Enabler and Builder Feedback Facilitator. Technology Tutor. Lead Learner.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

We’re seeing that making really helps kids with that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) piece of things if that’s something they’re excited about,” Vanderwerff said. Vanderwerff is working with educators from around the country to promote making and design thinking in the classroom. Katrina Schwartz).

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. Now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms, on any device, using the Chrome web browser. Vicki: Happy Wonderful Classroom Wednesday! I mean I see it every year in my classroom. Mandi: I would love to have a classroom.

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RafranzDavis.com

MAY 25, 2016

It’s not just technology and specifically coding. The “new to us” part is this idea of being a maker who takes advantage of accessible technology, embedding skills that could foster even greater potential and pathways in its creators. The Makers of CTE (Career and Technical Programs).

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 20, 2015

MakerBot Launches Hands-On Learning Guide For 3D Printing In The Classroom. MakerBot, a global leader in the desktop 3D printing industry, conducted in-depth research this spring to better understand how to help educators incorporate 3D printing in classrooms [2]. by TeachThought Staff. BROOKLYN , N.Y.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Lori Trent, STEM Coordinator - Innovator of Inspiration and Magic RADIO SOLIDARIA AMIGA, ONLINE, UNA HERRAMIENTA INNOVADORA - Mª Magdalena Galiana Lloret.

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EdTechnocation.com

MAY 29, 2015

Google has 88 things to teach you, powerful results from a parent survey on the "digital classroom", a blog post of Jaymes Dec's visit to my school's FabLab, another inspirational TEDx talk, and a call to join the Maker Ed cause! 98% of parents say their students use technology for school work. Read his blog post.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

In many ways, the Toy Lab’s projects are a sprawling summary of Haynor’s own time in the classroom as a student, teacher, and consultant. Classroom Demonstrations: “I wanted teachers to be able to make science presentations without expensive materials,” he says, pointing to the many plant and animal dissections as examples. Sam Haynor.

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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