eSchool News

MAY 4, 2015

Maker space workshop guides educators and librarians through the nuts and bolts. Seizing hold of the booming maker movement, a new four-day workshop will walk educators through the steps of designing, equipping, and operating successful, safe and inspirational public maker spaces. microprocessors like Arduino).

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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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MindShift

MAY 3, 2016

The Maker Movement has helped spur renewed interest in hands-on learning and the value of spaces where children can explore their own ideas, be creative, and tinker. For example, Escudé described a debrief with the teen facilitators after they had been working with a group of middle schoolers for the first time.

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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. I studied engineering, and almost on a weekly basis I wanted to quit,” she said. “We

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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. One group of students used Bloxels to create pixel characters for a video game. Another group learned how to fingerprint with a CSI fingerprinting kit. It doesn’t have to work , mind you, but it does have to include plausible technology.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 30, 2016

Take time to host focus groups for students. Instead of focusing on every detail of your space, work on making a foundation that supports your current goals and philosophy and can grow and change as your maker movement expands. Will students be able to access the makerspace before, during, and/or after school?

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Graphite Blog

MAY 30, 2016

Take time to host focus groups for students. Instead of focusing on every detail of your space, work on making a foundation that supports your current goals and philosophy and can grow and change as your maker movement expands. Will students be able to access the makerspace before, during, and/or after school?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It comes with a free app that students can access. They could access it on a their phones. And what I would do is say, “As we go through the unit, I want each group to continue creating and putting things into their jam for that topic. Tom: So Google Jamboard is actually a $5,000 piece of equipment. Don’t stop right there.

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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. Idea Generation: Learners, typically working in small groups, generate lots of ideas and questions to ask to solve the design thinking problem or challenge.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We''re really excited to have this amazing group of speakers participate at our fifth annual Global Education Conference. See the Conference Schedule and mark your calendars for presentations by this great group of presenters. Join the Volunteers Group for details. We really do hope you''ll join in the fun.

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MindShift

MARCH 8, 2017

The maker movement has expanded greatly in recent years and much of the attention has focused on cities with high population density and large well-funded school districts. But he wanted his students to have more access to sensors, so he set about making his own. They’d change the code and run it and show other groups.”.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Tech Rockets – Students ages 10 to 18 can create a Tech Rocket account and gain access to amazing tech courses. Edutopia Makers Area – Take a moment to discuss, watch,and browse through amazing topics and possibilities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

And then when they’re in class with the teacher, the teacher can work with one student or a group of students or even the whole class — depending upon what they’re trying to get at — to help them better internalize the direct instruction they’ve been watching. The essential element is one-to-one computing. Doug: Yeah.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Please be sure to check out and join the volunteer group and sign up soon for volunteer times. And walk away with real classroom project ideas, links and resources, and a plan for bringing the maker movement to your classroom. Big thanks and a special shout out to our Library 2.0 Student Entrepreneurship. Learn more here.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Exploratory, hands-on learning is also known as “maker education.” At “makerspaces,” learners have access to tools and supplies, including technological tools, for either open-ended or structured projects. The maker movement is full of scrappy educators and people who can turn recycled materials into powerful learning moments.”.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

Teachers at the cutting edge of this work are asking students to use technology to access and synthesize information in the service of finding solutions to multifaceted, complex problems they might encounter in the real world. Access to mobile technology especially has helped students feel comfortable in the role of digital creator.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Change agents seek this group out a local voice missionary for speeding the adoption of innovation. If perhaps you were to approach this same list of categories with topics like Virtual and Augmented Reality, the Maker Movement, Coding, and/or Robotics… you may find yourself in a different adopter category. Accessed 17 Apr.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Researchers also asked respondents to share how many students in their maker clubs or classes hail from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Maker activities may seem like fun and games, but they require ample support and preparation. More than half of the survey respondents say they work with students in grades K-8.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Some hot topics will be virtual reality, augmented reality, 3D printing, coding and the maker movement. Teachers want to identify what tools will make content more accessible for students with different learning needs and how students can create products with tech tools that will help them build transferable digital skills.

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MindShift

AUGUST 25, 2016

That group of students created a suicide prevention video on their own that afternoon with only minimal explanation of how the recording and editing tools work. The makerspace is unique because the students have access to the internet, where they can learn from YouTube videos and read about the world.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Another group discovers that if they hit “repeat” multiple times, they can create a parachute-like design that they’ve figured out how to color in various ways. He’s disappointed that the maker movement isn’t more diverse, but says when he takes his mostly African-American and Latino kids to Maker Faire each year, they hardly notice.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Access is important. connecting groups globally. Knowledge Quest maker posts. Stager, The Ultimate Guide to Bringing the Maker Movement to Your Classroom. uTEC Maker Model (Bill Derry, David Loertscher, Leslie Preddy). Making is important. Informal learning is important. Tinkering is important. filmmaking.

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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. They’ve already started bringing in test groups and will start inviting classes to participate in the spring. Rood said the space is designed with multiple age groups in mind.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

mak- ered, #stem); and online communities, such as Facebook groups. Since the goal is to have learners use self-directed or heutagogical practices, the educator—as a maker educator—should offer resources as suggestions based on individual learners’ projects. It also provides a means for learners to share their processes and products.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst.

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EdTechnocation.com

MAY 29, 2015

For example, how to customize your Gmail inbox , or how to create a group calendar. 80% of parents feel that tech that allows them to access more information about their child helps them feel more in control. Jayme's Dec provided workshops for teachers and Maker lessons for students. Check it out!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 20, 2015

This handbook is part of our broader MakerBot Education initiative, which aims to provide teachers, professors, librarians, and students with access to the resources and tools they need to embrace 3D printing. Students then form groups that develop settlements by surveying the land and discovering its natural resources.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

As a legal fight simmered this week over the legality of creating working guns on 3D printers , libraries and other groups offering access to the technology faced questions from local officials and reporters : Can community makerspaces now be turned into impromptu weapons factories?

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 20, 2018

David Cole brings together key insights and resources on maker education from the 2018 Connected Learning Summit. This text originally appeared in Make: Education, a monthly newsletter exploring the intersection of education and the maker movement. Sign up for more at [link].

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Following Hack Your Notebook Day, a nationwide paper circuitry and applied STEM learning event held this summer that brought together makers from around the country, libraries and other connected learning spaces have continued “hacking” notebooks by holding independent events for diverse groups of learners around the country.

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