User Generated Education

MAY 20, 2015

The maker movement and maker education, in my perspective, are such great initiatives – really in line with what student-centric education should be in this era of formal and informal learning. The two I discuss in this post are: Maker movement initiatives are often driven by more affluent white males.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally. As the founder of MAKE magazine Dale Dougherty states in his 2011 TED Talk: “ We are all makers. ”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

You’ll get great blog posts, how-to articles and information here that you can get in your RSS reader. If you really want to have fun, have a student bring in a superhero outfit and follow the instructions in Videomaker magazine to do something super-awesome. See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.).

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

Laura also collaborated with Steven and Debby Kurti from Tabletop Inventing to publish a series of articles featured in Teacher Librarian magazine that not only discuss the philosophy of makerspaces, but also provide practical implementation tips.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

You’ll get great blog posts, how-to articles and information here that you can get in your RSS reader. If you really want to have fun, have a student bring in a superhero outfit and follow the instructions in Videomaker magazine to do something super-awesome. See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

I have also taught a number of leadership courses for The State University of New York at Cortland and Binghamton University and authored over 300 articles in computer magazines and educational journals. I post things I find myself, which includes free access to New York Times articles thanks to my subscription.

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