Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. What are the real benefits of a maker-centered approach to learning? offer more maker-related professional development experiences for educators. expand research that examines maker experiences through a learning lens.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. We’ve created cardboard arcades, robots, buildings, etc." -- Read the article for more! Now.having said that.

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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. See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). You can only get it in my newsletter. Here’s insight on how this works. Blog posts. I post my blog posts and shows here on Cool Cat Teacher. Newsletter.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

The idea behind the Maker movement includes allowing students to imagine, envision, create, innovate, play, learn in a formative manner, experiment, collaborate, share, and most of all dream of possibilities. As you set up or evaluate the Maker movement in your school or district I ask you to think about the ten ideas I have below.

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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. See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). You can only get it in my newsletter. Here’s insight on how this works. Blog posts. I post my blog posts and shows here on Cool Cat Teacher. Newsletter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

Put It On Your Calendar In the article “ 5 Ways of Bringing Student Passions into Student Learning ,” that I authored for Edutopia, I shared the importance of making time for genius hour or 20% time projects. So this acts almost like a physical for the district, more than anything else. Of course, there is!

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

That makes a really big difference in creating that maker culture for the school,” she said. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. She is an international speaker on the Maker Movement and learning space design. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Libraries Unlimited.

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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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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 5, 2014

The Maker movement, user-generated videos, self-published eBooks, personalized domains, and other platforms have all seen steep increases in recent years. Here''s what Horizon says about this culture: "The shift continues towards becoming a creator society.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I like to use Kanban Boards and Agile Software Development principles (something outside the scope of this article). Then, after they ideate, they have to plan what will be in the experience. Without project management tools, students will waste time and not complete the task.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Wednesday, September 17th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: 10 Classroom Tools for the Maker Movement , Discover the maker movement and find out how to harness its power to bring new tools and technology for hands-on learning to all grades and content areas – especially STEM and STEAM. Tune in live at [link] or [link].

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools is a helpful article that I wrote for Edutopia. This approach is so much better than traditional PowerPoint or Prezi presentations because I am getting accurate feedback on what students really understand. Formative assessment is key.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

She wrote a regular column on professional development for OnCUE ( Computer Using Educators ) for over 17 years and continues to write here, for Personalize Learning, chapters in books, articles, and as guest posts on other blogs. She works tirelessly to find and research new tools and methods that help educators and personalize learning.

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User Generated Education

JULY 8, 2017

Such high excitement, engagement and motivation, though, were also seen at my low tech/low cost maker education camps: LED crafts, Toy Hacking and Making, and Cardboard Creations. A recent NPR article discussed several challenges for maker education. Cardboard Creations: A Maker Education Camp ).

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

His honest reflections coupled with his prior experience as a journalist makes for an insightful article. Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. If I had to pick one post – one article – as a favorite read from the past year, this would be it.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Lately I hear from administrators who, after reading an article or post about makerspaces in libraries, believe their library must have or be a makerspace, without serious consideration of how that program might or might not address local needs. Knowledge Quest maker posts. Student choice and creativity are important. Report (PDF).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

In this article, I have some ideas to allow Making and Creating to become part of the school culture. Embracing a Maker Culture can take the standards in our curriculum and make them come alive as students practice the 4 C’s, venture to the top of Blooms, and experience the real depth found in Webb’s.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

This guide will help newbies learn about #Edchat while also providing #Edchat experts with a one-stop-shop for articles by #Edchat founders and thought leaders. Partner Announcements The Essential #Edchat Resource Guide : The USC Rossier School of Education announces the release of The Essential #Edchat Resource Guide.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Of course, there is still Flipped Learning, 1 to 1 Programs, Blended Learning, Maker Movements, Genious Hours, SAMR, Learning Targets, 21st Century Learning, the 4C’s, Personalised Learning, Digital Textbooks, and OER! Each block has four indicators which I will be relating as I publish future articles.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

. “While the popular narrative in the media suggests that the driving force behind maker-centered learning is an interest in developing young people’s proficiency in the STEM subjects, our investigation of the promises, practices, and pedagogies associated with maker-centered learning revealed a much more nuanced story.”

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. 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.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In opening their classrooms to visitors from around the country and displaying their students’ and teachers’ achievements in maker learning, the district saw the event as a great opportunity to publicize ACPS to their community through the media as a leader in the maker movement in education. Press release. Printed infographics.

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User Generated Education

JULY 1, 2018

I expected to find a decent number of articles on this topic, but became a bit dismayed on how few I found. One article that did stand out for me was by Sylvia Martinez’s Edsurge piece, Making for All: How to Build an Inclusive Makerspace (but it’s from 2015).

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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

You've no doubt read countless blogs and articles about the incredible impact makerspaces can have in schools. But after being a maker-librarian for nearly two years, I can assure you that you should really stop thinking about starting a makerspace. No blog, article, or conference workshop can top the genius of your students.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

You've no doubt read countless blogs and articles about the incredible impact makerspaces can have in schools. But after being a maker-librarian for nearly two years, I can assure you that you should really stop thinking about starting a makerspace. No blog, article, or conference workshop can top the genius of your students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

About 4-5 years ago, Bill brought in a news article about the ban of soda. I think it’s been going on for about four years. His kids… I think it might have slowed down a bit. But they have a [link] blog. The big soda in New York City. Vicki: (agrees). Meg: And he was just thinking it was a quick activity.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. Google+ community member, Christopher Pappas, shared this article by e-Learning writer Stephanie Ivec. Learn more here.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 8, 2015

” The article goes on to point out some examples of this kind of dilemma, and how certain businesses responded. Maker Movement. “IBM dealt with this dilemma by launching a new business unit to make PCs, while continuing to make mainframe computers. Change in credibility of a high school diploma or college degree.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 29, 2017

They can tinker, build, engineer, craft, program, and create with anything from cardboard to sophisticated technology projects.You don’t have to have a fancy Maker Space filled with expensive equipment. Also, check out this great article by Vicki Davis: How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

See their article, Create Magic in Your Classroom. In previous blog posts and shows, I’ve talked about augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). It’s important that we understand the difference. Metaverse is the sponsor of this post. All opinions are my own. You feel like you’re there.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Far too many articles — and this is surely what its venture capitalist and philanthropist backers hope — have not reflected the landscape but have tried instead to shape it. ISTE announced it would acquire the ed-tech trade publication Edsurge. So much innovation and “edsurgency.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

You can receive updates from Hack Education via email if you prefer to read articles that way.). The Maker Movement. So that’s my focus of this project this year: analyzing the stories that we have told and were told in 2017 about and by education technologies. The series kicks off on Saturday, 2 December. Data vs Privacy.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Each Friday, I gather all the education and education technology and technology-related news into one article. (I I also gather articles that I read about the same topics for a newsletter that I send out each Saturday.) The Maker Movement. A Note on Methodology. Data vs Privacy. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012.

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