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Foster Social-Emotional Learning through Making

Digital Promise

This blog post is the first in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.” Active listening is an SEL strategy that helps model this respect. Want to bring maker learning to your school?

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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

Marketplace K-12

The Maker Movement has its roots outside of school, in institutions such as science museums and in the informal activities that everyday people have taken part in for generations. The Maker Movement in Education (Erica R. Often, such work is guided by the notion that process is more important than results.

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7 Ideas for Student Genius Hour and Passion Projects

The CoolCatTeacher

While I go into the full pitch process in the blog post, “ 7 Strategies I Use When Students Make Apps (or Do Any Genius Project) “, I have a “red light – yellow light – green light process.” However, the secret to preventing uniformity and spark creativity, I’ve found, is in the pitch process.

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What We Learn from Making

Digital Promise

AbD’s four downloadable thinking routines [available as PDFs from the educator resources page ] are short, deceptively simple strategies that can be used in a variety of classroom settings to encourage these capacities. Each two-page routine includes tips and suggestions on how to get started. Expanding the Circle.

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22 Top Tips for Better Classroom Management

The CoolCatTeacher

How To Start The School Year By Building Relationships Lesson Plan Idea: For example, I kick off the year in “Masterpiece Theater” (the name of my classroom) by having students create a masterpiece in Play-Doh representing something that’s essential to the masterpiece of their life. Formative assessment is key. It will help.

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Awesome Atlanta Education Conference: STLinATL – July 26-27, 2018

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment for Learning. Speakers Include: Jay McTighe – Internationally recognized thought leader on curriculum mapping, assessment, and instructional strategies. THE STLinATL CONFERENCE WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING AREAS: Whole Child (e.g., STEM/STEAM Integration. Contemporary Literacy.

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FETC Future of Educational Technology… Orlando Florida… Please Join Me!

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

In the space below I have posted my contribution to FETC and promise you will walk away with some amazing ideas, resources, strategies, and future collaborators. W021 | Making Makers Mainstream … Connecting Curriculum Standards and the 4C’s. I also have also provided those over 150 STEM Resources. Room: NORTH 220F.