article thumbnail

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. ” 2.

article thumbnail

Top 4 microtrends in e-learning

Neo LMS

While being an entrepreneur may not be everyone’s destiny, the skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur are useful for almost any student, regardless of what career or course of study they choose. Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement.

Trends 190
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

7 Ideas for Student Genius Hour and Passion Projects

The CoolCatTeacher

Assess Your School or District Mark Wise told me about how they assess their entire district with a massive project for eighth-graders. Then we use that data to then inform our other programs and our other types of assessments to see how we can improve those.

article thumbnail

Launching a New Phase of Research for Agency by Design: Exploring Documentation and Assessment Strategies for the Maker-Centered Classroom

Educator Innovator

Project Zero’s Agency by Design team is developing documentation and assessment tools for maker-centered learning and “maker empowerment”, which they see as the key to ensuring that the maker movement secures a long-term place in education and pedagogy.

article thumbnail

Different Schools for a Different World

The CoolCatTeacher

So Lauren Resnick, who did this wonderful study for the federal government, said that our schools were never designed to prepare large numbers of critical thinkers and problem solvers — which is exactly what we need now. These could be used for assessment purposes. Why is it so hard to make those shifts? Scott: Right.

article thumbnail

Building a Makerspace Culture to Support Standards and Learning … 10 Ideas and 16 Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

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.

Resources 112
article thumbnail

Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. We Don’t Have To Choose Between Assessment and Excellent Teaching. The assessment piece is important for kids.