Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The maker movement — think of it as “smart DIY,” a high- and low-tech approach to tinkering that turns users into inventors — is spurring excitement about the power of ingenuity in fields as disparate as robotics and design and agriculture. Even the White House has hosted a Maker Faire.) ” Agency by Design: In Action.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! Check out my Booking Page.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Maker Learning. The maker movement, a technological, creative and design-focused learning revolution, is revitalizing classrooms with hands-on STEM education. Educators can use the lessons of maker learning to enhance student-centered teaching practices.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Check out my Booking Page.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 20, 2017

Through training and outreach, maker programs aim for greater diversity among future innovators. The maker movement is everywhere it seems. Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 1, 2016

Educators problem-solve the complexities of introducing a new concept to students by participating in new workshops centered around STEAM and maker movement practices. The paper circuitry workshop was led by San Francisco-based David Cole, of NEXMAP.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Kindergarteners and first graders explore their “wonderings” in Lindsey Danhoff’s classroom. Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. If I hadn’t asked this question, I never would have known that someone in our classroom was wondering about Braille. Have the kids investigate.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 11, 2019

I love bringing physical computing into my classrooms: Physical computing means building interactive physical systems by the use of software and hardware that can sense and respond to the analog world. Directions: Learners engaged in a maker-enhanced writers’ workshop. They did so by: Describing their character.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Host – the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast an author of Reinventing Writing and Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds. which is an all-inclusive event that includes: Small, intimate workshops and sessions with nationally known speakers. Best teacher blog winner, *Speaker*author* @Mashable Top Teacher on Twitter*Top #edtech Twitterer.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Check out my Booking Page.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

Having the learning extend beyond the classroom walls and creating vertical curriculum where students teach students is magical when it happens and something I thought could grow out of our makerspace. I needed to bring this love of learning into my classroom and into my school! Creating Maker Spaces. Project Based Learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. W027: PBL Splash A Look at Project Based Learning (1/2 day Workshop). C206: PBL, STEM, and Makers Dewey Meets Technology: What Will You Do?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The aim of this conference is to raise the level of discourse and deepen the value of this technology for all of those engaged in this practice through a series of keynote talks, educator and technology innovator presentations, context-specific track activities, and hands-on workshops and demonstrations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2017

Today Angela Stockman @AngelaStockman gives our writing workshop a makeover. The author of Make Writing , Angela is passionate about creating writing workshop experiences that are relevant to today’s learners and accessible to even the most resistant writers. 5 Ways to Reach Even Resistant Writers with Writer’s Workshop.

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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 didn’t know that word when I was in the third grade.”. Here are some of the highlights from the Playground.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 23, 2018

Marynn shares this innovative approach to teaching the Odyssey invented by her students along with their advice for using this method in your classroom. We have a very collaborative classroom, I let the students lead their learning as much as possible. Vicki: But they recommend this for other classrooms? Listen Now. Vicki: Yeah.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. I personally have used FlipSnack as a way of creating more interesting workshops instead of a powerpoint or Google Slides. And then they were able to produce that book and share it with parents, and grandparents, and embed it in their classroom website.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. This conference will be filled with amazing speakers and workshops.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning. Other Workshop Leaders: Buffy Hamilton , Title I Writing teacher, former librarian; Atlanta, GA. Then the rest of the learning was hashed out through lively table discussions.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

He runs workshops for teachers designed to give them the experience of learning through making and inquiry, so they understand how the framework can help their students. 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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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Problems occur when administrators, educators, learners, and communities come to believe that maker education is synonymous with these tools and spaces. Second, the regular classroom teacher or librarian may be intimidated with these advanced tools and technologies. Removal of Archaic, Non-Flexible Classroom Desks.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Here is an sampling of student Flipgrids: Inventor’s Workshop. Plus, it’s fun ( 6 Reasons Why Puppets Will Change Your Classroom Forever )! For the above projects learners used Flipgrid to discuss the details of their projects. Then they commented on one another’s work.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately. She’s been in education or 33 years, but for 21 years she’s been helping so many of us with our professional development, keynoting our conferences, speaking, and encouraging us to really use technology in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

5 Ways to Amp Up STEAM Learning in the Classroom. Vicki: Here we are with my good friend, Aaron Maurer @ coffeechugbooks talking about five ways to amp up STEAM in our classroom. And start with THAT to send out the energy not just from you, but then it just starts to absorb within your kids and your classroom. Vicki: Yeah.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Recently, Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) hosted the Digital Promise’s Maker Learning Leadership Institute, a professional development workshop for school districts looking to build their maker learning programs. Organizing Internally.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

I am in need of 10 participants who would be willing to discuss their experiences within Classroom 2.0 Any communication will be independently coordinated outside of Classroom 2.0. through 2 interviews and through patterns found within their Ning contributions. Are you interested in participating? Learn more here. Register here.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

In many ways, the Toy Lab’s projects are a sprawling summary of Haynor’s own time in the classroom as a student, teacher, and consultant. Classroom Demonstrations: “I wanted teachers to be able to make science presentations without expensive materials,” he says, pointing to the many plant and animal dissections as examples.

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EdTechnocation.com

MAY 29, 2015

Google has 88 things to teach you, powerful results from a parent survey on the "digital classroom", a blog post of Jaymes Dec's visit to my school's FabLab, another inspirational TEDx talk, and a call to join the Maker Ed cause! I first met Jaymes at Constructing Modern Knowledge last summer (an awesome MakerEd unconference!).

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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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