Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 4, 2015
Here are his thoughts on ‘the Maker Movement': With so much of the emphasis in today’s education world focusing on the need for education reform, it can be easy to forget just what this means.
Marketplace K-12
APRIL 27, 2016
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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun
AUGUST 26, 2014
This is a great example of supporting multiple literacies among young children. This is an excellent example of bringing math to life with social action and loads of fun. Three Steps for Improving Students'' Self-Reliance in Learning. Karen Cameron shares the Praise, Prompt, and Leave strategy in this week''s post. Thanks, Oscar!
User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Common Core State Standards – ELA. Here is an example from one of my 6th grade students: Artifacts for the Day of the Dead Displays. Images of decorated Day of the Dead skulls can be projected via a whiteboard so students can see examples. Dia de los Muertos (short film) – [link].
User Generated Education
JUNE 8, 2017
Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. The UDL Guidelines provide a deep dive into each of the principles to checkpoints that provide resources, examples, and research. What Does ‘Design Thinking’ Look Like in School? ). They may interview, do observations or survey them about the problem.
User Generated Education
MARCH 11, 2019
Standards Addressed: Common Core State Standards – ELA. Here is the example I used to get them started: [link]. All of the following projects utilized new Scratch 3.0 along with their new extensions: Makey Makey and Text to Speech. Language Arts: Character Development. They were then asked to code their games using Scratch.
My Island View
DECEMBER 7, 2016
The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. This was another example of a non-funded mandate gone awry.
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