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Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Displays: A Maker Education Project

User Generated Education

Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. Materials: micro:bit (one for each team), heavy stock cardboard, (servos with jumper wires and alligator clips if movement is designed). Common Core State Standards – ELA.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Gaming in Ed Now! - #YouMatter Special Offer - Connected Librarian Day

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

As Points of Light’s youth service enterprise, generationOn inspires, equips and mobilizes youth to take action through generationOn service clubs, schools, youth organizations, campaigns and youth leadership initiatives. Is your library mobile friendly? Do you have a story to tell about maker spaces? Learn more here.

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Announcing the Library 2.017 "Makerspaces" Mini-Conference and Call for Proposals.

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

WEBINAR PLATFORM : The sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate , and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. (To She is also a contributing author and series editor for Cherry Lake Publishing's Makers as Innovators and Makers as Innovators Junior series, a total of over 40 titles.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - It's All About the GEC (GlobalEdCon) - Amazing Keynotes - Announcing the Student Technology Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: Maker Movement: Pathway to Innovation for STEM Learners , Give students the power to learn by making. The maker movement fosters a mindset and culture that can create a profound shift in K-12 STEM learning.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

Access to mobile technology especially has helped students feel comfortable in the role of digital creator. BYOD/Maker Movement: In just one or two years, experts predict Bring Your Own Device policies and makerspaces will be commonplace in schools. DEVELOPMENTS IN ED TECH.

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The Top 50 Best Books for Teachers – Professional Development

Fractus Learning

In Lean In, Sandberg digs into issues, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to cut through the layers of ambiguity and bias surrounding the lives and choices of working women. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. What are your best books for teachers?

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This Amazing South Bronx School Grows 50,000 Pounds of Vegetables a Year

The CoolCatTeacher

We have a Green Bronx Machine mobile classroom kitchen. Kids taking care of plants can document, collecting data, aggregating data, they’re talking about it, discussing it. Stephen Ritz and his students are gardening and growing food for their school and neighborhood. It is net positive on food and energy.