The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

Some definitions: 20% Time. Often schools who have arts, STEM or other enrichment choose to take one enrichment period and have a “genius hour” where students explore their talents to make and create. Maker Movement. Some libraries are putting these in a Learning Commons. (See Genius Hour.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

Aligned with the maker movement—which focuses on using hands-on activities like building, sewing, assembling and computer programming for learning—the kits provide a foundation that teachers can use for guided projects both in and out of the classroom. There’s kits and then there’s kits ,” says Martinez. “I Some of the Alexandria, La.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. I think this whole passion project was definitely more about the process than the product. Then they even started to go the library and find books for their friends.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, there is NOT just one right way to do library. But should a formal makerspace need to be a part of every school library? . At conferences, librarians share with me that their administrators insist they devote significant library real estate to 3D printing and a variety of other maker equipment.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. Scavenged Materials.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

STEM Idea #1: Teach with Passion. And I think that sometimes as adults, especially when we start talking about STEM or STEAM or whatever buzzword it is that your school uses, we muddy the learning. And I think that’s one thing we’ve got to keep in mind when we’re talking STEAM or STEM or whatever acronym. Aaron: Yes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

As a teacher, you can get started with a library of 40 books as part of their free version – go to coolcatteacher.com/bookcreator to get started now. That would be definitely the way I would describe our student. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. This is great news!

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