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Beijing Science Teachers' NJ Visit to RYNJ, Fair Lawn, and Ridgewood

Saving Socrates

Utilizing the approach of learning through doing, the teachers were simultaneously learning about one of the most innovative concepts in science education today, the Maker Movement. They then discussed the real world application of this Maker Movement activity to a classroom.

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Book Creator for Chrome: Product Review, Tips and Tricks for Teachers

The CoolCatTeacher

You’ll have your 40 free books, and you’ll also get a demo book that will guide you through using Book Creator. The demo book is a great place to practice—you can’t hurt anything, and everyone gets their own individual little practice book. They’ll set you up with a free teacher account, and you’ll be ready to go!

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

I demoed it. Karen: Well, what I decided to do is… It’s not so much right now what you can learn with the cube, but I think that there’s a great learning process that you can go through with your kids, again because in their hands, everyone has one, and the threshold to get them started takes about 3 minutes. Skip the login.

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How to Incubate Creativity in School Through Making and Discovery

MindShift

Turtle Art demo (Turtle Art). We’re seeing that making really helps kids with that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) piece of things if that’s something they’re excited about,” Vanderwerff said. They are on fire with the ideas on display and proud of their accomplishments.

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