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Organize and Motivate Your Local Maker Community

Digital Promise

How can I motivate teachers in my district to introduce making to their students? What are examples of maker learning projects in my subject area? As the maker movement continues to expand, more and more educators are asking these questions. All Edcamps can receive materials to facilitate a making activity at their event.

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5 Tips for Planning a Kidcamp, the Student-Driven #Edcamp

Edsurge

By now you’ve probably heard of edcamps —free, organic, participant-driven, “un-conferences” that empower educators to maximize professional learning experiences and peer networks. As a longtime enthusiast, what I love most about the movement is that at its heart it’s all about educators teaching and empowering other educators.

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Parent/Educator EDU

My Island View

Public education is a common experience for most Americans, which is why so many people often feel that they have the answers to how to fix what they perceive as a broken system. The Edcamp model of instruction for professional development seems to fit the bill for the needs of both educators and parents.

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: Ok, so how can a teacher get started with FlipSnack without getting overwhelmed? How to get started. And so I use it for quite a bit of PD and things like that and introduce it to teachers a lot. So, it was from another teacher that I’m pretty sure I heard about it. The.edu account is a little bit buried in the website.

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