Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Today, step into any of Duquesne Elementary’s shared learning spaces and you will see students immersed in hands-on design work.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2020

Sponsor: Wipebook Flipchart Wipebook is an excellent solution for educators, no matter where you’re teaching. Listen to Kristina Holzweiss Talk about Some Amazing Resources for Educators and Librarians Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. This cohort program is dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.” Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.”

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator. Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Two times zones over, Knikole Taylor is a blended learning specialist in a Dallas, Texas suburban school district, where she supports Pre-K to 12th-grade teachers and students with all things digital teaching and learning. What does it really take, for example, to diversify the communities of maker educators and mentors out there?

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User Generated Education

MAY 16, 2021

Think about learning how to cook or play an instrument. The basic and foundational skills need to be there in order for the makers to go in directions that are new and creative for them. . This criticism revolves around the stifling of the creativity of learners. The kids in both groups thoroughly enjoyed making the projects.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. There is growing interest in whether Maker education can help boost student learning outcomes, including test scores. But that’s changing fast.

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The Journal

MAY 16, 2016

There are some that use technology to support construction-oriented pedagogies — maker movement, project-based learning — and some that use technology to support instruction-oriented pedagogies — personalized learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2016

Librarians in the Shawnee Mission School District are making way for “ the maker movement ,” and some worry where that story is going. That’s the language of the maker movement, which seeks to convert once-quiet school spaces — usually in the libraries — into hands-on laboratories of creation and computer-assisted innovation.

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Digital Promise

MAY 10, 2017

During the National Week of Making in June 2016, we announced that school and district leaders, representing over 1,400 schools in all 50 states, had signed the Maker Promise , affirming their commitment to this growing movement for more creative, student-centered learning. For instance, Rep.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You know the maker movement has hit the big leagues when even the President is talking about it. Earlier this year, for the National Week of Making, President Obama issued a call to action to educators, designers, and makers of all stripes. I was about to learn firsthand. He landed a job teaching eighth-grade U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Heather Wolpert-Gawron talks about current research From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Heather Wolpert-Gawron surveyed over two thousand students from every US state and type of school to find out what engages them in learning. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Given my current interest in maker education , I decided to locate and post 2015 videos related to maker education, STEM, and STEAM. Maker Education: Reaching All Learners. What Is a Maker? We are all makers; it’s in our DNA. The Next Maker Movement.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 29, 2017

As I have transitioned into my new role over the past two years as a Senior Fellow for the International Center for Leadership in Education, I continue to set the bar high for myself. Image credit: Sylvia Duckworth Learning and success are intimately intertwined. You can’t be successful if you don’t learn. Are you with me?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Pioneering districts in the League of Innovative Schools are at the forefront of incorporating computer science education in K-12, leading large-scale initiatives to integrate coding and computational thinking into their curricula. From this group, we’ve gathered insights on what the computer science movement looks like in these districts.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 8, 2016

A review of this year’s schedule at the South by Southwest Education conference suggests that an interest, at least to many attendees, in “maker spaces”—places for students to build and create with varying degrees of adult oversight—is rising. Educators can also get ideas through a mobile app.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 22, 2017

What happens when students on different sides of the world connect to learn and play? We explored how students can “Play to Learn” in the most recent Learning Studios design challenge, which asked students to design a game of any format that helps the player learn something new. the answer: a Cygnet).

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User Generated Education

MAY 20, 2015

The maker movement and maker education, in my perspective, are such great initiatives – really in line with what student-centric education should be in this era of formal and informal learning. 9 Maker Projects for Beginner Maker Ed Teachers ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor host the Teaching Python Podcast where they share how to help kids of all ages learn this valuable language. Receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. link] (Big Data).

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Their passion manifested itself into unique creations that involved skill, knowledge, and patience to learn through doing. During the day he was a certified life insurance underwriter for New York Life and had years of higher education beyond a bachelor’s degree. In the guest room of his house was a workstation where he made jewelry.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Last week I introduced three megatrends affecting e-learning. My research revealed a couple more exciting trends and emergent ideas in e-learning, so I promised another four for this week. Let’s call them micro-trends as they are smaller in scale, but nonetheless likely to have an impact on how and what we learn. Microlearning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 18, 2019

Michael Cohen "The Tech Rabbi" and author of Education by Design From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Michael Cohen, aka the Tech Rabbi, and author of Education by Design talks about classroom design. We should design the classroom environment for learning. Students just turn in work.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Books remain an important centerpiece of the library system, but new tools give the institutions opportunities to help young people develop and learn in fresh ways. For several years YOUmedia has operated “learning labs” in libraries across the country. A key takeaway from the playbook?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

The answer, in part, lies in the so-called maker movement, a trend studded by hobbyists, inventors, students and even entrepreneurs who creates products or gadgets for educational or industrial purposes. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This makes looking ahead at 2018 exciting because there is so much opportunity for districts and educators to elevate their curriculum with innovation right at their fingertips. Let’s examine four key trends that are expected to shape the education industry this coming year: 1.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

When the visual and performing arts, the musical and recording arts, and the theatrical and graphical arts are seen as mere luxuries or add-ons within the walls of a school, powerful forces are thereby prevented from transforming routine schooling into a renaissance of learning. The non-linearity of learning is not a new idea.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Debuting as the brand’s first device for education, the Dremel 3D Idea Builder empowers students to master key STEM concepts through hands-on learning and creativity. A common challenge when educators are asked to use a new device is understanding its practical classroom application.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This post is part of a series in which we frame maker learning in terms of three core values — Agency , Authenticity , and Audience — as the key components to creating the highest quality making experiences for learning. The post A Primer on Maker Learning: Audience appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

What are examples of maker learning projects in my subject area? Where can I learn about what making is from someone who is doing it? As the maker movement continues to expand, more and more educators are asking these questions. Educators building circuits with Circuit Arcade kit at an ELA Edcamp.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Nicholas Provenzano gets us started From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do you get started with project-based learning (PBL) and Maker spaces? You can also receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners for continuing education requirements.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 15, 2017

“Self-directed learning” is a major catch-phrase of 21st Century educationalists, and undeniably a critical skill in the labor markets of the future. Vast trenches of educated professionals are pursuing bona fide , and profitable careers shopping their specialist skills on the global, highly competitive freelance market. Maker Spaces.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Too often educators feel too timid or undeserving to publicly acknowledge their accomplishments believing that others will perceive them as braggarts. I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement. Often, we don’t get the recognition we deserve. Here is my list.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

A global search in education blog post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. Some libraries are putting these in a Learning Commons. (See

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Though makerspaces are becoming more mainstream, creating and maintaining one could overwhelm educators who are starting from scratch. Why the maker movement? People who want to make things and share those ideas and creations, Smith said.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. What are the real benefits of a maker-centered approach to learning? Empowerment is a key goal of maker-centered learning — helping young people feel that they can build and shape their worlds.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Pam Moran, superintendent in Albemarle County in Virginia, shares about some cool virtual reality in Virginia, some challenges with helping new teachers get started, and how she thinks education is entering a new Renaissance of creativity and innovation. Educating Kids for Life Not for Tests. Get motivated today listening to Pam.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 31, 2014

Maker Movement 20% Time Genius Hour The idea of students looking away from ridged content focus all throughout the school day and giving them back some time to explore and make is gaining a foothold in many classrooms. So what is a maker space? Maker Faire Education -Maker Faires have been around for a very long time.

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