Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

As community makerspaces begin to take root in Ontario’s elementary schools , students are behaving better. In these spaces students are learning how to tinker collaboratively with a problem and keep trying until they find a solution. As the founder of MAKE magazine Dale Dougherty states in his 2011 TED Talk: “ We are all makers. ”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 18, 2019

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

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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 ). Is the Maker Movement About Hacking Society—Or Just Hardware? ).

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Digital Promise

JUNE 22, 2017

One of these connections was between Mundaring Primary School in Mundaring, WA, Australia, and Skyline Elementary School in Solana Beach, CA, USA. They quizzed the students from Skyline Elementary School with multiple-choice questions such as, “What country attacked Britain in 1518?” (the the answer: a Cygnet).

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Integrating with the Maker Movement. Districts are also finding a natural integration between computational thinking and maker learning. For instance, Indian Prairie School District held a four-hour Maker Day to garner community support for computational thinking and maker learning in elementary schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul. Arts in Every Subject: How to Make It Happen. All comments in the shaded green box are my own.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

How Does Book Creator Work? I made the above tutorial to show you how to set up Book Creator, but honestly, you don’t really need it. Here’s a class library for an elementary classroom. From my high school classroom to this elementary classroom. Book Creator is an awesome tool for classrooms of all ages.

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Saving Socrates

APRIL 29, 2014

I must confess, I myself am really into the whole maker movement. While I certainly don''t think we can spend a great deal of any school time teaching kids how to knit, I do think the new technologies like robotics and 3d printing are under tapped in elementary schools. Makerspaces are all the rage right now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. You said they are figuring out how to use math in their passion projects. Currently, she teaches and learns in a first grade classroom at Evening Street Elementary in Worthington, Ohio. I was blown away by the topics they were wondering about.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Some makerspace activities may be focusing on how to use the resources available and may not be connecting the activities to the curriculum or around a real world problem. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions. Video Game Design with Elementary Learners.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

Since creating our school’s makerspace in November 2013, I’ve seen a small revolution start to grow within our elementary school and also across our district. Parents were emailing me stating how proud they were of their child’s efforts and creativity. Creating Maker Spaces. Technology in Elementary Classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

Mark says , “The project is a week-long experience with eighth-graders who try to solve a real-world global problem basically in four days, present their solution to an outside group of adults who then judge their performance. The winning teams get to Skype their solutions to real experts in the field the following day.”

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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. We can start teaching the second most popular coding language – Python – in our schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

We put a platform out there for you to get some ideas of how to make Virtual Valentines with your students. Vicki: And we will put the link to that in the Shownotes for how to sign up. That’s what makes a great educational change and transformative teaching, as well as we learn how to use technology in a nonthreatening way.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

So, I invited Cheryl Nelson and Wendy Goldfein of Get Caught Engineering to share how they’ve managed Makerspaces in their own classrooms and helped other elementary and middle school teachers get started, too. What exactly is a Maker and what happens in the “space”? Thank you, Cheryl, for sharing your experiences below!

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MindShift

AUGUST 15, 2017

For example, in the book “Wemberly Worried” by Kevin Henkes, Peters developed and attached instructions on how to make a Guatemalan worry doll. A maker project pasted inside the book “Little Roja Riding Hood” by Susan Middleton Elya. Courtesy of Nora Peters). Courtesy of Nora Peters). MAKING IT AFFORDABLE.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library. So that was a great way from an elementary standpoint to use FlipSnack. How to get started.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

We’ve had some kids in the county that have co-created curriculum with teachers around things that are of interest to them, such as how to create music in a sound studio, and building an elective for that. And their job is to teach all the other kids how to fly this drone.”. Drones in the Classroom. He actually ran for school board.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

How did you do that?” They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. Her roots are as an elementary classroom teacher where she utilized technology as an integrated part of the learning environment. Vicki: Yeah!

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User Generated Education

APRIL 8, 2017

I have done it multiple times during my summer maker camp for elementary level kids, my gifted students, and at conferences as part of teacher professional development. How to Play. Here is a description of this activity from the tinkering studio at the Exploratorium: Do you ever wonder what’s inside your toys? More Information.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I have the privilege of working with gifted kids at two elementary schools with over 80% Hispanic students. See Halloween Wars: An Interdisciplinary Lesson with a STEM, STEAM, Maker Education Focus for more about this. The directions for how to make these can be found at [link] , Edible Slime. Tissue Paper Marigolds.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 30, 2018

If I pick their teams, they don’t develop the opportunity to learn how to form groups, how to negotiate, how to determine which students are like minded in their desire to improve the world. Students need opportunities to negotiate, share ideas, experience failure, and setbacks, and learn how to work with others.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels. Well, who in a career, when they don’t know something, doesn’t just go online and find it out?

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

He taught her how to code in her seventh grade Innovation and Design class at Redwood Day School. Hannah built a Whack-a-Mole game—and learned the invaluable skill of troubleshooting, the importance of asking for help, and just how far persistence, curiosity and creativity can take you. Alexis Lewis —inventor. That was also fun.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

How To Start The School Year By Building Relationships Lesson Plan Idea: For example, I kick off the year in “Masterpiece Theater” (the name of my classroom) by having students create a masterpiece in Play-Doh representing something that’s essential to the masterpiece of their life. I want them to join Google classroom.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

How to integrate Get Qurious Maker Box into the classroom: The Get Qurious set brings the story of the Three Little Pigs alive in new and fun ways. Tips: While I love the intent behind Get Qurious, a few cautions: 1) It is called the Get Qurious Maker Box. The pieces of the puzzle can be scanned to bring the house to life in 3D.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

They were in this world together, and they basically – it was a simulated world – had to learn to work together on how to survive Mars. There are a lot of those practices about how to really engage kids. So I just took that world and I worked with the teachers as to what they were doing in their normal classroom. It is a powerful tool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

It’s like the maze of the Minotaur, where you need to put a string on someone’s toe and pull it so they’ll know how to get out. Now, you might wonder how to set up the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset. It almost feels intrusive to have someone tap on your shoulder to get your attention. It’s that immersive. A Valuable Tool.

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MindShift

MARCH 8, 2017

The maker movement has expanded greatly in recent years and much of the attention has focused on cities with high population density and large well-funded school districts. In that program, high school students learn how to fly drones over farm fields and analyze data from those flights.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2019

She wants her students to develop a love for culture, communication and technology, but also to understand how to use that love and passion to advance their own future, as well as that of the global community. Smoke to design over 75 projects for teachers and students around the world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

He gave us great practical ideas about how to make every day STEAM activities and how to easily integrate it into your lessons. Carol has been an elementary educator in the primary grades for 26 years. Chris Woods — he is @ dailystem on Twitter – and he’s done our chat a few times. So, let me ask you this.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach? Recently, I hosted a webinar (embedded above) with some Augmented Reality Teaching enthusiasts who had a lot to say about AR, how to teach with it, and where they think it’s going in the future. How does AR work in 3D Bear? You can use it and learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Here’s how. Teach Camera Use and Shot Composition First, before teaching video making, Adobe Premiere Rush can teach students how to compose a shot. When students first open their device, a simple tutorial teaches them how to use Adobe Premiere Rush and gets them started. It uses film that was preloaded in the program.

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