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Seesaw in the Elementary Music Classroom with Amy Burns

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She has authored three books on how to integrate technology into the elementary music classroom. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in Texas, Indiana, St. Amy Burns’ Bio As Submitted. Burns has taught PreK-grade 4 general music for over 20 years at Far Hills Country Day School.

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What Will It Take to Push the K-12 Maker Movement to Be More Inclusive?

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These days, schools are trying to figure out how to bring making into every facet of the school day, with mobile kits, clubs and more. Cicely Day works in Oakland, California at Burckhalter Elementary School as an instructional teacher leader, where she helps support teachers and students in ELA/math and in the computer lab.

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Passion Projects in Kindergarten and First Grade

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They are using time to research and create a presentation of what they know. How do they generate their wonderings? Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. Are they presenting these presentations to each other to share it, or how does that work? I love that! Lindsey: Yes.

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Augmented Reality Lessons You Can Use Now

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Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. Presently, beginning in January 2019, Mitch became US COO of 3DBear, a Finnish EdTech company that uses Augmented Reality to motivate students to engage and learn deeply.

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7 Ideas for Student Genius Hour and Passion Projects

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They are using time to research and create a presentation of what they know. 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.

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

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

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I’ve also seen it used as presenting a business and marketing plan for everything from graphical advertisements and kids making commercials and embedding that information. So that was a great way from an elementary standpoint to use FlipSnack. Vicki: Well, how did you find out FlipSnack? How to get started.

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