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Teaching makers: unraveling the maker movement

Neo LMS

I think that hands-on experimentation, design, invention and creating is one of the most stimulating things you can engage students in, and I lap up anything I can on the thriving maker movement. Beyond the overly complex nomenclature of the Maker Movement (what exactly is the difference between a FabLab and a HackerSpace?

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How to Use Metaverse: Awesome Augmented Reality and New Features

The CoolCatTeacher

I like to use Kanban Boards and Agile Software Development principles (something outside the scope of this article). ” e The post How to Use Metaverse: Awesome Augmented Reality and New Features appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

This past week, I had students modeling processors, hardware, and software using play-dough. 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.

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Holistic Learning: Where Students Work Problems That Matter

The CoolCatTeacher

Students need people problems, design problems, software problems, communication problems, and all kinds of issues to develop problem-solving abilities. Students need opportunities to negotiate, share ideas, experience failure, and setbacks, and learn how to work with others. How Do We Measure Developmental Opportunities?

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

The CoolCatTeacher

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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3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro

The CoolCatTeacher

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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How Maker Mindsets Can Be An Easy Fit For Rural Schools

MindShift

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. They liked it, too, because they’d never worked hardware and software together. They were just changing code left and right, making it work,” he said.