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Why Making and the Arts Need Each Other to Survive and Thrive in Schools

Edsurge

Just consider the constructs of grade levels, attendance and seat time, school days and class periods, final exams and grade reports, and standardized testing. My answer to you is this: We must bring more arts programming—and blend it with the maker movement—into our schools.

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How to Help Kids Innovate From an Early Age

Digital Promise

As community makerspaces begin to take root in Ontario’s elementary schools , students are behaving better. And these are just some of the benefits teachers are reporting. They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally. Read the original article.

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Beijing Science Teachers' NJ Visit to RYNJ, Fair Lawn, and Ridgewood

Saving Socrates

Utilizing the approach of learning through doing, the teachers were simultaneously learning about one of the most innovative concepts in science education today, the Maker Movement. They then discussed the real world application of this Maker Movement activity to a classroom.

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22 Top Tips for Better Classroom Management

The CoolCatTeacher

Leave Comments on Report Cards and Progress Reports My most treasured report card is from fifth grade. Not just “good job” or “great student,” she captured my little fifth-grade self on that report card. I don’t have the same feeling about those report cards where I just received a number.

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5 Ways Adobe Premiere Rush Encourages Creativity in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

VIDEO STREAMS (B-ROLL) When students create a news report, adding “b-roll” makes the report look more professional. Then, export over to Premiere Pro where they can remove the green screen and add backgrounds. Again, if you have the Adobe subscription for your school, this is simple to do.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - It's All About the GEC (GlobalEdCon) - Amazing Keynotes - Announcing the Student Technology Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: Maker Movement: Pathway to Innovation for STEM Learners , Give students the power to learn by making. Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: Maker Movement: Pathway to Innovation for STEM Learners , Give students the power to learn by making.

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Making Better Videos and Movies with Students

The CoolCatTeacher

They’re at a desk like you see on the nightly news, and then they go to a reporter on the street. I guess there’s a little aspect of a book report in there. The use a little green screen. They could be in an earthquake. They could be in a flood. They could be in a hurricane.

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