Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Today’s college students are spending more time than ever in public and campus libraries. According to a recent Pew Research Report , millennials are most likely to have visited a public library in the past year compared to any other generation. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Challenge-based learning projects in the makerspace have many benefits for students, and can engage and get them excited about new projects. When Diana first started her position at Stewart Middle Magnet School, a public STEM magnet school, there was almost nothing in the library for hands-on STEM learning. About the Presenter.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Halverson and Sheridan tease out the complex nature of the maker movement in education (2014). They define it through three lenses: “making as a set of activities, makerspaces as communities of practice, and makers as identities of participation” (501). In literacy, students are (or at least should be) constantly making.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Halverson and Sheridan tease out the complex nature of the maker movement in education (2014). They define it through three lenses: “making as a set of activities, makerspaces as communities of practice, and makers as identities of participation” (501). In literacy, students are (or at least should be) constantly making.

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Maker Movement Learning Libraries Examples 28

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

With high-energy examples and tips, improve STEAM at your school. Vicki: Yeah, you know, teacher engagement comes before student engagement, doesn’t it? It is a good example of what Aaron is talking about. Then, when students don’t know what to do or misbehave, they wonder why. Aaron: Yes, yes, absolutely.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst. Rivers, Executive Director Online Communities of Practice - Are They Worth it? Torrey Trust, Ph.D.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 6, 2016

In Eric Sheninger’s newest book, Uncommon Learning: Creating Schools That Work for Kids , he not only explores the necessary changes needed in our schools to be more relevant and responsive to our students’ needs today, but he also shares strategic processes and ideas to turn theory into reality. Makerspaces. Blended and Virtual Learning.

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