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. The two I discuss in this post are: Maker movement initiatives are often driven by more affluent white males.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

How can I motivate teachers in my district to introduce making to their students? What are examples of maker learning projects in my subject area? As the maker movement continues to expand, more and more educators are asking these questions. The format of MEMs can vary and depend on the needs of your group.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Digital Promise recently started a coding working group for the League as a forum to share best practices and address challenges in implementing computer science. From this group, we’ve gathered insights on what the computer science movement looks like in these districts. Integrating with the Maker Movement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. In the Brave group, students are talking about what makes someone brave. Another app called Stop Pollution is trying to help kids know how to stop pollution and how they can all help.

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The Web20Classroom

JULY 31, 2014

Maker Movement 20% Time Genius Hour The idea of students looking away from ridged content focus all throughout the school day and giving them back some time to explore and make is gaining a foothold in many classrooms. So what is a maker space? What exactly is 20% time? Here are some great resources I''ve found.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 1, 2021

Since Fall 2019, I’ve been part of an encouraging group of woman writers. We have a Facebook group (search for Red Ink Friends) of around 130 women and look forward to connecting as we read each day. How We Published the Book. Why Write a Book? Little did we know that during the pandemic, we would need each other so much!

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement. She also shows how to seamlessly integrate these activities into your curriculum with intention and a clearly defined purpose ( [link] ). I am now in the process of doing it for a 3rd time with a current group of students.

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User Generated Education

MAY 16, 2021

Think about learning how to cook or play an instrument. The basic and foundational skills need to be there in order for the makers to go in directions that are new and creative for them. . The kids in both groups thoroughly enjoyed making the projects. This criticism revolves around the stifling of the creativity of learners.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

Project Overview Milestone 1: Brainstorming List and Ideas Students will gather in groups by genre of film and brainstorm pitch ideas and movie names. I’ve been teaching with the Adobe Suite for over fifteen years and it has helped inspire creativity in my classroom. See also, the Adobe Premiere Rush movie project.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Understand how to start and run an organization. Entrepreneurial education was quite the buzzword in 2008/09, as educators grappled with how to prepare young people for economic meltdowns. Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement. Value innovation.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 20, 2017

Through training and outreach, maker programs aim for greater diversity among future innovators. The maker movement is everywhere it seems. Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country.

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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

APRIL 30, 2018

In developmental experiences, problems are written in the very fabric of group dynamics and should be welcome teaching tools, not dreaded things we complain about in the teacher’s lounge. Students need opportunities to negotiate, share ideas, experience failure, and setbacks, and learn how to work with others. If so, what kind?

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 1, 2016

Educators problem-solve the complexities of introducing a new concept to students by participating in new workshops centered around STEAM and maker movement practices. The group represented various contexts: public, private, and charter, and nearby Latrobe, Hempstead and Franklin Regional districts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

If you want to join a group of teachers doing Virtual Valentines, you’ll want to listen to the show and sign up by February 2. Also, learn about other projects throughout the year and how teachers design these projects to meet standards. You can make it as a whole group. You basically make a Valentine with your class.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Vicki: Today we’re talking to Dr. Marina Umaschi Bers @ marinabers from Tufts University, where she is Director of the Dev Tech Research Group. 1 – How do you define “coding?”. Now, Marina, how would you define “coding” because obviously, we’re not going to have them write long lines of code, right? Twitter: @marinabers.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

With those experiences in mind, we started paying more attention to the Maker Movement and came to the conclusion that having a Maker Space in our classroom would be a perfect catalyst for developing problem solving skills with our students. the answer invariably was “I just would like to build something with it.”

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

The idea behind the Maker movement includes allowing students to imagine, envision, create, innovate, play, learn in a formative manner, experiment, collaborate, share, and most of all dream of possibilities. As you set up or evaluate the Maker movement in your school or district I ask you to think about the ten ideas I have below.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. She spent her free time in class looking up how to set up lead magnets and create funnels for an email list. She had a maker mindset.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 23, 2018

Or how does this work? Marynn: Different groups chose different strategies, and it really ended up depending on the strengths of the teams themselves. They would say, “Oh, I’ve already done my chapters with my group. Each table would perform one chapter, and we would do feedback from the group. Or they just filmed it?

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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. Barbara actively blogs at [link] and tweets at [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. We need to teach people how to think. I can have shingles popping off my roof and a hammer and nail sitting on my kitchen table, but if I don’t know how to get on the roof and hammer in that nail, my roof is going to leak.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

The “maker movement” can play an important role in getting kids interested in innovation and design, and littleBits —which makes easy-to-use electronic building blocks—is finding itself at the center of this movement. I didn’t know that word when I was in the third grade.”. Here are some of the highlights from the Playground.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Another group discovers that if they hit “repeat” multiple times, they can create a parachute-like design that they’ve figured out how to color in various ways. We still don’t know how to use [it] very well,” Guadalupe admits. He’s been coaching teachers on how to incorporate “making” into their curriculum when it’s appropriate.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

As you are probably already aware, there is a growing Maker Movement across the nation. In fact, you can see Maker Spaces finding room to serve the surging Maker population in both small and large towns alike. Kids develop an understanding of how to learn from failure and setbacks in order to experience eventual success.

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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. You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Students make the following artifacts and then, in small groups of three students, decide if and how they want to use them in their Day of the Dead displays to reflect the stories they wrote. The directions for how to make these can be found at [link] , Edible Slime. Decorated Skulls with Paper Circuits for Eyes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Suzie Boss – Inspiring speaker, consultant, and author of several popular books including All Together Now: How to Engage Your Stakeholders in Reimaging School and Reinventing Project-Based Learning. School groups of five or more will receive a discount. Please reserve the date and contact Connie White with questions.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

First published in 1965, it tells the story of a group of children who run away and build their own village in the woods, with each house reflecting the personality and interests of its owner — just like Minecraft! This allows learners lots of choice in how to demonstrate their understanding of a new concept.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 8, 2017

How to Play. The final part of the activity is to have participants share their designs with the rest of the group. View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes. 21st Century Skills). 21st Century Skills). More Information.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

How to enter the referral program. ( One of the past winners that really captured my imagination was a group of students who wanted to help a veteran. This veteran was unhappy with his prosthetic and how it felt. Prize Option #2: Samsung 65” TV. ARV $1,599.99 Consider applying for a chance for your students to enter to win!

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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. They’d change the code and run it and show other groups.”. Along with learning how to fly the drones, students learn data analysis.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Kids develop an understanding of how to learn from failure and setbacks in order to experience eventual success. It seems you end up with HowToons, a place of engaging content that teaches kids how to build things, combining instructions with storytelling.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Please be sure to check out and join the volunteer group and sign up soon for volunteer times. Learn about the pedagogy behind these engaging projects and how they support design thinking while meeting the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards for more authentic, hands-on learning, critical thinking and problem-solving.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

At one point, Mrs. Carela even got in on the action to learn how to code using Scratch, Jr.! Throughout the hour-long session, Mrs. Carela kept remarking about how engaged her students were and that some of her ESL students who never make a peep in class were talking a blue streak with their 4th grade buddies.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Senior Rosie Compton explained the group worked with the local Pinball Museum in Alameda to figure out some of the more technical elements like soldering wires for the score counter and circuitry. The free workshop meets every Friday, and Roche said it usually takes a dedicated maker about one year to complete from start to finish.

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