The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 1, 2021

Stay in the Boat has been the top book off and on since Sunday in its category, so I thought I’d share a little bit about the book and the tools and resources that helped us create it. Since Fall 2019, I’ve been part of an encouraging group of woman writers. How We Published the Book. Why Write a Book?

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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. This is why we decided to create a planning tool for makerspaces in the classroom for you using the Design Thinking Process and Universal Design for Learning®.

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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. Adobe Spark is a powerful tool that underlies what happens in this project and makes it simple. See also, the Adobe Premiere Rush movie project.

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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. 9 Maker Projects for Beginner Maker Ed Teachers ). Is the Maker Movement About Hacking Society—Or Just Hardware? ).

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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? First, Maker Spaces. I have a few favorite tools for Maker Spaces.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

For our beginning of the year passion projects, some students chose to teach others about our robotic filming Swivl tool and app. Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. 3 – Provide a variety of tools to spur creativity.

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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. The description of the book is: Transferring this innovative, collaborative, and creative mindset to the classroom is the goal of maker education. A makerspace isn’t about the latest tools and equipment. Here is my list.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Today’s sponsor: Metaverse is a free simple augmented reality tool. 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?”. So I would say, how to choose? Students can program. Listen Now.

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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. We love digital tools like Buncee and Green Screen , Adobe Spark. Micah: Yes.

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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. Teachers are extremely busy, and they have the hardest job in the world,” Bdeir said.

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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.

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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. It will help.

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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. Those are marvelous for storing various tools.) Gather storage containers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 8, 2017

Once you’ve fully dissected your toy, you can use the toy’s parts, your tools, and your imagination to create a new original plaything. ( [link] ). Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem. How to Play. Standards Addressed.

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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

AUGUST 19, 2017

As our Internet search tools get closer and closer to our eyeglasses and contacts, we’re sure to see our dependence on them increase. 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. In previous centuries, students had to build their own Google.

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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 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. We talked about different tools, and we worked on, “Okay, how are we going to do this?” They would say, “Oh, I’ve already done my chapters with my group. Vicki: Wow.

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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

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

How to enter the referral program. ( Their school can win the tools and resources necessary to help that dream become reality. 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. ARV $1,599.99

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

It is also a wonderful tool for building in Creative mode, which I use with my students throughout the school year. 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!

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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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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. It also provides tools and resources to youth, families and educators to help kids change the world and themselves through service. You’ll learn how you can apply these five skills with Graphite, a free service by Common Sense Media.

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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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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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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

We have been exploring lots of different coding and making tools this year, including Osmo , Bloxels , Tynker , Scratch Jr., At one point, Mrs. Carela even got in on the action to learn how to code using Scratch, Jr.! Build in time at the conclusion of each Kid Camp to reflect together as a whole group. This was a big hit!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

And then when they’re in class with the teacher, the teacher can work with one student or a group of students or even the whole class — depending upon what they’re trying to get at — to help them better internalize the direct instruction they’ve been watching. We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Exploratory, hands-on learning is also known as “maker education.” At “makerspaces,” learners have access to tools and supplies, including technological tools, for either open-ended or structured projects. The maker movement is full of scrappy educators and people who can turn recycled materials into powerful learning moments.”.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

The NMC Horizon report highlights four principles of collaborative learning: “placing the learner at the center, emphasizing interaction and doing, working in groups, and developing solutions to real-world problems.” One way educators are trying to cultivate these skills is through computer science and coding.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

But we also know that for many educators summer is a time to collaborate, try new tools, and come up with ideas. In Pittsburgh, kids might join the growing Maker Movement or pick up some engineering skills while making robots. You want to relax this summer. Connecting all these activities are digital badges.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

I have been working with ASCD for the past few years to publish my book, Learning in the Making: How to Plan, Execute, and Assess Powerful Makerspace Lessons. Below is an except – Chapter 5: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator. It has finally been released for sale!

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techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

Aside from the incredible rescue efforts to save the boys and coach from the Wild Boars soccer team, which thank goodness proved to be successful, I was also enthralled by the conversations surrounding engineering a solution to rescue the group from the flooded cave. Be sure to share your stories at #worldsofmaking.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The mastery for the future is not in a tool or workflow solution, it is found in innovativeness, in the champion’s ability to change. Early Adopters: “Describe the value in it and how to do it and I am all in!” Change agents seek this group out a local voice missionary for speeding the adoption of innovation.

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MindShift

AUGUST 25, 2016

That group of students created a suicide prevention video on their own that afternoon with only minimal explanation of how the recording and editing tools work. He has also learned new skills like 3-D design and printing, and how to build a website.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

In many schools, the library is the only haven for self-directed, informal, life-wide learning–the place to go when a student just wants to know more about or know how to do. connecting groups globally. They also wanted ways and space to teach each other how to fix things–a popular movement in Europe. game design.

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MindShift

MAY 3, 2016

The Maker Movement has helped spur renewed interest in hands-on learning and the value of spaces where children can explore their own ideas, be creative, and tinker. For example, Escudé described a debrief with the teen facilitators after they had been working with a group of middle schoolers for the first time.

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