Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement. It will come as no surprise to most teachers that studies have shown that students work better, and retain more, when information is compartmentalized, and spaced into “bite-sized” pieces. Microlearning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

When they reviewed their work, the authors discovered a startling trend: “Instructors consistently refer to their male students using maker terminology—‘geek,’ ‘builders,’—and then overwhelmingly referred to their female students as ‘girls’, as a gender-specific identity,” says Kim in an interview with EdSurge.

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Maker Movement Robotics STEM Report 138

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom. Look for contact information at the Booking Site. It will be an informative and action packed PBL Splash for Teachers and Leaders.

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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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Assessment Case Study Data Maker Movement 307

User Generated Education

APRIL 8, 2017

Toy take apart and hacking addresses a lot of cross curricular standards including: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. More Information. Standards Addressed.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2016

Background Information. For this Halloween Wars lesson, the goals included the following: To work in a small group to create a Halloween scene using food items, cooked goods, LED lights, and miscellaneous materials. To work as a small group to craft a story about their scene. Here is one student group’s example:

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

I promise you will find some great information coming your way in the posts that follow…So sign up now and please pass this on with a retweet. – Mike Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ). Look for contact information at the Booking Site. Part 5: STEM, STEAM, Makers: 35 Resources For A Makerspace.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

For more information, visit stlinatl.com. School groups of five or more will receive a discount. You are invited to submit a proposal and to register for STLinATL. Proposals are due by 12 noon EDT on March 30, 2018. All accepted proposals will be notified on or before April 15, 2018. Conference enrollment will be capped at 400.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

ET on Thursday, November 9, 2017), share the Contest with other educators by directing them to www.Samsung.com/SolveforTomorrow to apply and complete the referral fields with all required information on the registration form. One of the past winners that really captured my imagination was a group of students who wanted to help a veteran.

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Chromebook Software Twitter Technology 178

My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. The focus is targeting student learning.

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Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 54

User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Idea Generation: Learners, typically working in small groups, generate lots of ideas and questions to ask to solve the design thinking problem or challenge. This design can be pitched to another group for constructive feedback. The educator can assist learners in the interview process including how to develop interview questions.

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My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. The focus is targeting student learning.

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Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We''re really excited to have this amazing group of speakers participate at our fifth annual Global Education Conference. See the Conference Schedule and mark your calendars for presentations by this great group of presenters. Join the Volunteers Group for details. More information at [link]. Our GlobalEdCon Keynotes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

More information and signup at [link] Connected Librarian Day 2.014. Check out [link] for more information, and be sure to share with the librarians in your schools! Please be sure to check out and join the volunteer group and sign up soon for volunteer times. More information at [link]. Volunteer at Library 2.014.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 16, 2017

Let’s talk about the focus groups and critical questions driving this transformation from a place where students “have to go” to a place where they “want to be.” For information on the guests and items mentioned in this show, scroll down to the bottom of this post. *. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes.

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My Island View

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The flipped classroom, maker movement, project-based learning, blended learning, student centered learning, hour of code, collaboration, direct instruction, and lecture, there are passionate teacher advocates supporting each of these methods as the best way for kids to learn. The focus is targeting student learning.

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Education Maker Movement Common Core Social Media 48

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. For more information, visit [link]. They are given the option to write it alone or with a partner. Miscellaneous Materials.

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Education Common Core STEM Examples 202

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

On April 26, celebrate PowerofEcon on Twitter with Discovery Education, CME Group, and their Econ Essentials Program. To join the celebration, tune into the Twitter chat with me, fellow teachers, and the CME Group’s chief economist on April 26th at noon Eastern Time, using #PowerofEcon. Mary: Well, it’s really an engagement practice.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I promise you will find some great information coming your way …So Sign Up Now and please pass this on with a retweet! – Mike Gorman ( [link] ). Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Edutopia Makers Area – Take a moment to discuss, watch,and browse through amazing topics and possibilities.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

Look for contact information at the Booking Site. Each time I see this I am impressed by the educator, or group of educators, trying to make such a space possible for their school. As you set up or evaluate the Maker movement in your school or district I ask you to think about going beyond space and think about culture.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

And while some students will still struggle, this method lets you help students who need it while more students use and retain the information. While humor is something that you have to use carefully (jokes making fun of individuals, groups, or those with disabilities just aren’t funny), humor can make a difference in your classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

So if I remove that feature from it, then I can focus on the things that writing teaches kids, like my national standards for writing: Provide evidence and support of opinions, Examine complex ideas and information clearly and accurately. Communicate in a way that is appropriate to task, audience, and purpose. Tip #4: Authoring eBooks.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

They are cautious and want their efforts informed by research if not best practices. Change agents seek this group out a local voice missionary for speeding the adoption of innovation. Additional key roles include opinion leaders who have informal influence and change agents who positively influence innovation decisions.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

Teachers at the cutting edge of this work are asking students to use technology to access and synthesize information in the service of finding solutions to multifaceted, complex problems they might encounter in the real world. Increasingly, schools are looking to badges as a way to validate informal learning for both students and teachers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Researchers also asked respondents to share how many students in their maker clubs or classes hail from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Maker activities may seem like fun and games, but they require ample support and preparation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

One of the national winners from the 2015-2016 program was a group of middle school students from Colorado. To enter/official rules: share the Contest with other educators by directing them to www.Samsung.com/Solve to complete the application form including referral fields with all required information. All opinions are my own.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

Our founding partners at the San José State University School of Information have lined up excellent Keynote Speakers for this two-day conversation about the future of libraries. More information at [link]. For more information, click here. Library 2.014 - October 8th + 9th. Interested in becoming a Learning Revolution Partner?

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Informal learning is important. 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. We did need space for digital storytelling–formal and informal. connecting groups globally. cartooning spaces.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

In Pittsburgh, kids might join the growing Maker Movement or pick up some engineering skills while making robots. If you’re interested in transforming your own community into a citywide campus for learning, you can find out more information on how to do that at the Cities of Learning website.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Below is an except – Chapter 5: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator. The process of bringing maker education into formal and informal educational settings involves different approaches and strategies than in a more traditional educational setting. Maker educators should normalize iteration and.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 30, 2015

As the maker movement continues to build in numbers, I’ve been particularly interested in the critical research that is scrutinizing the dynamics of interaction and learning within spaces of making. So, curricular design and research were centrally informed by the question: science for whom and toward what ends?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 8, 2018

You really have to observe the groups and make sure they’re working well together. For example, in this app project that I’m working on now, I had one group of kids that was going to make a Dog Dictionary, about all of the different types of dogs that were out there and that sort of thing. Vicki, I want you to red light my group.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 29, 2016

Relationship skills: The ability to establish and maintain healthy and rewarding relationships with diverse individuals and groups. For many, design thinking goes hand-in-hand with the maker movement and maker education. What past projects are informing my decisions for this project?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Thanks to input from information professionals worldwide, the lineup of keynote presenters during the past Library 2.0 More information about about our programs is available at NatGeoEd.org. For more information, click here. Nominate your favorite keynote speakers for Library 2.014. virtual conferences has been phenomenal.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

4 Cs and More The call for 21st century learning dates back more than two decades, when blue-ribbon committees, policymakers, business leaders, and education experts began sounding the same alarm: Yesterday’s focus on memorization and rote learning would not prepare students for a fast-changing, increasingly automated, information-saturated world.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Volunteering : as with our other conference 2.0 Cantwell, Instructional Services Librarian (Asst.

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EdTechnocation.com

MAY 29, 2015

For example, how to customize your Gmail inbox , or how to create a group calendar. 80% of parents feel that tech that allows them to access more information about their child helps them feel more in control. Jayme's Dec provided workshops for teachers and Maker lessons for students. Check it out! See you next week!

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