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Leading the Maker Movement

A Principal's Reflections

Over the past year more and more schools across the globe have embraced the concept of making to learn. This phenomenon trickled into schools as the Maker Movement became more popular and natural connections to learning became quite evident. Making is guided by a student’s natural inquiry and self-directed learning.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Today, step into any of Duquesne Elementary’s shared learning spaces and you will see students immersed in hands-on design work.

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Guest Post: From Consumption to Creation: Future Ready Librarians Embrace Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. That said, it’s often difficult to effectively tell the story about how librarians make a difference for students and colleagues.

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9 Fine Ways to Do Better 20% Time

The CoolCatTeacher

Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. Some libraries are putting these in a Learning Commons. (See 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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How Libraries Can Turn Stories Into Maker Projects

MindShift

In recent years, libraries have broadened their scope of offerings to the local community to involve more making activities like 3-D printing and sewing. Some libraries even have a facilitator for maker projects. So, she set out to build a bridge between making and reading by creating maker activities for children’s books.

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Let's Build Something Together-Maker Spaces and 20% Time

The Web20Classroom

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. Be sure to check out the post on the Maker Tools and how Problem-Based Learning can be enhanced through a Maker Lens.

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5 Ideas for Friday: Ideas for Teachers In and Out of School to Try Today

The CoolCatTeacher

Here’s insight on how this works. You’ll get great blog posts, how-to articles and information here that you can get in your RSS reader. Learn from Jon Schwartz and Rockademix or read Simple Ways to Use Mood Music to Amp Up Learning. 1- Enroll in a class to learn something new. Blog posts. Newsletter.

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