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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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

The embracement of the maker movement is being seen in K-12 schools and districts across the world. It is a capable little device that enables people of all ages to explore computing, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python. I commonly refer to it as “Legos on steroids.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Furthermore, we share how to design lessons with a personal interest to engage students who struggle to engage. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor host the Teaching Python Podcast where they share how to help kids of all ages learn this valuable language. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

She has authored three books on how to integrate technology into the elementary music classroom. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Stream by clicking here. Amy Burns’ Bio As Submitted. Maarten, and Australia.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Refer Your Friends to Enter. For referring a public school teacher, you will be entered for a chance to win. How to enter the referral program. ( Be sure the person you refer enters your full name and school when they register. Or refer a friend through the referral program. Prizes in the referral program.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

How Does Book Creator Work? I made the above tutorial to show you how to set up Book Creator, but honestly, you don’t really need it. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How to Use the U.S. The company who sponsored it compensated me via a cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Then, it will be judged on execution, uniqueness, and artistry of concept. Additionally, students can use paint, markers, and/or colored pencils.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Check out 3D Bear How are teachers using AR to teach? Recently, I hosted a webinar (embedded above) with some Augmented Reality Teaching enthusiasts who had a lot to say about AR, how to teach with it, and where they think it’s going in the future. How does AR work in 3D Bear? You can use it and learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

Another person in our classroom really wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. You said they are figuring out how to use math in their passion projects. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Vicki: This is intriguing.

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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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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). References. The maker movement in education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

They were in this world together, and they basically – it was a simulated world – had to learn to work together on how to survive Mars. There are a lot of those practices about how to really engage kids. So I just took that world and I worked with the teachers as to what they were doing in their normal classroom. It is a powerful tool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Marina: In early childhood is when we start learning how to read and write, the time when we develop our literacy. So I would say, how to choose? The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Vicki: That sounds like so much fun!

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

How did you do that?” They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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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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EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

The saying, “If you build it, they will come” may have been referring to baseball stadiums, but it may also be the favorite mantra of makerspaces across the country. Parents were emailing me stating how proud they were of their child’s efforts and creativity. Using foam core he made a model to scale as well as drawings on graph paper.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

We put a platform out there for you to get some ideas of how to make Virtual Valentines with your students. Vicki: And we will put the link to that in the Shownotes for how to sign up. That’s what makes a great educational change and transformative teaching, as well as we learn how to use technology in a nonthreatening way.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Arts in Every Subject: How to Make It Happen. Through a program called SmART Schools (www.smartschoolsnetwork.org), teachers were able to come in and learn how to they could use the arts inside their classrooms. Below is an enhanced transcript, modified for your reading pleasure. All comments in the shaded green box are my own.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

It’s like the maze of the Minotaur, where you need to put a string on someone’s toe and pull it so they’ll know how to get out. Now, you might wonder how to set up the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset. It almost feels intrusive to have someone tap on your shoulder to get your attention. It’s that immersive. A Valuable Tool.

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My Island View

JULY 5, 2017

Public education is a common experience for most Americans, which is why so many people often feel that they have the answers to how to fix what they perceive as a broken system. It is the most innovative form of PD that has become a movement on a global scale, yet many have yet to discover it. Anyone can pose a topic for discussion.

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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). References. The maker movement in education.

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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. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Vicki: Ok, so how can a teacher get started with FlipSnack without getting overwhelmed? How to get started. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. So, it was from another teacher that I’m pretty sure I heard about it.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

They took reference photos, measured the real distances, and then built all of the buildings to scale. This allows learners lots of choice in how to demonstrate their understanding of a new concept. One student created a village that teaches how arrays are used to store data, using chickens and pigs in a series of pens.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

We have fifth and sixth-grade students in a middle school setting who are working on how to save the bees. They’ve worked very diligently to build their own beehives offsite, and they collect data and manage that data to try and learn how they can help save bees and spread what they’ve learned to the wider community. Vicki: Incredible.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Here’s how. Teach Camera Use and Shot Composition First, before teaching video making, Adobe Premiere Rush can teach students how to compose a shot. When students first open their device, a simple tutorial teaches them how to use Adobe Premiere Rush and gets them started. It uses film that was preloaded in the program.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2017

In the process, they learn how to research, curate, and communicate. Self-starters are the ones who are going to navigate that maze and figure out how to build something new along the way.” Students learn how to play this game of school very early on. They find joy in pursuing their passions and their interests.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

So, for example, here in Maine, we have one that provides free summer training to teachers about how to better integrate food production into their classroom. Being aware of where our food originates and how things are grown – this is an important part of just life literacy. Many states have a statewide Ag in the Classroom component.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 23, 2016

“Praxis” may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. This is discussed in Framing and Frontloading Maker Activities where I go in more detail how to frontload or frame the maker activities: Using and Reviewing Essential Questions. Using Scenarios.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Wednesday, September 17th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: 10 Classroom Tools for the Maker Movement , Discover the maker movement and find out how to harness its power to bring new tools and technology for hands-on learning to all grades and content areas – especially STEM and STEAM. Tune in live at [link] or [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

These are the things that we have to teach — how to interact with these intelligent machines, how to program, but also how to do these other things. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. Leah: Well, I think that both of them — and really any technology that I would use — there is that beginning time period where it’s like sandbox time where they’re just learning how to use it.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Whichever model your school uses to teach kids how to write, I always boil it down to the “Tell ‘ems” method. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Joe: Well… Do they want to review? Do they want to introduce something?

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