The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Erin Murphy, the co-author of Hacking Project Based Learning , talks about leading project-based learning. As a teacher, you can get started with a library of 40 books as part of their free version – go to coolcatteacher.com/bookcreator to get started now. Hacking Project Based Learning Book Giveaway.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! The vision of CODE is that every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer programming. Check out my Booking Page.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.017 mini-conferences: "Makerspaces," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 11th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). There has been a lot of talk about makerspaces in libraries over the past four years. and at the Library 2.0

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

As you are aware there is an amazing and powerful Maker Space movement going throughout the education landscape. This is a concept that I and many others want to see sustained because of the amazing learning opportunities it provides. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

She’s helped the students find books in the library, and she has also helped them learn some ways to navigate ways to share their knowledge through Google Slides or Wixie. They are using time to research and create a presentation of what they know. It’s really happening organically. Of course, there is!

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

A successful school makerspace needs an enthusiastic maker community, school-wide participation, and staff support. Challenge-based learning projects in the makerspace have many benefits for students, and can engage and get them excited about new projects. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Libraries Unlimited.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2017

Many people associate the Maker Movement with ‘stuff’ like 3D printers, but in my opinion, this isn’t what pushes children outside of their comfort zone, it is that opportunity for open-ended exploration that is key. This is what is going to ensure that what the students learn, transcends just your makerspace.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update November 12th, 2014 One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. The great majority of these events are free to attend. Our GlobalEdCon Keynotes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 19, 2015

This is a GREAT week for library and learning conversations! While all the details of the 50+ conference sessions, keynotes, and distinguished speaker presentations are on the Library 2.015 conference site , a quick listing is below to get you thinking about which sessions you might be able to attend live.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update September 17th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

” According to the Center for Curriculum Redesign (CCR) “We must deeply redesign curriculum to be relevant to the knowledge skills, character qualities, and met-learning students need in their lives.” In other words, they learned and built their own knowledge base. The focus was on learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. I’ve also seen it used as presenting a business and marketing plan for everything from graphical advertisements and kids making commercials and embedding that information.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

If there is a makerspace in your school, it may be down the hall, in the library, or in another building. In deciding what resources you need based on the learners you have, you may first need to determine how your learners learn best, what projects you plan to do, how you can set up a makerspace in your classroom, and much more.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. As you are probably already aware, there is a growing Maker Movement across the nation.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 27, 2015

You’re in the library! As the great-granddaughter of a librarian, I was brought up to know that the quiet of the library was sacred space. After a year of ordering materials with limited library money, they realized that students were more likely to participate in crafty upcycling than what they had spent the funds on anyway.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

We are all about becoming empowered leaders who transform teaching and learning. But, there is NOT just one right way to do library. Informal learning is important. Connected learning is important. Project-based learning, problem-based and constructionism are important. Tinkering is important. STEAM is important.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 4, 2015

You’re in the library! As the great-granddaughter of a librarian, I was brought up to know that the quiet of the library was sacred space. After a year of ordering materials with limited library money, they realized that students were more likely to participate in crafty upcycling than what they had spent the funds on anyway.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. Materials Openly and Easily Available.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning. We started out with an introduction for each expert presenter (here is our slidedeck with presenter info and resources we referred to during the session.) Not the product.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. W027: PBL Splash A Look at Project Based Learning (1/2 day Workshop). C206: PBL, STEM, and Makers Dewey Meets Technology: What Will You Do? Click here to learn more and possibly even discover a discount! It can be in a dedicated space, or room, or in the library.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

FutureFit aligns social emotional learning and character education with your traditional subjects of math, language arts, sciences and more for grades K-12. 5 Ways to Amp Up STEAM Learning in the Classroom. They’re just learning, and they’re just exploring. Learning should be exciting, and it should be engaging.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update March 11th The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." - Maria Montessori Welcome to the Learning Revolution. This is the final week to submit presentation proposals for the second annual School Leadership Summit.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

If you haven''t been a volunteer moderator before, there''s nothing quite like the camaraderie and the excitement that develops jumping in and out of session rooms and helping presenters and participants have a great experience.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

This talk was delivered at MIT for Justin Reich’s Comparative Media Studies class “Learning, Media, and Technology.” I recognize that this class is called “Learning, Media, and Technology.” ” But I’m really not interested in “learning” per se. Promises largely unfulfilled.

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