TeacherCast

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator. Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

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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Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort. This cohort program is dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.” Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.”

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator. Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2020

Kristina is the co-author of “ Hacking School Libraries: 10 Ways to Incorporate Library Media Centers into Your Learning Community ,” as well as two series of Scholastic makerspace books. In 2016 she was invited to represent Long Island, NY in Washington, D.C. during the National Week of Making.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Two times zones over, Knikole Taylor is a blended learning specialist in a Dallas, Texas suburban school district, where she supports Pre-K to 12th-grade teachers and students with all things digital teaching and learning. What does it really take, for example, to diversify the communities of maker educators and mentors out there?

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. The Maker Movement has its roots outside of school, in institutions such as science museums and in the informal activities that everyday people have taken part in for generations. The Maker Movement in Education (Erica R.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2016

Librarians in the Shawnee Mission School District are making way for “ the maker movement ,” and some worry where that story is going. That’s the language of the maker movement, which seeks to convert once-quiet school spaces — usually in the libraries — into hands-on laboratories of creation and computer-assisted innovation.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

You know the maker movement has hit the big leagues when even the President is talking about it. Earlier this year, for the National Week of Making, President Obama issued a call to action to educators, designers, and makers of all stripes. I was about to learn firsthand. history lesson? The kids were doing it themselves.

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Digital Promise

MAY 10, 2017

During the National Week of Making in June 2016, we announced that school and district leaders, representing over 1,400 schools in all 50 states, had signed the Maker Promise , affirming their commitment to this growing movement for more creative, student-centered learning. For instance, Rep.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Heather Wolpert-Gawron talks about current research From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Heather Wolpert-Gawron surveyed over two thousand students from every US state and type of school to find out what engages them in learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 29, 2017

Image credit: Sylvia Duckworth Learning and success are intimately intertwined. You can’t be successful if you don’t learn. You learn to eventually experience some sort of success in life. Learning, like success, is anything but a linear process. Students learn differently and have hidden talents that we must unleash.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 8, 2016

On Tuesday, I’ll be moderating a discussion at the conference with Ayah Bdeir, the founder and CEO of littleBits, about trends in the maker movement and how her company has evolved to try to tailor its products to meet K-12 demands. Educators can also get ideas through a mobile app.

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The Journal

MAY 16, 2016

There are some that use technology to support construction-oriented pedagogies — maker movement, project-based learning — and some that use technology to support instruction-oriented pedagogies — personalized learning.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 22, 2017

What happens when students on different sides of the world connect to learn and play? We explored how students can “Play to Learn” in the most recent Learning Studios design challenge, which asked students to design a game of any format that helps the player learn something new. the answer: a Cygnet).

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Books remain an important centerpiece of the library system, but new tools give the institutions opportunities to help young people develop and learn in fresh ways. For several years YOUmedia has operated “learning labs” in libraries across the country. For many, the library sites have become refuges. A key takeaway from the playbook?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

When the visual and performing arts, the musical and recording arts, and the theatrical and graphical arts are seen as mere luxuries or add-ons within the walls of a school, powerful forces are thereby prevented from transforming routine schooling into a renaissance of learning. The non-linearity of learning is not a new idea.

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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 ).

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Last week I introduced three megatrends affecting e-learning. My research revealed a couple more exciting trends and emergent ideas in e-learning, so I promised another four for this week. Let’s call them micro-trends as they are smaller in scale, but nonetheless likely to have an impact on how and what we learn. Microlearning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

The answer, in part, lies in the so-called maker movement, a trend studded by hobbyists, inventors, students and even entrepreneurs who creates products or gadgets for educational or industrial purposes. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S.

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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. She loves learning about cultures and her children were born on two different continents. We can start teaching the second most popular coding language – Python – in our schools.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This post is part of a series in which we frame maker learning in terms of three core values — Agency , Authenticity , and Audience — as the key components to creating the highest quality making experiences for learning. The post A Primer on Maker Learning: Audience appeared first on Digital Promise.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Debuting as the brand’s first device for education, the Dremel 3D Idea Builder empowers students to master key STEM concepts through hands-on learning and creativity. Dremel, a manufacturer of tools for life and learning, announced a 3D printer designed to support teachers and demystify 3D printing technology in the classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Their passion manifested itself into unique creations that involved skill, knowledge, and patience to learn through doing. Constructionism brings creativity, tinkering, exploring, building, and presentation to the forefront of the learning process. The connections above to the maker movement are indiscernible.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 15, 2017

“Self-directed learning” is a major catch-phrase of 21st Century educationalists, and undeniably a critical skill in the labor markets of the future. Whether they learned it at school or not – these individuals are required to have massive amounts of daily drive, discipline and time management. Maker Spaces. Genius Hour.

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User Generated Education

MAY 16, 2021

Think about learning how to cook or play an instrument. The basic and foundational skills need to be there in order for the makers to go in directions that are new and creative for them. . This criticism revolves around the stifling of the creativity of learners. The kids in both groups thoroughly enjoyed making the projects.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Maker Education: Reaching All Learners. At Albemarle County Public Schools, maker education fosters student autonomy, ignites student interest, and empowers students to embrace their own learning. What Is a Maker? We are all makers; it’s in our DNA. The Next Maker Movement. The Adaptable Mind.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

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 Sometimes kids need to struggle just a little bit so they can learn to solve problems. The Brave App. Looking good!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Aside from the technology tools and other resources that make up the space, it’s wise to have a plan in terms of when students will use the space, how it will be shared, where funding will come from, and how students will demonstrate what they are learning. Why the maker movement?

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

What are examples of maker learning projects in my subject area? Where can I learn about what making is from someone who is doing it? As the maker movement continues to expand, more and more educators are asking these questions. Educators creating light up badges at Edcamp: Maker Promise.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Nicholas Provenzano gets us started From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do you get started with project-based learning (PBL) and Maker spaces? Never stop learning! She’s also learning to use CNC machines, @dremel. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit! This is Evee.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

What are the real benefits of a maker-centered approach to learning? But as a new report from Project Zero ’s Agency by Design concludes, the real value of maker education has more to do with building character than with building the next industrial revolution.

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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. 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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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 12, 2014

The Maker Movement-Just in the last 6-12 months there has been a movement towards MakerED. This is the idea that kids can be problem solvers and learn valuable skills while making somthing. So much potential to work in so many different ways in the learning of kids. Why does this have me thinking?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Maker culture is going mainstream. The maker industry is projected to grow to more than $8 billion by 2020, and with the maker movement infiltrating classrooms, after-school clubs and homes, it’s no wonder. But where is the maker movement strongest?

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I believe and include in the bio I share for conference presentations and PD consults that one of the major responsibilities of the modern day educator is to share resources, learning activities, thoughts, and insights with other educators. I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2017

We are excited to take part in highlighting the diversity of makers through our three-part video series featuring maker learning happening at different Maker Promise schools across the country. We are working on several new resources and opportunities to support maker learning and Maker Promise signers.

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