Educator Innovator

JUNE 20, 2017

Through training and outreach, maker programs aim for greater diversity among future innovators. The maker movement is everywhere it seems. Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Library 2.014 - October 8th + 9th. We are gearing up for another amazing year of the Library 2.014 Conference.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

But, there is NOT just one right way to do library. But should a formal makerspace need to be a part of every school library? . At conferences, librarians share with me that their administrators insist they devote significant library real estate to 3D printing and a variety of other maker equipment.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. The maker movement fosters a mindset and culture that can create a profound shift in K-12 STEM learning.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Finally, in order to prevent maker education in becoming the educational flavor of the month, administrators, educators, and libraries need to not be seduced by these high tech tools. The longevity and sustainability of maker education will depend on making it feasible, approachable, and accessible to the masses of educators.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Every emerging industry reports consistent job openings for skilled labor but lacks qualified respondents to fill them. We like to think of it as a souped-up public library with tech tools instead of books. We began to see our role as talent generator and economic engine to grow our small town.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2017

In addition to a summer science camp, this site offers a long list of themes, such as Art, Night Sky, and Weather Report, for kids to explore. You’ll need to shell out for books if you can’t find them at the library. The folks behind the maker movement offer weekly camps based on themes such as Far Out Future and Flight.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

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. I am happy to report that he won. Well, now we can all use Book Creator in our classrooms using the Chrome web browser. This is great news! Vicki: (laughs) Ohhhhh!

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EdTechnocation.com

MAY 29, 2015

Here is the full report in PDF and here is a handy infographic. Jayme's Dec provided workshops for teachers and Maker lessons for students. Video : TEDx - The students who hacked STEM education If you're interested in the Maker Movement and STEM, watch this TEDx talk! Read his blog post. See you next week!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

As a legal fight simmered this week over the legality of creating working guns on 3D printers , libraries and other groups offering access to the technology faced questions from local officials and reporters : Can community makerspaces now be turned into impromptu weapons factories?

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 20, 2018

David Cole brings together key insights and resources on maker education from the 2018 Connected Learning Summit. This text originally appeared in Make: Education, a monthly newsletter exploring the intersection of education and the maker movement. See the extensive resource library Stephanie Chang and Maker Ed have created.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

It’s from these weekly and monthly reports that I start to build my analysis. The Maker Movement. The Digital Library. Each month, I calculate all the venture capital investment that’s gone into education technology, noting who’s invested, the type of company, and so on. I listen to stories.

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