Remove Libraries Remove Maker Movement Remove Robotics Remove Tools
article thumbnail

Futurizing the Stacks: How Makerspaces Can Modernize College Libraries

Edsurge

Today’s college students are spending more time than ever in public and campus libraries. According to a recent Pew Research Report , millennials are most likely to have visited a public library in the past year compared to any other generation. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S.

Libraries 146
article thumbnail

Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

Just down the hall, another group of students are showcasing their self-portraits created using wood-burning tools and slabs of wood. For Duquesne Elementary educators and students, maker and STEAM learning sit at the intersection of core content and real-world skill acquisition. professional learning and new learning experiences.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What Libraries Offer the Maker Movement

Educator Innovator

At the Millvale Community Library in Pennsylvania, toddlers and kids gather weekly to work on creative projects. On those days the library morphs into a “makerspace,” overflowing with sewing supplies, circuitry, yarn, and electronics. For several years YOUmedia has operated “learning labs” in libraries across the country.

article thumbnail

9 Fine Ways to Do Better 20% Time

The CoolCatTeacher

For our beginning of the year passion projects, some students chose to teach others about our robotic filming Swivl tool and app. Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent. 3 – Provide a variety of tools to spur creativity.

article thumbnail

Doing More With The Classroom Makerspace

The Web20Classroom

Being an inquisitive kid and generally looking for mischief I found some tools in a closet and decided something in my house needed taking a apart. Educators are turning towards ideas like the Maker Movement and tinkering to foster creativity and innovation in their classrooms and to get their kids thinking and doing more.

Classroom 361
article thumbnail

Celebrating the National Week of Making

Digital Promise

In Greenville, South Carolina, we followed a middle school library club as they worked together to design a solution to issues they identified in their community. We are working on several new resources and opportunities to support maker learning and Maker Promise signers.

article thumbnail

Sylvia Martinez: 3 Mistakes Teachers Make About Tinkering (and more)

The CoolCatTeacher

The risks of using reflection as your only tool for assessing making. Hummingbird Robotics Kit. Sylvia Libow Martinez is a co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering the Classroom helping teachers bring the exciting tools and technology of the Maker Movement to classrooms worldwide.