A Principal's Reflections
JANUARY 4, 2015
This phenomenon trickled into schools as the Maker Movement became more popular and natural connections to learning became quite evident. To begin to understand the educational value of making we must look at the roots of this movement. Possibilities include the library/media center, classrooms, or a common area of the school.
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 ” Perhaps looking into Micku Uppena’s library can help us understand. The library is popular again!
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The CoolCatTeacher
APRIL 6, 2017
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. Previously, Sylvia was President of Generation YES, evangelizing student leadership through modern technology.
The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 30, 2018
I’ve found it works better if you have some flat surfaces around, but it will work anywhere Start designing Inside 3D bear are a variety of libraries that you can use. 3DBear includes other 3D libraries that let students add, arrange, and create digital items in your classroom. But you’re not limited by these libraries.
The Daring Librarian
APRIL 13, 2019
When we have testing in our Library, I put all our Makerspace stuff on an AV cart and roll it into our server room. You can take baby steps into the Maker Movement. I'm not 100% sold, even after 7 years of talking about the Maker Movement, that it's something that's here to stay and not just a fad. Just like new!
TeacherCast
DECEMBER 29, 2015
SPRK Lightning Lab hub uses CWIST’s online platform to offer a free virtual community that allows educators, students, makers and parents to communicate about their projects. They can then log into the website and browse a library of activities and share programs with the community. About Sphero.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 3, 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 a self-proclaimed “tech nerd” and love to have my hands on all the latest and greatest products and software. This is great news! I love the camaraderie among other educators.
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