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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

Marketplace K-12

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. There is growing interest in whether Maker education can help boost student learning outcomes, including test scores.

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How to Help Kids Innovate From an Early Age

Digital Promise

They are most often associated with STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math). They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally. They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally.

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Maker Programs Strive to Reach All Students

Educator Innovator

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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Learning Revolution Free PD - Two Great Library Events - GlobalEdCon Deadline - UNC's Amazing World View

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Samantha Adams Becker taught the first online course ever to take place in Facebook.

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6 STEAM tinkering tools for the holidays

eSchool News

Engage kids of all ages with these STEM and coding learning toys. This year that (almost) was brought with it a renewed, and much welcome, interest in science and technology, as STEAM, Makerspaces, 3D Printing, and coding became some of this year’s hottest topics. Makey Makey. Make some magic this holiday season.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. a nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

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Learning in the Making: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator

User Generated Education

As such, the roles of the educator as a maker educator are also different. Lead Learner Process Facilitator Safe Environment Manager Normalizer of Ambiguous Problem Finding and Solving • Resource Provider Technology Tutor Relationship Enabler and Builder Feedback Facilitator. Technology Tutor. Lead Learner.

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