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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

Marketplace K-12

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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Free Resources to Support Your Makerspace

A Principal's Reflections

The embracement of the maker movement is being seen in K-12 schools and districts across the world. In times when many schools and districts have cut programs such as wood/metal shop and agriculture, makerspaces provide a 21st Century alternative to meet the learning needs of our most at-risk students.

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Teaching Python: How Children Can Learn Python Programming

The CoolCatTeacher

Receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or for continuing education units that meet your state requirements. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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What a Makerspace Can Mean for the Writing Classroom—Takeaways from NWP Annual Meeting

Educator Innovator

Librarian and maker Colleen Graves recaps a lively and learner-driven session on makerspaces and embracing making as teachers of writing at the 2016 NWP Annual Meeting. We started out with an introduction for each expert presenter (here is our slidedeck with presenter info and resources we referred to during the session.)

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Drones in the Classroom: Teaching Writing and Collaboration with Drones

The CoolCatTeacher

What standards are you meeting using drones in your classroom?” What standards are you meeting using drones in your classroom? The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. (laughs) Really too much fun. Vicki: Awesome! What would you say?

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5 Ideas for Writing with Technology

The CoolCatTeacher

So you’ve got the writing standard, but they may actually meet the standard without written expression? You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype. Do you see where i’m going with that? Vicki: Yeah. Jacqui: Yes! Tip #4: Authoring eBooks. It could be fiction or nonfiction.

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

The National Center on Universal Design for Learning goes deeper referring to the alternate version of the UDL Guidelines found in the book UDL Theory and Practice by David Rose and Ann Meyers where the order of the principles and the guidelines have changed.

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