The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. This past week, I had students modeling processors, hardware, and software using play-dough. Let’s line up by height,” or you know, it doesn’t have to be smaller visual, music, auditory tools that help students connect. Record your own voice over. Vicki: Wow.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. Tools to enhance student voice. Leah: Another way that I try to give students technology to showcase their science understanding is through like tools that help them to maybe build electronic books. Leah: We do.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

Ellen Goodman Luckily for educators, there are ways to get tech tools into the classrooms that don’t involve panhandling. As the maker movement catches on, we're seeing more requests for things like MakerBots, 3Doodler pens, and robotics kits.” Always put your students in the best possible light you can think of.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Economically disadvantaged students tend to lack exposure to experiences that nudge them toward building future stories as say, a software engineer or an inventor of the next biomedical innovation. We like to think of it as a souped-up public library with tech tools instead of books.

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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