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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. The Maker Movement in Education (Erica R. Often, such work is guided by the notion that process is more important than results.

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Keys to Creating Makerspaces

District Administration

Strategies to design rooms, develop a curriculum and identify sources of funding District Administration, December 2016 The maker movement is poised to transform K12 learning.

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Resource: Digital Promise Adds Professional Services

Edsurge

A professional development strategy that is gaining popularity, micro-credentialing can help educators hone their skills as well as identify and learn new ones. Maker Learning. The maker movement, a technological, creative and design-focused learning revolution, is revitalizing classrooms with hands-on STEM education.

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FETC Future of Educational Technology… Orlando Florida… Please Join Me!

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I will be providing five workshop and one FETC Featured Presentation. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I can provide any of the workshops listed below in your location. W021 | Making Makers Mainstream … Connecting Curriculum Standards and the 4C’s.

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Learning by Making: Agency by Design and the Rise of Maker-Centered Education

Educator Innovator

The maker movement — think of it as “smart DIY,” a high- and low-tech approach to tinkering that turns users into inventors — is spurring excitement about the power of ingenuity in fields as disparate as robotics and design and agriculture. Even the White House has hosted a Maker Faire.) ” Agency by Design: In Action.

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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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Awesome Atlanta Education Conference: STLinATL – July 26-27, 2018

The CoolCatTeacher

Speakers Include: Jay McTighe – Internationally recognized thought leader on curriculum mapping, assessment, and instructional strategies. which is an all-inclusive event that includes: Small, intimate workshops and sessions with nationally known speakers. Conference enrollment will be capped at 400.