User Generated Education

MAY 20, 2015

Maker education (often referred to as “Maker Ed”) is a new school of educational thought [at least in terms of having an “official” educational label – JG] that focuses on delivering constructivist, project-based learning curriculum and instructional units to students.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

In a recent edWebinar, Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair, and Donna Burns, Technology Integrator, both from New Canaan High School in Connecticut, showcased the transformation of the NCHS library from a collection of used reference and biography books into a living, breathing makerspace.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2019

The Dash and Dot robot wonder pack from Wonder Workshop Stay tuned at the end of the show for how to enter. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. What really helps kids learn?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

APRIL 15, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Analog Tools – In referring to analog I include tools that have been in existence long before the first vacuum tube. Check out my Booking Page.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Other paths to tech know-how include a district’s office of information technology and workshops such as those hosted by Future Ready. And libraries can make a lot of room just by thinning out their old, out-of-date reference sections, according to Steven Lent, the LITT at Beaverton’s Mountain View Middle School.

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eSpark

APRIL 6, 2016

Not every student has the opportunity to experience what EdSurge columnists Alex Hernandez and Jeff Wetzler refer to as a “ signature experience ,” a transformative moment in which students learn something that changes the way they think about and approach the world.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 11, 2016

References. Dancing with robots: Human skills for computerized work. She will be leading a pre-conference workshop on PBL and presenting a number of sessions. Design thinking presents a process to scaffold the acquisition of these skills, attitudes, and behaviors. Levy, F., & Murnane, R. doi: 10.1162/003355303322552801.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

She also likes that while kids are exploring they’re working together, helping each other and building a visual reference point. He runs workshops for teachers designed to give them the experience of learning through making and inquiry, so they understand how the framework can help their students. Turtle Art demo (Turtle Art).

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

The saying, “If you build it, they will come” may have been referring to baseball stadiums, but it may also be the favorite mantra of makerspaces across the country. This past year has helped to give our maker movement stronger momentum with the addition of school sponsored clubs (multi-grade makers club and Lego Robotics).

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

Write a story about spending a day with a robot, a dog, and a cow. Would you rather attend a writer’s conference or an engineering workshop? The school replaced the janitor with a robot. The way the teachers and principal ignore the robot makes you wonder if there is more to the robot than meets the eye.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I was there for a few reasons, starting with having the fine opportunity to lead a pre conference workshop, followed by presenting on two panels, helping out with a Twitter component, and reconnecting with dozens of friends and colleagues. Preconference workshop. Both speak of faculty governance, albeit in different ways.

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Educator Innovator

JANUARY 6, 2014

The 3-day workshop introduced teachers to the tools in the FabLab through a project-based approach, and I met many teachers who had concerns about the FabLab’s relevance to their own curricula. The workshop helped to alleviate many of their concerns, and enabled them to see how the FabLab could be used as a tool to enhance their classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

March 20th - March 22nd in Palm Springs, CA CUE Annual Conference + Invent to Learn Workshop , The CUE Conference is the largest and oldest education technology conference in California, and among the largest in the United States. Sylvia Martinez will lead a pre-conference Invent To Learn workshop, plus a conference session.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2013

While makerspaces can include cutting-edge technology, it takes more than 3D printers, computers, and robotics equipment to define them. It is based on assignments from LIS 590 Library Instruction and LIS 501 Reference for graduate students in the School of Library & Information Science.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

The term generally refers to using a wide variety of hands-on activities (such as building, computer programming, and sewing) to support academic learning and the development of a mindset that values playfulness and experimentation, growth and iteration, and collaboration and community. Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Bubble Bot walks students through creating a bubble-blowing robot and a Fan of Fortune. Compatibility: The pieces are perfectly sized for small vehicles, robots, figurines, or balls to navigate the maze. Terrapin is also offering a Makerspace Bundle, which includes all of their robots, the new Easi-Scope, and a variety of accessories.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 20, 2017

Teaching coding with robotics allows for that perception; toys in the classroom. While students are using iPads to program robots like the Wonder Workshop Dash , they do not recognize they are learning things like sequencing, problem solving, collaboration, and maybe even the robo-boogie. Enter Code Career Day.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Instead, each team member spent a few minutes sketching out how one part — a marble run, say, or a Lego Robotics kicking foot — would operate within the machine. They started incubating coding, robotics and other computational project classes in after-school programs and summer clubs. No single child designed a complete machine.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Previously, she was a Technology Integrator at Sacred Heart teaching robotics and programming to 5th through 7th grades and supporting the faculty''s technology and integration needs. Maker Thinking is related to the DIY mindset and refers to a process of thinking through making, emphasizing tinkering resourcefulness.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project promotes a workshop model for reading and writing and has numerous units of study as a curriculum and many resources available for teachers. The levels here refer to guided reading levels. There are certain text levels that are more pivotal turning points than others.

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User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

The creations, born in cluttered local workshops and bedroom offices, stir the imaginations of consumers numbed by generic, mass-produced, made-in–China merchandise. ( When used in the context of the maker movement, ‘democratization’ refers to the decreasing cost of the tools and technologies credited with spurring the movement.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

The creations, born in cluttered local workshops and bedroom offices, stir the imaginations of consumers numbed by generic, mass-produced, made-in–China merchandise. ( When used in the context of the maker movement, ‘democratization’ refers to the decreasing cost of the tools and technologies credited with spurring the movement.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The same was true at the affluent, predominantly white Barrington Middle School, which will soon move into a $68 million building fitted with a robotics lab. Sodexo?” — referring to the testing and cafeteria behemoths. apps and software, with some classes much more tech-reliant than others. Our education system is completely racist.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2018

politician roils USC , which referred case to federal prosecutors.” I wish some of these stories about this would reference the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 signed by one Ronald Reagan. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via The LA Times : “Donation from prominent L.A. ” asks Edsurge.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot,” The Wall Street Journal gushed in 2016 , documenting an experiment undertaken at Georgia Tech in which a chatbot called “Jill Watson” answered questions in a course’s online forum. IBM boasted a partnership with the Sesame Workshop to build “ cognitive learning ” apps.

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