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A Call to Remake the Maker Faire

Edsurge

Of all the learning trends of the past 20 years, one of the most sweeping and impactful has been the rise of the maker movement. After 15 years of inspiring millions of people to be creative and “make” something out of just about nothing, Maker Media, the company behind much of momentum, shut down due to financial shortfalls.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

Legends of Learning has awesome free science games and activities to celebrate earth day on April 22. They also have interactive — more learning type games — called Mr. Body, where you see a human body, and as you tap on different parts of the body, the organs will open up, and there will be some information about it.

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She Hired Me! Betty Shiver, the woman who convinced me to become a teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. I didn’t know anything about learning disabilities. I didn’t know that there were children that couldn’t learn normally. I think that school leaders can learn a lot from her. laughs). (If

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Announcing the Library 2.017 "Makerspaces" Mini-Conference and Call for Proposals.

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

No matter how many maker learning spaces you may visit, you will quickly notice no two are the same. Principal investigator of the Making in Michigan Libraries project (IMLS RE-05-15-0021-15), she explores the intersection of libraries and informal learning. She also held professional positions in public and special libraries.