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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit. I believe in the Maker Movement in schools because it provides opportunities to think outside of the box… while problem-solving and applying the subject matter to real-world situations.”. It is obvious that students agree with Detweiler’s assessment.

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Augmented Reality Lessons You Can Use Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Mitch served on the Board of the Ed-Tech Industry Network (ETIN) of the SIIA from 2012-2019, was cochair from 2015-2016, and was the chair in 2019. Games4Ed facilitates collaborations between educators, researchers, game developers, publishers, and policymakers to further the use of games and other immersive strategies in schools.

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Learning in the Making: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator

User Generated Education

However, teachers “are increasingly finding that their students’ comfort zone is often limited to social media and internet apps that don’t do much in the way of productivity” (Proffitt, 2012, para. Technology can dramatically enhance maker experiences since it provides access to resources and tutorials.

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No Begging Required: Teachers Share 5 Creative Ways to Fund Classroom Technology

Edsurge

Pearsall notes that this school year teachers are expanding their definitions of technology projects to include more maker centers and coding curriculum. As the maker movement catches on, we're seeing more requests for things like MakerBots, 3Doodler pens, and robotics kits.” Stay away from the buzzwords.

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Future Ready Schools heralds school librarians as leaders

eSchool News

The Alliance has also repeatedly stressed the importance of school librarians through Digital Learning Day, which the Alliance first created in 2012 to highlight great teaching practices and demonstrate how technology can improve student outcomes.

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Makerspaces and Opportunities for Learning Literacy

Reading By Example

Halverson and Sheridan tease out the complex nature of the maker movement in education (2014). They define it through three lenses: “making as a set of activities, makerspaces as communities of practice, and makers as identities of participation” (501). The maker movement in education. References. Gershenfeld, N.

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The Connected Learning Summit 2018: Thoughts on Making

Educator Innovator

This text originally appeared in Make: Education, a monthly newsletter exploring the intersection of education and the maker movement. Notably, it’s a timeframe that matches the launch and growth of the maker movement. Sign up for more at [link]. There was a space where there was nothing, and then there was an object.”.