Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

In 2016, our district won $3.8 We like to think of it as a souped-up public library with tech tools instead of books. When the state of Kentucky Work Ready Initiative announced $100 million in funding for game changing workforce solutions, we jumped on the opportunity to apply for a grant.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

As you are probably already aware, there is a growing Maker Movement across the nation. In fact, you can see Maker Spaces finding room to serve the surging Maker population in both small and large towns alike. It can be in a dedicated space, or room, or in the library. 35 Resources For Makerspace.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Library makerspaces, including members of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, offer students a chance to design, tinker, and build critical thinking skills. Libraries are all about inquiry,” says Valerie Jopeck, a former librarian and current education specialist for a large public school district in Virginia.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 1, 2016

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. Foreign Aff. , Halverson, E.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 1, 2016

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. Foreign Aff. , Halverson, E.

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Maker Movement Learning Libraries Examples 28

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Librarian and maker Colleen Graves recaps a lively and learner-driven session on makerspaces and embracing making as teachers of writing at the 2016 NWP Annual Meeting. Session Info In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning.

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Meeting Maker Movement Classroom Libraries 36

Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Librarian and maker Colleen Graves recaps a lively and learner-driven session on makerspaces and embracing making as teachers of writing at the 2016 NWP Annual Meeting. In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning. Session Info.

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Meeting Maker Movement Classroom Libraries 28

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Stories From Previous Years: Here are some of the stories that got us to where we are today: The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2016. The Maker Movement. The Digital Library. You can receive updates from Hack Education via email if you prefer to read articles that way.). Wishful Thinking. The Politics of Education Technology.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 60

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. The Maker Movement. The Digital Library. Investment dollars were down, if nothing else. Data vs Privacy.

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