User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

As Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame noted in his 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire talk: What is making? We solve problems, both personal and societal ( Adam Savage’s 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire Talk ). The same seems to be true for the maker movement these days. We improve the world around us.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

She is the recipient of the 2005 TI:ME Teacher of the Year, 2016 NJ Master Music Teacher, 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in Texas, Indiana, St. Maarten, and Australia.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 4, 2016

They’re part of the Maker Movement, a revolution that’s unleashing digital design tools (like 3D modeling software) and production devices (like 3D printers), and letting citizens design and make almost anything they can dream. Specifically, as part of the Maker Promise, we’re asking school leaders to: Dedicate a space for making.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 4, 2016

They’re part of the Maker Movement, a revolution that’s unleashing digital design tools (like 3D modeling software) and production devices (like 3D printers), and letting citizens design and make almost anything they can dream. Karen Cator is President & CEO of Digital Promise. You can follow her on Twitter at @kcator.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Palmer High School, in Colorado Springs District 11, was named the 2017 Colorado Teacher of the Year by Interim Education Commissioner Katy Anthes at an assembly on October 11, 2016. Wybrant was selected for numerous reason, including his respect and admiration of colleagues.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 8, 2016

https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/a-natural-and-experiential-cycle-of-learning/. I am excited about the current trend towards maker education but I believe it needs to embrace a full cycle of learning including engaging in reflection. Documenting learning can take on many forms: writing a blog. creating a video.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

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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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A past gubernatorial appointee to the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, Dr. Moran was selected by her peers across the Commonwealth as Virginia’s 2016 Superintendent of the Year. She subsequently was one of four statewide superintendents of the year to be selected as a finalist for 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

A past gubernatorial appointee to the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, Dr. Moran was selected by her peers across the Commonwealth as Virginia’s 2016 Superintendent of the Year. She subsequently was one of four statewide superintendents of the year to be selected as a finalist for 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

2016 is now well underway, but few could say how it will end or what major changes we’ll see as the year unfurls. In 2016, I believe we will see more learners creating, making, programming, coding, producing, innovating, inventing, designing, problem solving and publishing. GoConqr Click To Tweet.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

One of the national winners from the 2015-2016 program was a group of middle school students from Colorado. Selected 2016-2017 National Finalist Schools and Projects. Colorado Students Engineer a Prosthetic for a Veteran. This blog post is sponsored by Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. All opinions are my own. 85 Challenger Rd.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

A past gubernatorial appointee to the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, Dr. Moran was selected by her peers across the Commonwealth as Virginia’s 2016 Superintendent of the Year. She subsequently was one of four statewide superintendents of the year to be selected as a finalist for 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

3 – Rio 2016 Olympics. The Rio 2016 Olympics kick off on August 5, 2016. See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). I’m excited to be heading to speak at the TICL conference in Iowa soon and then on to ISTE 2016. When you help kids become safe, you save lives. Happy June!

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2016

The IEEE Maker Project will be global, open and inclusive, welcoming those ready to showcase their technological prowess and gain wide recognition. The contest is accepting submissions through September 17, 2016 at transmitter.ieee.org/makerproject/.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

2016) found in their study of high school students who were involved in gamification that flow and engagement had a positive association with learning. Lisa Durff : Research has shown that technology engages and increases academic achievement of students. Recently, Hamari et al. Reference: Hamari, J., Shernoff, D.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2016

Ten Dremel Idea Builder Ambassadors selected to document and share classroom 3D printing experiences during the 2016-17 school year. To recognize educators pioneering the maker movement in STEM education, Dremel , manufacturer of tools for life and learning, announces 10 Dremel Idea Builder Ambassadors for the 2016-17 school year.

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District Administration

OCTOBER 26, 2016

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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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

In 2016, she was selected to be a Dremel 3D Printing Ideabuilder Ambassador. She enjoys helping both students and teachers to creatively use technology tools to extend and share their learning in meaningful ways. Her recent learning adventures with her students have included exploring sketchnotes and 3D printing.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

The idea behind the Maker movement includes allowing students to imagine, envision, create, innovate, play, learn in a formative manner, experiment, collaborate, share, and most of all dream of possibilities. As you set up or evaluate the Maker movement in your school or district I ask you to think about the ten ideas I have below.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 30, 2017

Carol was a PBS 2016 Digital Innovator and also serves as the moderator for #2ndchat. Carol has been an elementary educator in the primary grades for 26 years. She holds a Masters Degree and a National Board Certification. She has presented in various school districts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The picture below was taking on a location shoot during the 2016-2017 digital filmmaking class where Brent served as director. He has spent time his senior year shadowing in emergency rooms. He is a member of the National Honor Society and directed the class movie in last year’s film class.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2016

For Halloween 2016, I did a version of Halloween Wars (a Food Network show) with my two classes of gifted elementary learners. I am sharing this lesson through my blog post as it reinforces how I approach lesson planning and teaching. Background Information. Principles that drive my instructional approach.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 15, 2017

For a description of those activities, see https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/introducing-design-thinking-to-elementary-learners/. Last semester I introduced a series of activities to have them explore, learn about, and interact with design thinking principles and strategies.

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The Principal of Change

JULY 17, 2017

He has spent the last two months interviewing experts throughout the maker movement with the goal of creating a self-paced course for anyone who wants to design a makerspace. They will need to have a maker mindset. Here are some of the details: The Makerspace Master Course. When this happens, you realize that making is magic.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

As I prepare for ISTE 2016 I can’t help but think about the amazing thoughts and ideas that John Dewey has brought to education. I am now almost booked through October and the rest of the 2016 calendar is filling fast. Join me, the Institute of Play, and PBS Learning Media. Wednesday, June 29, 10:15–11:15 am CCC 201).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2017

In 2016, our district won $3.8 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. I am now almost booked through October and the rest of the 2016 calendar is filling fast.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Building poems, art, music, mathematical solutions and so on are all part of the ‘maker movement’ in my mind. Makerspaces allow us to be “active creators of our own knowledge” in all disciplines.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

That was a key area of focus at the 2016 South by Southwest Education ( SXSWedu ) conference in Austin, Texas, March 7-10, and a number of ed-tech companies and organizations demonstrated possible solutions. How can schools prepare students to be the designers, innovators, and entrepreneurs our economy needs for future success?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Diana, the winner of the 2016 ISTE Outstanding Young Educator Award and the 2015 AASL Frances Henne Award for emerging leaders, is active in the ISTE Librarians Network, AASL and FAME. She is an international speaker on the Maker Movement and learning space design.

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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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Best of all, they’ll help students focus on higher-order thinking skills as they make, design, create, and code their way into 2016. Inspired by the Maker Movement, this JoyLabz created invention kit for all ages combines computer programming and hands-on maker tools limited only by imagination. Makey Makey.

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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. link] — Christine Boyer (@5Boyer) November 17, 2016 My table discussed how we can embrace making as writing teachers. Do you know @AngelaStockman ?

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Jopeck, along with K-Fai Steele, Colleen Graves, and Buffy Hamilton led a session at the 2016 National Writing Project (NWP) annual meeting in Atlanta in November with a diverse group of educators. The maker movement is full of scrappy educators and people who can turn recycled materials into powerful learning moments.”

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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. — Christine Boyer (@5Boyer) November 17, 2016. — Steph West-Puckett (@fieldpeaz) November 17, 2016. Session Info. Her work is inspiring!!

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Jopeck, along with K-Fai Steele, Colleen Graves, and Buffy Hamilton led a session at the 2016 National Writing Project (NWP) annual meeting in Atlanta in November with a diverse group of educators. The maker movement is full of scrappy educators and people who can turn recycled materials into powerful learning moments.”.

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