Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

These spaces strengthen community-based learning, particularly for problem solving, creative thinking, innovation, collaboration, and engagement in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math),” IMLS says. “Our primary interest is equitability and access,” said Steve Davee, director of education at Maker Ed.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

As a whole, STEM fields experience significant gender imbalances and makerspaces are no exception—despite being a relatively recent adoption for many schools. So thinking about access and equity is a responsibility.” Making Culture" looked at 30 makerspaces in 12 urban areas.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

With the CCC Maker Initiative’s focus on preparing students for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) careers through hands-on, content-rich design projects and relevant curriculum, the statewide network will be positioned as a strategic educational pipeline for high-value jobs. Four Makers and Their Innovations.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 17, 2017

For the past 17 years, Techbridge Girls has been working to break down barriers that often keep young women, particularly those of color from low-income communities, out of STEM careers and the maker movement. We’ve found that it can be especially empowering for our girls to share their STEM expertise with their community.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

This should be thought out and factored into your maker program from the beginning to develop a healthy sense of community. This can be accomplished through team-building activities with a STEM or maker education focus. mak- ered, #stem); and online communities, such as Facebook groups. Relationship Enabler and Builder.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2018

Aligned with the maker movement—which focuses on using hands-on activities like building, sewing, assembling and computer programming for learning—the kits provide a foundation that teachers can use for guided projects both in and out of the classroom.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 17, 2017

For the past 17 years, Techbridge Girls has been working to break down barriers that often keep young women, particularly those of color from low-income communities, out of STEM careers and the maker movement. We’ve found that it can be especially empowering for our girls to share their STEM expertise with their community.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

And if you click www.coolcatteacher.com/edpuzzle , Edpuzzle will give your school access to the 50,000 best lessons from Edpuzzle, organized in folders and ready to be used by teachers. So even though I just talked about doing little projects that are accessible, we’ve also done some pretty crazy big things, too. Catherine: (laughs).

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

What are the real benefits of a maker-centered approach to learning? It’s often described as a way to incubate STEM skills or drive technical innovation — and it is probably both of these. offer more maker-related professional development experiences for educators.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

Thornburg said 3D printing is headed in the direction of being “another piece of technology that’s just going to be there,” both in the classroom and even in mediums such as students’ smartphones (where they might access modelling software, for instance, or queue up printing projects from mobile browsers).

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. Materials Openly and Easily Available.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

You can access and use the resources and create your own landing vehicles for experiments in your classroom. How can classrooms participate? Register for the MARS Student Challenge. Resource: [link]. You can register for the MARS student challenge before the Perseverance lands on February 18th. Register and join in!

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

20 STEM Activities For Kids This Summer. To combat summer learning loss and keep those STEM skills fresh over the summer, Project Lead The Way put together a list of super simple (and fun) STEM activities you can do with your children over summer break. Both must be able to access the same wireless Internet network.

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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. Supportive community of fellow teacher-makers? Unlimited access to personal coaching with a design thinking coach? Curated resources?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 5, 2019

I’ve given you ideas in a blog post I’ve written called 7 Ideas for Student Genius Hour and Passion Projects – go to coolcatteacher.com/genius to access this post. Put it on your calendar today. Get Credit! Some schools, districts, and organizations allow credit for listening to podcasts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

To access these features, just toggle from Auto to Pro. After students shoot content and upload it to Dropbox, a team of students can access and preview the clips on any device using Dropbox and pull them into Premiere Rush. If a school has access to Adobe Stock, students can even use professional transitions from that service. (If

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Iris Lapinski - CEO, CDI Apps for Good - "Apps for Good - Growing a new generation of problem solvers and makers" Dale Dougherty - Founder, President, and CEO, Maker Media, Inc.; Lori Trent, STEM Coordinator - Innovator of Inspiration and Magic RADIO SOLIDARIA AMIGA, ONLINE, UNA HERRAMIENTA INNOVADORA - Mª Magdalena Galiana Lloret.

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EdTechnocation.com

MAY 29, 2015

80% of parents feel that tech that allows them to access more information about their child helps them feel more in control. Blog post: Jaymes Dec Visits 'Iolani School Back in March, my school ( 'Iolani School ) was fortunate enough to have +Jaymes Dec visit and provide teacher workshops and MakerEd support. Read his blog post.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

The “maker movement” can play an important role in getting kids interested in innovation and design, and littleBits —which makes easy-to-use electronic building blocks—is finding itself at the center of this movement. I studied engineering, and almost on a weekly basis I wanted to quit,” she said. “We

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

We''ve set up a new student entrepreneurship portal at StudentEnrepreneurship.com that provides quick access to the free HPLIFE interactive classes for students to learn business skills, and gives you a chance to sign up for information about the free online conference on student entrepreneurship we plan to hold in 2015. Learn more here.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Engage kids of all ages with these STEM and coding learning toys. 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. Make some magic this holiday season.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Participatory, hyperlinked library services; DIY and maker movements; emerging technology in academic and research libraries; Google Glass—our Library 2.014 conference covered a broad range of topics and these were among the most notable. Samantha Adams Becker taught the first online course ever to take place in Facebook.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement. Autodesk's new Maker Starter Kit provides ten steps to help you launch a maker program in your school, organization or community. Access the complete Maker Program Starter Kit here.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Researchers also asked respondents to share how many students in their maker clubs or classes hail from underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Maker activities may seem like fun and games, but they require ample support and preparation. More than half of the survey respondents say they work with students in grades K-8.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

Julie: Well, our first idea is called the Lexicon of Sustainability , and this is actually a PBS web series that you can access through the internet. Vicki: What’s our first? The Lexicon of Sustainability. There’s video, there is an absolutely gorgeous book and gallery of artwork for this Lexicon of Sustainability.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

Next week, my tenth graders will have to invent a new way to access the Internet. 5 Ways to Teach Students to Think From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. It doesn’t have to work , mind you, but it does have to include plausible technology. We’ve been doing this project eight years now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I think the course has to be tailored to your school’s needs and to what your school has access to as far as technology goes. We really focused on just trying the program for the first year and learning from it. Even in the second semester, we started making adjustments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2017

The author of Make Writing , Angela is passionate about creating writing workshop experiences that are relevant to today’s learners and accessible to even the most resistant writers. Today Angela Stockman @AngelaStockman gives our writing workshop a makeover. Owl Eyes: The Must-Get FREE Web-App for Classical Literature Teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It comes with a free app that students can access. They could access it on a their phones. Tom: So Google Jamboard is actually a $5,000 piece of equipment. Don’t stop right there. Don’t get worried. Google Jamboard is a free app. It’s a little bit small.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

“We’re seeing that making really helps kids with that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) piece of things if that’s something they’re excited about,” Vanderwerff said. My students in their communities are not exposed to designers and engineers as much,” Vanderwerff said.

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User Generated Education

JULY 8, 2017

They now sell it as a kit but I buy all of the materials separately as they are simple materials and easily accessible. It is so easy it practically builds itself ( [link] ). This was developed by Howtoons.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 7, 2015

On the other hand, most children under the age of 8 have access to a mobile device in the home and it can be hard to enforce an absolutely-no-screen-time rule. Little kids had access to lots of stickers, tape and paint to beautify the city. A dad and son beautify the building they built with precut cardboard pieces.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Access is important. We did not need dedicated space for STEM in the library. Knowledge Quest maker posts. Stager, The Ultimate Guide to Bringing the Maker Movement to Your Classroom. uTEC Maker Model (Bill Derry, David Loertscher, Leslie Preddy). Making is important. Informal learning is important.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 21, 2017

So it’s not only teaching kids to HAVE food, it’s teaching them what to do with it, giving parents access to it, giving grandparents access to it, and flooding our community with a whole new set of options aligned to help, wellness, and 21 st Century college and career readiness. Stephen’s 30-second Pep Talk for Every Teacher.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2016

Baltimore County Public Schools has plans to launch a Mobile Innovation Lab, opening access to maker learning opportunities to over 100,000 students in 174 schools districtwide. This year, the district’s second graders built their first computer using Kano Raspberry PI and then used text-based code to hack a game in Minecraft.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2017

So Haynor went looking for a way to create a fun, stylish, and inexpensive tool that might give every student access to the strobe effect. You can do some amazing things when you put a strobe light on guitar strings and you can see these amazing wave patterns emerge that would be impossible to see otherwise.” Sam Haynor.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Wednesday, November 12th at 7pm ISTE Webinar: Maker Movement: Pathway to Innovation for STEM Learners , Give students the power to learn by making. The maker movement fosters a mindset and culture that can create a profound shift in K-12 STEM learning. Details to join at live.classroom20.com.

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