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The Classroom or Library as a Maker Space

User Generated Education

Problems occur when administrators, educators, learners, and communities come to believe that maker education is synonymous with these tools and spaces. Second, the regular classroom teacher or librarian may be intimidated with these advanced tools and technologies. Removal of Archaic, Non-Flexible Classroom Desks.

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5 Ways to Reach Even Resistant Writers with Writer’s Workshop

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Angela Stockman @AngelaStockman gives our writing workshop a makeover. 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. 5 Ways to Reach Even Resistant Writers with Writer’s Workshop.

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What Will It Take to Push the K-12 Maker Movement to Be More Inclusive?

Edsurge

But despite the work of on-the-ground educators like Day and Taylor, the maker movement in K-12 schools is far from perfect. What does it really take, for example, to diversify the communities of maker educators and mentors out there? To discuss and debate these questions and more, Day and Taylor came onto the EdSurge podcast.

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My 2019 Highlights

User Generated Education

I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement. The description of the book is: Transferring this innovative, collaborative, and creative mindset to the classroom is the goal of maker education. I keynoted and presented a workshop at Edutech Asia in Singapore.

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Making MAKEing More Inclusive

User Generated Education

The maker movement and maker education, in my perspective, are such great initiatives – really in line with what student-centric education should be in this era of formal and informal learning. 9 Maker Projects for Beginner Maker Ed Teachers ). Is the Maker Movement About Hacking Society—Or Just Hardware? ).

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Increasing Engagement, Creativity, and Innovation with Minds-On/Hands-On Activities

User Generated Education

Here is an sampling of student Flipgrids: Inventor’s Workshop. Plus, it’s fun ( 6 Reasons Why Puppets Will Change Your Classroom Forever )! For the above projects learners used Flipgrid to discuss the details of their projects. Then they commented on one another’s work.

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Passion Projects in Kindergarten and First Grade

The CoolCatTeacher

Kindergarteners and first graders explore their “wonderings” in Lindsey Danhoff’s classroom. Each nominee and nominator will be entered to win a classroom technology package. If I hadn’t asked this question, I never would have known that someone in our classroom was wondering about Braille. Have the kids investigate.

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