A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Their passion manifested itself into unique creations that involved skill, knowledge, and patience to learn through doing. Constructionism brings creativity, tinkering, exploring, building, and presentation to the forefront of the learning process. The connections above to the maker movement are indiscernible.

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Maker Movement Tools Collaborative Learning Strategy 357

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Last week I introduced three megatrends affecting e-learning. My research revealed a couple more exciting trends and emergent ideas in e-learning, so I promised another four for this week. Let’s call them micro-trends as they are smaller in scale, but nonetheless likely to have an impact on how and what we learn. Microlearning.

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Trends Learning Maker Movement Flipped Classroom 190

User Generated Education

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Maker Movement: The maker movement, as we know, is the umbrella term for independent inventors, designers and tinkerers, a convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans. Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America’s Future ). The Maker Movement Is About the Economy, Stupid ).

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 28, 2015

For many students school has become an irritating experience grounded in boring lessons and learning activities. In the end, students, especially those most at-risk based on learning needs, have immensely suffered. All hope is not lost though for any school looking to create a better learning environment that works for kids.

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Libraries Course Elementary Collaborative Learning 150

My Island View

JULY 5, 2017

We need to engage Parents and educators in conversations about learning: What is it, and how do we get kids to attain it? Conversation is the best tool for collaboration, which is the basis for adult learning. This Edcamp model will get parents and educators talking about learning. I could go on but these are my topics.

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Edcamps Education Maker Movement Digital Citizenship 65

MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

Deeper Learning: The expert panel identified several long-term trends that will greatly influence the adoption of technology in classrooms over the next five years and beyond. The popularity of project-based learning , global collaboration and integrated learning experiences is driving this trend and powerful tech use as an extension of it.

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Technology Maker Movement Trends Khan Academy 28