Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

The answer, in part, lies in the so-called maker movement, a trend studded by hobbyists, inventors, students and even entrepreneurs who creates products or gadgets for educational or industrial purposes. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S. Look off-campus for recommendations.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 19, 2017

Educators are turning towards ideas like the Maker Movement and tinkering to foster creativity and innovation in their classrooms and to get their kids thinking and doing more. Sometimes when I am at a conference or read an article on the topic it seems there is more emphasis on the stuff rather than what to do with the stuff.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). Lots of resources are out there — at your local library, museum, art council or an online or face to face conference. (I I’m excited to be heading to speak at the TICL conference in Iowa soon and then on to ISTE 2016. I’m learning so much!).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 19, 2018

John Spencer, coauthor of two different best-selling books, Launch and Empower , talks about the creativity (and test score) boosts his classes experienced when he began Maker Mondays. Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2019

She frequently writes about her educational journey at www.mrswideen.com , and enjoys inspiring educators to use technology in innovative ways by speaking at conferences.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

“It is possible to do a fair amount of making using recycled materials and other resources that are not as big of a lift,” says Cusack, who will co-present on designing makerspaces with equity in mind at the upcoming ISTE 2018 conference in Chicago.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I believe and include in the bio I share for conference presentations and PD consults that one of the major responsibilities of the modern day educator is to share resources, learning activities, thoughts, and insights with other educators. I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement.

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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 list is drawn in part from work presented recently at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, held here.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

This year’s ISTE Conference was all about technology-charged learning–and from the keynotes and sessions to the fast-paced exhibit hall, the conference’s more than 20,000 attendees (15,000 educators plus expo hall staff) were immersed in just that. In all, ISTE 2017 produced 159,000 tweets from people across the U.S.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Also, remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. I am excited to be a featured speaker at this very special conference. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Hope to see you there! Have a great week!

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 8, 2016

One way to gauge the K-12 activity that is most intriguing to ed-tech aficionados and others gathered at this conference is also one of the simplest: look at the agenda. The post ‘Maker’ Movement Draws Attention at SXSWedu, and littleBits Shifts Into K-12 appeared first on Market Brief.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. She provides professional development, content creation, and social media services; presents at national and international conferences; and acts as an advisory board member for SXSWedu. Blog: Julie Willcott. Twitter: @willcottjulie.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I will once again join Alan November at the BLC conference in Boston in July. I have my own pre-conference master class. Sign up soon.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Parents couldn’t really look at it unless they were in the library for parent-teacher conferences or whatever. And then also from an elementary standpoint, I had a teacher use it in lieu of … she used to have her students write personal narratives and then they would bind the book together as a classroom set and put it in the library.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 10, 2016

See How the Maker Movement is Moving into Classrooms.). Lots of resources are out there — at your local library, museum, art council or an online or face to face conference. (I I’m excited to be heading to speak at the TICL conference in Iowa soon and then on to ISTE 2016. I’m learning so much!).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? FETC 2019 – How does Orlando in January sound for an educational conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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User Generated Education

JULY 1, 2018

Recently, I attended the Nation of Makers Conference whose theme was intentional inclusion. The single comment from the conference that stood out for me was: Before we consider intentional inclusion, we need to consider and explore unintentional exclusion. Liberatory Consciousness. Developing Best Practices for Makerspaces.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

But it nonetheless embodies what Dale Dougherty, the “father” of the movement, sees as literally the “moral imperative” of the maker movement: “to use our creative freedom to make the future better, to be hands-on in making change, and to get everyone participating fully in that future.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

But you don''t have to, since the Global Education Conference is a virtual conference, so you can check out the full schedule in your own time zone, pick the sessions you want to attend, and come and join us as much as you can. See the Conference Schedule and mark your calendars for presentations by this great group of presenters.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Registration is now open for the first national academic 3D printing conference, Construct3D 2017 , which will bring together leaders and educators in the digital fabrication discipline of 3D printing for a comprehensive overview of this rapidly expanding area of research and development. will present the Informal Educator Keynote. .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I am excited about learning with thousands of other educators at this amazing conference. Check out my Booking Page. Room: NORTH 220F.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Vicki: So we’re here at the NNSTOY conference (nnstoy.org) and we’re talking with Catherine Davis-Hayes @cdhayes13 , 2007 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year. Shownotes: www.coolcatteacher.com/e153. Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Introducing Catherine Davis-Hayes and her philosophy of arts in education.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 8, 2017

I have done it multiple times during my summer maker camp for elementary level kids, my gifted students, and at conferences as part of teacher professional development. Toy take apart and hacking is a high engagement activity that works for kids of all ages, including adults who haven’t lost their sense of kid, and both genders.

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User Generated Education

MAY 17, 2016

This presentation, prepared for the Global Maker Day virtual conference, provides some background information on maker education, being a reflective practitioner, documenting learning, the roles of the maker educator, and resources.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

She has presented throughout New York State and numerous other conferences including MACUL (Michigan) and at ISTE Philadelphia, Denver and San Antonio. Mary is also a specialist in engagement, and uses digital tools to engage students and ignite their learning. Blog: [link]. Twitter: @mrshoward118.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

So even if you’re not very comfortable with holding a live conference call via Skype or Google Hangouts, the cool thing about Flipgrid is that you can record video messages with your kids. One of the things I’m most excited about is that we’re adding a new section to this project. We’ll be adding the tool Flipgrid.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I was fortunate enough to be able to see it at a conference. Mandi: It’s a documentary that was released last year. I’m not even certain who produced it. But it was being shown in private settings, so community settings. It’s about a millionaire who invested money into a charter school called High Tech High out in California. Vicki: Oh yeah.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Tell us about your 4-H project that has earned you the trip to the National Conference. Today I wanted to bring one of my students – I have so many students I love, so many students that I admire throughout the years – but Brent is one of my students who has recently won an award for something he did in my class. He actually won this at 4-H.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

So they read something or went to a conference and heard about this one particular way to set up a room. Erin: You know what, though, even administrators that are putting tape on the floor – I 100% believe that they are doing it because somewhere, somehow, they felt that that was the right thing to do. Every classroom is different.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Also, remember that I can come to your conference or school district and provide engaging authentic and purposeful professional development. I will once again join Alan November at the BLC conference in Boston in July. I have my own pre-conference master class. Check out both the conference and my pre-conference.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

She’s been in education or 33 years, but for 21 years she’s been helping so many of us with our professional development, keynoting our conferences, speaking, and encouraging us to really use technology in the classroom. We have Meg Ormiston @megormi with us today. And she does have a series of books that we’ll mention here in a moment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. Doug Green on episode 284 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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MindShift

AUGUST 15, 2017

In the past couple of months, Peters has completed 15 of these book-based maker projects and has received positive feedback from parents and patrons. As she has taken the idea around to teacher conferences, including the annual Maker Ed Convening , she was surprised to find that many teachers had never heard of such a project.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 26, 2014

Ignacio Estrada The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" We''d love your help for our inaugural (and free) Gaming in Ed conference, which begins the week of September 15th. We are gearing up for another amazing year of the Library 2.014 Conference. Sign up to volunteer at Gaming in Ed!

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2018

says Hare, who, together with tech director Bill Selak, will present a strand of sessions around designing thoughtful spaces for learning at the upcoming CUE Bold conference, May 5-6 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Nobody comes to me and says, ‘We have this incredible vision for learning, what do you think?’

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Edtech gatherings that attract more than 1,000 attendees, such as LearnLaunch’s Across Boundaries Conference last week in Boston, are usually echo chambers of hubbub and hoopla about technology’s potential to transform education. Throughout the conference sessions, there were no shortages of ideas on how to address those issues.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Updates Next week: CoSN Conference in Washington DC. March 19th - 22nd in Washington DC will be the annual CoSN Conference. Learning Revolution Conference Online.

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