User Generated Education

JULY 7, 2016

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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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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Dr. Lee Graham – Bio As Submitted Dr. Lee Graham teaches courses in educational technology and pre-service teaching at the State University of New York, College at Oneonta. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 19, 2017

I spent a while taking it a part looking at all the pieces and, of course not knowing how any of it worked. 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. The point isn't really what is in the space.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

Conditions in society’s economic and technological spheres, however—at levels from local to global—have amped up stresses on our schooling systems more than ever before as we work within the confines of time. My answer to you is this: We must bring more arts programming—and blend it with the maker movement—into our schools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2019

Of all the learning trends of the past 20 years, one of the most sweeping and impactful has been the rise of the maker movement. After 15 years of inspiring millions of people to be creative and “make” something out of just about nothing, Maker Media, the company behind much of momentum, shut down due to financial shortfalls.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 3, 2018

Some sort of obstacle course? The next day they came in to pre-designed obstacle courses, where they had to find the golden statue with the roving jumping droids, or fly through hula hoops with the flying droids. I was coming in, putting up obstacle courses, making this and making that. You can use technology in any classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This post is dedicated to Technology. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. Technology – STEM Resources. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2016

In our particular case not having trade-based courses was devastating as one third of our population was classified special needs. The makerspace was less about the latest technological gadget and more about the process of tinkering, inventing, creating, and making to learn. This was the reality for many schools in the Northeast.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

While being an entrepreneur may not be everyone’s destiny, the skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur are useful for almost any student, regardless of what career or course of study they choose. Make imaginative use of technology. Entrepreneurs typically: Adapt and learn in changing environments. Value innovation. Microlearning.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Middle schooler Hannah Levenberg always liked taking things apart, but she didn’t make the connection between her tinkering and technology until she took a class from Mr. Moredock. Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Learner-Initiated and Directed – When presented as self-directed learning, educators, as mentioned above, give learners an open ended task, like develop a new type of transportation for use on another planet or design an assistive technology for someone with a disability.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2016

Librarians in the Shawnee Mission School District are making way for “ the maker movement ,” and some worry where that story is going. Reading stories, of course, has been a big part of what Jan Bombeck does with children. The movement, taking place nationwide, is more about robotics than reading.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

It doesn’t have to work , mind you, but it does have to include plausible technology. One requirement is that if students have seen the technology in action, it’s disqualified from being the topic of their video — a commercial pretending that their invented technology actually exists. We let kids work problems in math.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

We have a frank conversation about technology and a win in the National 4H Competition as a result of some apps he made in my class. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate. Vicki: Why?

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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. There is growing interest in whether Maker education can help boost student learning outcomes, including test scores.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate. We’ve used it that way for teachers but of course I think our focus should always be on student content creation. Student Lesson Plan Ideas.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Until now, however, we haven’t really had apps to help us see the possibilities of this technology. To me, this technology leap is similar to when Marc Andreessen programmed Mosaic, the very first web browser, and showed us how we could “browse the web.” I think Metaverse will be an app to watch in this space.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

” Real World with Imagination Integration Certainly , the future of automotive technology is a fascinating topic for technology courses. ” Real World with Imagination Integration Certainly , the future of automotive technology is a fascinating topic for technology courses.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

And so like my kids took these images that they collected inside and outside our building, and they actually presented and shared at the International Society for Technology (ISTE) this year, which is really neat. Now what did they learn as they did this, besides all of the incredible technology? Donnie: Yeah! Full Bio As Submitted.

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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. I used all of those materials to build our maker lab,” says Howell.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 18, 2018

They read, of course, the companion novel that goes along with it, and they’re able to sort of “see” and visualize what’s going on in the novel. Mary: I think that just comes with technology. There’s Open Sim, of course there’s Minecraft. So, what’s your pep talk to teachers for utilizing this type of immersive technology?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 24, 2018

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course. Of course, you can edit things in post [production.]. I also have two green walls in my studio technology office area.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2018

I have had the good fortune to teach greenhouse management at the high school level, and I now teach a course about sustainable food production at the community college level. See Julie’s iTunes Course on Greenhouse Management. an emphasis on STEAM (science-technology-engineering-art-math). Vicki: What’s our first?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Jeff: Ah, yeah… So I’m using Minecraft Education Edition in my technology classroom with my students. It’s all about technology. Of course they do.”. Jeff: So one of the things I did with science this year was I worked very closely with the other teachers and what they were doing in their normal classroom versus technology.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 8, 2017

Universal Design for Learning® (UDL) developed by David Rose and Ann Meyers is a registered trademark of the Center for Assistive Special Technology (CAST). This is especially relevant given all that technology and online tools provide. and technology has amplified my passion for doing so.” Universal Design for Learning® (UDL).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2018

Engaging Kindergarteners with Technology: Augmented Reality, iPads, QR Codes and More. Technology is expensive. Vicki: Of course, I’m in the middle of nowhere. And so they basically were learning to use the technology themselves, which is what they’re going to have to do for the rest of their lives. Karen: It doesn’t.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Check out Jennifer Gonzalez’ 2018 Teacher’s Guide to Technology for more than 200 tools with special tips, videos, and screenshots to get you started. He is in the San Francisco Unified School District as a Learning Integration Designer, and he does it with digital technology. Tom: Yes, now of course, this is so new. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

If you’re selected as a finalist, you’ll win technology and prizes to help your STEAM project come to reality. Now we have of course the ESSA Act here in the US that lets states have different measures. My colleague Julie Graber @ jgraber and I created a technology integration protocol. Who gets to pick the technology?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 16, 2017

They’re going to fly drones through obstacle courses that they’ve coded. And of course my initial reaction is, “Well, why NOT?” And the way in which they interact with technology is going to be a huge part of their futures. Any time that you can get kids excited about interacting with technology, to me that’s a huge win.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

RELEVANT, INTERESTING PROJECTS Of course, it is up to us as the teachers to create projects that are interesting and relevant to our curriculum. In my Computer Science course, my students have been studying the convergence of technology. Handing them out is a highlight of the course.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. Pam: But his kids… he teaches an environmental course. Pam: … which I think is probably not a bad thing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

And I was describing to them that, “We got here with a long-term commitment to stay on a course of — really, if you want to call it, progressive education, but trying to really stay focused on trying to educate kids for lifelong learning, not just simply to build a transcript to take some test and to be able to walk across a stage.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate. But I will say that at the time, I knew that one of my three kids had a learning difference, and I knew that there was technology to learn.

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