Digital Promise

MAY 7, 2019

This blog post is the first in a series where participating districts share why they are committed to providing maker learning opportunities to their students. Maker learning is more than just making “stuff.” Maker learning is a highly collaborative process that embraces a team approach to learning.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Given my current interest in maker education , I decided to locate and post 2015 videos related to maker education, STEM, and STEAM. Maker Education: Reaching All Learners. The Next Maker Movement. This episode of iQ: smartparent examines the Maker Movement’s impact in the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

A global search in education blog post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Often schools who have arts, STEM or other enrichment choose to take one enrichment period and have a “genius hour” where students explore their talents to make and create. Maker Movement.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

Below is an except – Chapter 5: The Role of the Educator as a Maker Educator. The process of bringing maker education into formal and informal educational settings involves different approaches and strategies than in a more traditional educational setting. Maker Educator as a Lead Learner.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2016

I’ve had a lot of questions in the last few months about STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) in the classroom. STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and covers an immense range of subject areas. Labs Lost to Educational Rigidity. The Maker Movement In Education.

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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.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator. Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to number two in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science in the last pos t. Technology – STEM Resources. Check out my Booking Page.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

Join me and other education speakers at Woodward Academy in Atlanta this summer From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. STLinATL is an exciting education conference hosted at Woodward Academy in Atlanta this summer July 26-27. STEM/STEAM Integration. Assessment for Learning.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2016

To introduce and reinforce ideas, concepts, and skills associated with maker education, STEM, and STEM. For this Halloween Wars lesson, the goals included the following: To work in a small group to create a Halloween scene using food items, cooked goods, LED lights, and miscellaneous materials. 21st Century Skills).

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Sylvia Libow Martinez is a co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering the Classroom helping teachers bring the exciting tools and technology of the Maker Movement to classrooms worldwide. Previously, Sylvia was President of Generation YES, evangelizing student leadership through modern technology.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

They are most often associated with STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math). But really, they’re interdisciplinary, promoting important educational principles such as inquiry, play, imagination, innovation, critical thinking , problem solving and passion-based learning. Makerspaces in Ontario Schools.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 22, 2017

My entire class was elated for the rest of the day,” reflected Jonelle Lorantas, the educator directing the Learning Studio at Mundaring Primary School. She added, “The students in my class who did not take part in the exchange are looking for an opportunity to talk to the students at Skyline after our next STEM project.

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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. Among their findings: a troubling lack of women in makerspace leadership and a pronounced tendency to see boys as more tech-proficient.

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator. Learn how you can get your students involved in STEM Education and the Maker Movement in this great podcast featuring a fantastic New Jersey Educator.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

See Halloween Wars: An Interdisciplinary Lesson with a STEM, STEAM, Maker Education Focus for more about this. I have the privilege of working with gifted kids at two elementary schools with over 80% Hispanic students. For the past two years, I did Halloween Wars – based off of the Food Channel show.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

But Pauline, today you have for us five ways to amp up STEM in middle school. At the middle school level, teachers tend to become more isolated as content experts, and in order to make your STEM activities more powerful and engaging, I would highly recommend that you connect in any way possible with those expert colleagues.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 11, 2019

but as with all use of educational technologies, I believe that it should be used intentionally to assist learners in developing and expanding their content knowledge and life skills. Learner-Centric – More of Them; Less of Us: At its heart, maker education and physical computing is about centering around the learner.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM, STEAM, and design thinking are buzzwords in education today. In addition to true STEM projects, we also work to include the arts in all subjects. Help Your Students Enter the U.S. How to Use the U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

California’s community colleges sit at the intersection of higher education, regional economies, and workforce development. the statewide network will be positioned as a strategic educational pipeline for high-value jobs. the statewide network will be positioned as a strategic educational pipeline for high-value jobs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Aaron Maurer @ coffeechugbooks gives us five ways to improve STEAM education for kids. FutureFit aligns social emotional learning and character education with your traditional subjects of math, language arts, sciences and more for grades K-12. STEM Idea #1: Teach with Passion. Today’s Sponsor is TeacherVision. Aaron: Yes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. Mitch helps organizations succeed in the education market. Edchat Interactive shares best practices among educators through live online interactive events. Currently, this year’s “Remember When.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

They are uploaded to Adobe Education Exchange and make a perfect 16-day unit that you can adapt for your class. I’ve uploaded these resources to the Adobe Education Exchange, a fantastic resource for educators looking to use Adobe products in the classroom. Sponsored by Adobe.

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User Generated Education

JULY 8, 2017

This is my third summer offering maker education summer camps as part of a bigger program at a local school. During mornings (9 to 12 with a half hour recess), campers, grades Kindergarten through 6th grade, can choose from one of four enrichment classes: art, drama, games, foreign languages, computers, and in my case, maker camps.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The post 5 Ways to Participate in the Mars Rover Landing on Thursday, February 18 appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. This information was recorded in a private session with NASA on Thursday, February 11th.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The grassroots Maker Movement has, and continues to, impact entrepreneurship, education, economic and workforce development, manufacturing, community revitalization and technology inclusion in the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Though makerspaces are becoming more mainstream, creating and maintaining one could overwhelm educators who are starting from scratch. Why the maker movement? People who want to make things and share those ideas and creations, Smith said.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Cross-posted from the Digital Education blog. Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. There is growing interest in whether Maker education can help boost student learning outcomes, including test scores. The Maker Movement in Education (Erica R.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I have discussed educators as model learners before: The educator’s role has or should change in this age of information abundance or Education 2.0-3.0. Educator as Model Learner ). Educator as Model Learner ). It is a mistaken assumption that educators know how to do so. Educators as Lead Learners ).

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

You can also receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners for continuing education requirements. Listen to Nicholas Provenzano talk about maker spaces and PBL Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. He has been featured on CNN, Education Week, and other media outlets.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. 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. Expanding the Circle.

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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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

First… I hope you enjoyed the over 150 STEM Resources in the last few posts. I am excited about learning with thousands of other educators at this amazing conference. Inclusion & Special Education. I also have also provided those over 150 STEM Resources. Thanks for learning with me. January 27 – 30.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2016

STEAM not only fosters do-it-yourself or DIY practices involving computers, electronics, and fabrication, but also a trans-disciplinary approach to artistic, cultural and academic production in digital media, and mutual concerns of the arts with STEM disciplines. Nettrice Gaskins, Ph.D. is director of the STEAM Lab at Boston Arts Academy.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The post Webinar: Teaching with Augmented Reality with #ARVRinEDU Classroom Enthusiasts appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher Register This webinar is sponsored by 3D Bear.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

I am a firm believer that creative classrooms can transform the way students acquire education and how they apply it in their lives. ” The post 5 Ways to Use Augmented Reality in the Classroom appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2019

Subscribe to the Show Stacey Roshan – Bio as Submitted Stacey Roshan @ buddyxo is the Director of Innovation & Educational Technology at Bullis School and author of Tech with Heart: Leveraging Technology to Empower Student Voice, Ease Anxiety, & Create Compassionate Classrooms.

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