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Futurizing the Stacks: How Makerspaces Can Modernize College Libraries

Edsurge

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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Maker Monday: Start the Week with Creativity and Purpose

The CoolCatTeacher

They want to know that students engagement is high. But they also want to know that students are going to do well on a test. The big thing that they’ll say is, “Ooh, I’m only a student teacher. I did get the chance to be a Tech Coach and work kind of on that level, and now I’m at the university. The same fears crop up.

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The ‘Maker’ Movement: Understanding What the Research Says

Marketplace K-12

Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. 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 Maker Movement in Education (Erica R.

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5 Ways to Improve STEAM Learning at Your School

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki: Yeah, you know, teacher engagement comes before student engagement, doesn’t it? The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Things can just take off from there. Aaron: Yes, yes, absolutely.

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Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim

The CoolCatTeacher

We hear a lot of talk now in Ed Tech circles about how we can get these students engaged and speak a language that they’re speaking. We bring these students into a virtual world. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Tips for Implementing Design Challenges in Your Makerspace

edWeb.net

Students worked on projects through open exploration, consisting of mainly free time in the makerspace; workshops, in which students work in groups to learn new skills; and design challenges, in which a group of students focuses on a specific challenge directed by a prompt.

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Makerspaces and Opportunities for Learning Literacy

Reading By Example

Educators are always trying to stuff literacy into anything students are doing. Halverson and Sheridan tease out the complex nature of the maker movement in education (2014). What they all have in common is they are personalized to the needs of the students. References. The maker movement in education.