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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

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The post Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. While he doesn’t like attention drawn to his work (he wants authors to shine), I want to give a shout out to Alan K.

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Futurizing the Stacks: How Makerspaces Can Modernize College Libraries

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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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3D Printing in a STEM Classroom

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David also loves to train Jiu Jitsu, Rock Climb, and hike/backpack all over the place! He has taught Chemistry and Physical science at the High School level and Earth/Space and Life science in Middle school. He loves to go on great adventures with his wife and two sons. Twitter: @ dave_ternent.

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Makers

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They’re part of the Maker Movement, a revolution that’s unleashing digital design tools (like 3D modeling software) and production devices (like 3D printers), and letting citizens design and make almost anything they can dream. Right now, in your city or town — in your state and region — people are making things.

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How to Help Kids Innovate From an Early Age

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They arise from the wider maker movement and they are emerging now in formal education settings globally. As the founder of MAKE magazine Dale Dougherty states in his 2011 TED Talk: “ We are all makers. ”. A Maker Mindset. Having a maker mindset is key. Makerspaces in Ontario Schools.

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Maker Culture Has a ?Deeply Unsettling? Gender Problem

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It’s not that makerspace instructors are bad people in any way—so many are giving up their time freely or teaching things they weren’t trained for,” Kim says. In addition, boys were twice as likely to hold leadership positions within makerspaces and to steer major project topics.

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Makers

Digital Promise

They’re part of the Maker Movement, a revolution that’s unleashing digital design tools (like 3D modeling software) and production devices (like 3D printers), and letting citizens design and make almost anything they can dream. Karen Cator is President & CEO of Digital Promise. You can follow her on Twitter at @kcator.