A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2016

I try to emulate this when I conduct hands-on makersapce workshops. Take a look at this video from a workshop I recently conducted (also below). I think we can all agree this should be the intended outcome when leading the maker movement. Process is everything. The results were nothing less than spectacular.

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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. Macon, GA, where SparkMacon is empowering entrepreneurs to launch businesses in the broader Macon-Bibb county.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Here is an sampling of student Flipgrids: Inventor’s Workshop. For the above projects learners used Flipgrid to discuss the details of their projects. Then they commented on one another’s work. Inventing is a skill and every student can develop that skill. It may be cliche, but it’s true–kids are natural inventors.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 11, 2019

Directions: Learners engaged in a maker-enhanced writers’ workshop. Maker-Enhanced Writing Workshop: Character Development can be found at [link]. Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions. More about the ?

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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. Perhaps you might even attend my session or workshops. We are now past the initial way of thinking, and the Makers movement allows people to finally use the technology to create and make.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

CCC's Maker Initiative Model. I think there is a great partnership possible between the Maker movement and California’s community colleges,” says Dale Dougherty, Founder and CEO of. Maker Media. California Community College Resources: California Community Colleges (CCC) Maker Initiative.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Recently, Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) hosted the Digital Promise’s Maker Learning Leadership Institute, a professional development workshop for school districts looking to build their maker learning programs. Organizing Internally.

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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 Maker Movement in Education (Erica R. Often, such work is guided by the notion that process is more important than results.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

This coming year, I am doing several keynotes and workshops on the reflecting on the making process. Reflection in the Maker Process. The maker movement and maker education are becoming very popular in school and after school settings, libraries, and community centers. Experiential Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2018

They are working once they have some of their work done for reader’s workshop where they are getting on their computers and investigating that way. They are reading their books during readers’ workshop. Students have been working in class, they’ve been working during indoor recess, even when it was snowing out.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! Check out my Booking Page.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2015

Maker space workshop guides educators and librarians through the nuts and bolts. Seizing hold of the booming maker movement, a new four-day workshop will walk educators through the steps of designing, equipping, and operating successful, safe and inspirational public maker spaces.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The Dremel 3D Idea Builder marks Dremel’s first foray into the education market, extending the brand’s reach from workshop to classroom. Dremel, a manufacturer of tools for life and learning, announced a 3D printer designed to support teachers and demystify 3D printing technology in the classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

I will be providing five workshop and one FETC Featured Presentation. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I can provide any of the workshops listed below in your location. W021 | Making Makers Mainstream … Connecting Curriculum Standards and the 4C’s.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The maker movement — think of it as “smart DIY,” a high- and low-tech approach to tinkering that turns users into inventors — is spurring excitement about the power of ingenuity in fields as disparate as robotics and design and agriculture. Even the White House has hosted a Maker Faire.) ” Agency by Design: In Action.

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District Administration

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Strategies to design rooms, develop a curriculum and identify sources of funding District Administration, December 2016 The maker movement is poised to transform K12 learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 27, 2018

which is an all-inclusive event that includes: Small, intimate workshops and sessions with nationally known speakers. Conference enrollment will be capped at 400. Included in the STLinATL Conference . The cost is extremely affordable at $295.00 Conference includes a continental breakfast each day.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 20, 2017

Through training and outreach, maker programs aim for greater diversity among future innovators. The maker movement is everywhere it seems. Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 1, 2016

Educators problem-solve the complexities of introducing a new concept to students by participating in new workshops centered around STEAM and maker movement practices. The paper circuitry workshop was led by San Francisco-based David Cole, of NEXMAP.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Maker Learning. The maker movement, a technological, creative and design-focused learning revolution, is revitalizing classrooms with hands-on STEM education. Educators can use the lessons of maker learning to enhance student-centered teaching practices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 9, 2018

We had to stop the whole workshop! I presented this at a workshop on Friday, and I start by saying, “I’m going to upset some of you. Vicki: (laughs). Wow, So then they can cut out the background and then put them anywhere, huh? Meg: It is SO CUTE. And people are like, “How did you do this?”. laughs) It was so fun!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To Mitchel Resnick, an MIT Media Lab professor and early pioneer of the maker movement for kids, this Hollywood’s portrayal is problematic, and part of a larger trend toward overly regimenting education these days. “I It's more of an invention workshop. He's a real inventor. In fact, there are some real problems with Sid.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 23, 2018

Marynn: Several of them, I actually led some conflict resolution workshops because they found out the hard way that they didn’t know how to do conflict resolution. Like have a really clear conversation about who is going to be in charge of what, and how you are going to make sure it happens, first? Vicki: (agrees). Vicki: Yeah.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Making Learning Happen…New York PBL – Join me in Syracuse, New York in August for some exciting PBL workshops. I plan on providing sessions that integrate PBL with STEM, Makers, Differentiated Instruction, Inquiry, Deeper Learning, and Technology Integration. This conference will be filled with amazing speakers and workshops.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The maker movement — think of it as “smart DIY,” a high- and low-tech approach to tinkering that turns users into inventors — is spurring excitement about the power of ingenuity in fields as disparate as robotics and design and agriculture. Even the White House has hosted a Maker Faire.)

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I personally have used FlipSnack as a way of creating more interesting workshops instead of a powerpoint or Google Slides. And then all the content and the videos and the images and links, they’re all in one spot for the kids to access.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

If we were to go to some workshop or PD, and it was just completely wide open, most of us would sit in a state of panic saying, “OK, someone please give me some direction.” I mean I have some objectives, whether it’s presentation skills or whatever, to give the students, because you’re right. Aaron: (laughs) Yeah! It’s just human nature.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

COMBINE CRAFTSPEOPLE AND ASTRONOMISTS and you’ll likely arrive at the Chatbot telescope maker’s workshop at the Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland. The free workshop meets every Friday, and Roche said it usually takes a dedicated maker about one year to complete from start to finish.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 6, 2015

This past year has helped to give our maker movement stronger momentum with the addition of school sponsored clubs (multi-grade makers club and Lego Robotics). It’s a celebration of the planning, designing, iterating and collaborating that has grown out of our makerspace and it’s our contribution to the growing maker movement.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

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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Educator Innovator

APRIL 1, 2016

Educators problem-solve the complexities of introducing a new concept to students by participating in new workshops centered around STEAM and maker movement practices. The paper circuitry workshop was led by San Francisco-based David Cole, of NEXMAP.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 8, 2017

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. W027: PBL Splash A Look at Project Based Learning (1/2 day Workshop). C206: PBL, STEM, and Makers Dewey Meets Technology: What Will You Do?

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 20, 2017

Through training and outreach, maker programs aim for greater diversity among future innovators. The maker movement is everywhere it seems. Kids tinkering with sewing machines or laser cutters, designing their own cookie cutters to “print” in a 3D-printer at libraries, museums, maker camps, or classrooms across the country.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

No blog, article, or conference workshop can top the genius of your students. EdSurge's Maker Movement : If you don't read EdSurge, you absolutely need to. Their Maker Movement pages have tons of posts on the latest gadgets and strategies to try in your makerspace. You need to!

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Graphite Blog

MAY 2, 2016

No blog, article, or conference workshop can top the genius of your students. EdSurge's Maker Movement : If you don't read EdSurge, you absolutely need to. Their Maker Movement pages have tons of posts on the latest gadgets and strategies to try in your makerspace. You need to!

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2016

The “maker movement” can play an important role in getting kids interested in innovation and design, and littleBits —which makes easy-to-use electronic building blocks—is finding itself at the center of this movement. I didn’t know that word when I was in the third grade.”. Here are some of the highlights from the Playground.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 11, 2014

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Daylight Time. Attendees will discuss strategies for effective prompt setting.

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