EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2016

By Meg Conlan This weekend’s event highlighted student innovations and offered resources for educators looking to bring the Maker movement to their schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 28, 2020

Kate Hodges, English Teacher from Ohio From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Language arts classrooms can use more than books to teach. Sponsor: Adobe I use Adobe Premiere Rush to teach digital filmmaking in my classroom. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

The embracement of the maker movement is being seen in K-12 schools and districts across the world. Image credit: [link] There is no need to reinvent the wheel here, as there are many resources available. For a curated list of online resources related to makerspaces check out this Pinterest board.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

Classroom management can be a challenge. In this post, I’ll share twenty-two of my top tips and ideas that have helped me have an awesome classroom. Classroom Management Tip #1: Build a Partnership With Your Students It’s true that you must relate before you can educate. I want them to join Google classroom.

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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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Neo LMS

JUNE 15, 2017

Employees that can be tasked to solve a problem without micro-management, and can be relied upon to use their resources responsibly and sparingly, are highly prized. Let’s look at some classroom techniques that aim to ignite and foster self-directed learning. Maker Spaces. A great I-Search resource can be found here.

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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 Web20Classroom

JULY 31, 2014

Maker Movement 20% Time Genius Hour The idea of students looking away from ridged content focus all throughout the school day and giving them back some time to explore and make is gaining a foothold in many classrooms. So what is a maker space? Here are some great resources I''ve found. First, Maker Spaces.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

A common challenge when educators are asked to use a new device is understanding its practical classroom application. 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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User Generated Education

MAY 20, 2015

The maker movement and maker education, in my perspective, are such great initiatives – really in line with what student-centric education should be in this era of formal and informal learning. 9 Maker Projects for Beginner Maker Ed Teachers ). Is the Maker Movement About Hacking Society—Or Just Hardware? ).

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

It has replaced my use of iMovie in the classroom with my students because it is more robust. I’ll also dive into some of the features that have me most excited as a classroom teacher. For these reasons, gridlines are a must-use in my classroom. Video is the modern essay. Here’s how. AUTO OR “PRO” AUTO.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Today, Dr. Marina Umashchi Bers from Tufts University discusses her research findings about what works (and doesn’t) with young children in the classroom. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Coding in the Early Childhood Classroom. We’re going to talk about coding in the early childhood classroom. #1

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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. This post is dedicated to Technology.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2016

My answer to you is this: We must bring more arts programming—and blend it with the maker movement—into our schools. So then… how are “making” and the maker movement uniquely powerful as avenues of learning—and where might it come up against resistance?

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The “Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment will work to take Carbon Dioxide (CO2) from the Martian atmosphere (which is very thin) and will work to split the molecules into pure oxygen. How can classrooms participate? Resource: [link]. Resource: [link]. Resource: [link]. Resource: [link].

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The Web20Classroom

MARCH 12, 2014

The Maker Movement-Just in the last 6-12 months there has been a movement towards MakerED. I was asked recently everything I knew about the Maker Movement and had a great conversation about how it could look in the regular classroom. Typically these spaces are held afterschool or are club based.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I believe and include in the bio I share for conference presentations and PD consults that one of the major responsibilities of the modern day educator is to share resources, learning activities, thoughts, and insights with other educators. I had a book on maker education published by ASCD. I really love the maker movement.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

In order to do so, I believe there are several ideas and concepts we must acknowledge in order to achieve the genuine education possibilities that the Maker’s culture can bring a classroom. Building a Makerspace Culture to Support Standards and Learning … 10 Ideas and 16 Resources. Wednesday, June 29, 10:15–11:15 am CCC 201).

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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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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

As such, the roles of the educator as a maker educator are also different. Lead Learner Process Facilitator Safe Environment Manager Normalizer of Ambiguous Problem Finding and Solving • Resource Provider Technology Tutor Relationship Enabler and Builder Feedback Facilitator. What resources can I use to help me with my project?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

I’ve uploaded these resources to the Adobe Education Exchange, a fantastic resource for educators looking to use Adobe products in the classroom. I’ve been teaching with the Adobe Suite for over fifteen years and it has helped inspire creativity in my classroom. Sponsored by Adobe.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? In today’s show Mitchell Weisburg, cofounder of the nonprofit Games4Ed, shares pedagogical best practices for using augmented reality in the classroom. Related Resources – Augmented Reality.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 18, 2016

Welcome to this fifth post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. You will discover around one hundred resources in this series along with some great ideas for finding student success. 35 Resources For Makerspace.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Try some of these resources to boost your entrepreneurial education modules, try also exploring the Maker Movement. Focus your modules on your learning objectives, resist the temptation to add loads of “background” resources. Microlearning. Here are some basic tips to get you started: Avoid “nice to know” information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. See Epic Sketchnoting Resources. But using the picture and then even using videos from the classroom, and have them use slow-motion and watch it over and over and over again. Tools to enhance student voice.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

The most popular topics, based on number of sessions, focused on creativity and productivity tools (113), innovative learning environments (108), online tools and resources (82), constructivist learning and the maker movement (77), and programming and robotics (70).

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

This post is part of a series in which we frame maker learning in terms of three core values — Agency , Authenticity , and Audience — as the key components to creating the highest quality making experiences for learning. One way to embed audience in maker learning projects is through the practice of human-centered design or design thinking.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

A snapshot of classroom-ready 3D printers available for eductors. These days, 3D printing is becoming a staple of the modern classroom, from K-12 to college and university campuses as well. Featured on eSchool News Resource STEM Top News 3D printers construction engineering maker movement'

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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. Often it is quite difficult to generate enthusiasm in young people regarding scientific disciplines when all you have is a textbook as a resource. The Maker Movement In Education.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. You can have a private ebook classroom and interact with your students inside their ebooks as they highlight, annotate, ask questions, and talk about the books they are reading inside their ebooks!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The idea behind the Makers Movement includes allowing students to imagine, envision, create, innovate, play, formatively learn, experiment, collaborate, share, and most of all dream of possibilities. 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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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

Using Games, Play + Digital Media To Build Your Own Maker Culture – If you are going to be at ISTE in Denver this summer be sure to stop by this session. Quotes…Ideas… Resources for Genuine Learning. Please enjoy both the journey, ideas, reflection, metacognition, and resources. Resources for Nouns (facts).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 11, 2019

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen on episode 512 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In the midst of all this enthusiasm, Apple has released a new resource for app developers—the ARKit—that has supercharged augmented reality for fields like entertainment, gaming, advertising and, of course, education. I found some incredible apps that blew the roof off of our classroom walls, as well as some that provided minimal benefit.

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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. There’s kits and then there’s kits ,” says Martinez. “I

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2016

The report offers a glimpse of the emerging findings of AbD’s multiyear research initiative, exploring the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker-centered learning. It’s exciting to see how educators are applying these resources in so many different settings.”. There was so much enthusiasm,” Clapp says. “It’s

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