Neo LMS
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
I think that hands-on experimentation, design, invention and creating is one of the most stimulating things you can engage students in, and I lap up anything I can on the thriving maker movement. Beyond the overly complex nomenclature of the Maker Movement (what exactly is the difference between a FabLab and a HackerSpace?
The CoolCatTeacher
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
This past week, I had students modeling processors, hardware, and software using play-dough. Former secretary of education, William Bennett, says, “An elementary school that treats the arts as the province of a few gifted children, or views them only as recreation and entertainment, is a school that needs an infusion of soul.
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Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2017
Pearsall notes that this school year teachers are expanding their definitions of technology projects to include more maker centers and coding curriculum. As the maker movement catches on, we're seeing more requests for things like MakerBots, 3Doodler pens, and robotics kits.”
eSchool News
JUNE 1, 2016
After being introduced to the Internet of Things (IoT) by a local software company, Tiffany Davis’ first instinct was to consider what the concept would look like in the K-12 setting. “It Briggs Elementary School in Ashburnham, Mass. These days, however, they’re learning it with an IoT-meets-maker movement twist. “We
The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 30, 2018
Or you can use Tinkercad or any other 3D modeling software. Explore 3D Bear Now So, for example, if a student goes into Sketchup (formerly Google Sketchup) and you’ve added Sketchup’s STL extension, they can create or import items and then export them.
MindShift
MARCH 8, 2017
The maker movement has expanded greatly in recent years and much of the attention has focused on cities with high population density and large well-funded school districts. They liked it, too, because they’d never worked hardware and software together. All this is in the spirit of maker education.
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 18, 2015
The elementary school might evolve. In 2013, most elementary schools are simply diminutive high schools, with a balance of reading, writing, mathematics, geography, and other “core” skills, while character training supplements academic work. ” (1). Which is bad.
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