21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

First… I hope you enjoyed the over 150 STEM Resources in the last few posts. Thanks for learning with me. I am excited about learning with thousands of other educators at this amazing conference. Information Technology. Early Learning. I also have also provided those over 150 STEM Resources.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Debuting as the brand’s first device for education, the Dremel 3D Idea Builder empowers students to master key STEM concepts through hands-on learning and creativity. 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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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Kelly Schuster-Paredes and Sean Tibor host the Teaching Python Podcast where they share how to help kids of all ages learn this valuable language. She loves learning about cultures and her children were born on two different continents. Kelly has a Masters in Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Vancouver Public Schools (VPS) Director of Technology Mark Ray stated, “When students can control and build something and have an opportunity to have a small amount of control, it is powerful for engagement in school and as individuals.” Integrating with the Maker Movement. The post What Is Your Why?:

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Books remain an important centerpiece of the library system, but new tools give the institutions opportunities to help young people develop and learn in fresh ways. For several years YOUmedia has operated “learning labs” in libraries across the country. For many, the library sites have become refuges. A key takeaway from the playbook?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

Often schools who have arts, STEM or other enrichment choose to take one enrichment period and have a “genius hour” where students explore their talents to make and create. Maker Movement. Many schools are creating maker spaces or “ Fab Labs ” so students have a space and place to invent.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

On top of that, there is promise for continued education outside of the classroom; just look at Google’s recent $1B pledge over the next five years to help train Americans for jobs in technology. schools will give way to an increased focus on STEM and coding in schools, reinvigorating the “maker movement.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Nicholas Provenzano gets us started From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do you get started with project-based learning (PBL) and Maker spaces? Never stop learning! She’s also learning to use CNC machines, @dremel. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit! This is Evee.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. 5 Ideas for Writing with Technology. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Jacqui Murray @askatechteacher about writing with technology. But, Jacqui, how do we teach writing with technology? Mistakes Made in Teaching Writing with Technology.

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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. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

In these spaces students are learning how to tinker collaboratively with a problem and keep trying until they find a solution. They are learning to be thinkers, innovators and problem-solvers rather than mere consumers of information. Makerspaces support hands-on exploration and learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. Legends of Learning has an amazing game based science experiences for students in 3-8 aligning with Next Generation Science and select state standards. Is technology a distraction? Listen Now.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 29, 2016

As you are aware there is an amazing and powerful Maker Space movement going throughout the education landscape. This is a concept that I and many others want to see sustained because of the amazing learning opportunities it provides. Join me, the Institute of Play, and PBS Learning Media. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This leads to some amazing learning, if our process is both intentional and aligned with standards. 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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Follow these guidelines to create a technology infrastructure that support teachers and students. While traditional field trips continue to offer opportunities to create memorable learning environments for students of all ages, a new wave of technologies have created new, virtual field trip experiences.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Aside from the technology tools and other resources that make up the space, it’s wise to have a plan in terms of when students will use the space, how it will be shared, where funding will come from, and how students will demonstrate what they are learning. Why the maker movement?

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 30, 2016

To introduce and reinforce ideas, concepts, and skills associated with maker education, STEM, and STEM. For this Halloween Wars lesson, the goals included the following: To work in a small group to create a Halloween scene using food items, cooked goods, LED lights, and miscellaneous materials. National Core Arts Standards).

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 23, 2018

Also, learn about other projects throughout the year and how teachers design these projects to meet standards. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Micah Brown @mbrownedtech , an Instructional Technology Specialist in Kansas. Learn more about Flipgrid at Flipgrid: 6 Ways to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

As a whole, STEM fields experience significant gender imbalances and makerspaces are no exception—despite being a relatively recent adoption for many schools. Among their findings: a troubling lack of women in makerspace leadership and a pronounced tendency to see boys as more tech-proficient.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Toyota Dream Car Art Contest From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter STEM, STEAM, and design thinking are buzzwords in education today. In addition to true STEM projects, we also work to include the arts in all subjects. Help Your Students Enter the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2017

Today Sylvia Martinez @smartinez co-author of Invent to Learn talks about tinkering today. Some teachers have a misconception that kids just pick up and play with materials and learn, but it is a little bit more nuanced than that. Today’s giveaway contest is Sylvia’s book Invent to Learn. Click here. . Blog: [link].

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

But Pauline, today you have for us five ways to amp up STEM in middle school. At the middle school level, teachers tend to become more isolated as content experts, and in order to make your STEM activities more powerful and engaging, I would highly recommend that you connect in any way possible with those expert colleagues.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

With the CCC Maker Initiative’s focus on preparing students for science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM) careers through hands-on, content-rich design projects and relevant curriculum, the statewide network will be positioned as a strategic educational pipeline for high-value jobs. Maker Media.

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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. I used all of those materials to build our maker lab,” says Howell.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

S cience T echnology E ngineering and M athematics illustration by Sam Patterson What I like most about the STEM education movement is the co-mingling of disciplines and the emphasis on real world project based learning. At its best STEM education engages students in a process of design, implementation and revision.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Digital Promise , a non-profit using technology and research to spur innovation and expand learning opportunities, has created Digital Promise Professional Services to provide personal help to educators as they transform their schools and districts. The tracks are: Challenge Based Learning. Maker Learning.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Maker culture is going mainstream. The maker industry is projected to grow to more than $8 billion by 2020, and with the maker movement infiltrating classrooms, after-school clubs and homes, it’s no wonder. But where is the maker movement strongest?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 23, 2016

I have often wondered what John Dewey would do in today’s educational setting with our vast amount of knowledge from research and our rapid growth of technology. I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL, STEM, tech integration, and a continuing series on Professional Learning Communities!

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Educator Innovator

JULY 17, 2017

For the past 17 years, Techbridge Girls has been working to break down barriers that often keep young women, particularly those of color from low-income communities, out of STEM careers and the maker movement. Redefine the Maker. We are redefining the maker every day through the work of our program.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2016

To recognize educators pioneering the maker movement in STEM education, Dremel , manufacturer of tools for life and learning, announces 10 Dremel Idea Builder Ambassadors for the 2016-17 school year. Idea Builder Ambassadors will generate multimedia content sharing their teaching and learning experiences with 3D printing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Recently, I was able to participate in a Q&A Session with a few of the hundreds of people involved in this incredible undertaking to find out ways that you and your students can participate and also to learn their messages to students about this process. Learn about the Instruments on the Rover: [link]. Learn More: [link].

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Middle schooler Hannah Levenberg always liked taking things apart, but she didn’t make the connection between her tinkering and technology until she took a class from Mr. Moredock. Hannah’s experience reflects the innovative ways educators across the country are drawing students into the Maker movement. It just didn’t work.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 11, 2019

but as with all use of educational technologies, I believe that it should be used intentionally to assist learners in developing and expanding their content knowledge and life skills. It is a very powerful method of teaching that crosses the boundaries of a discipline or curriculum in order to enhance the scope and depth of learning.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

Here are some examples of building projects, and what students can learn from them. The goal is to build something as close to the real thing as possible, in the process learning quite a bit about scale, proportion, and ratio. Building to Demonstrate Learning. No question about it, building is powerful learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update November 12th, 2014 One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. Announcing the 2015 Student Technology Conference.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

Thornburg, co-author of “The Invent to Learn Guide to 3D Printing in the Classroom,” said he would not recommend one specific 3D printer for classroom use because the constant advancement in the 3D printing industry can make choosing the best models a “moving target.”. Next page: Our 7 education-focused printers.

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