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Building a Makerspace Culture to Support Standards and Learning … 10 Ideas and 16 Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

The idea behind the Maker movement includes allowing students to imagine, envision, create, innovate, play, learn in a formative manner, experiment, collaborate, share, and most of all dream of possibilities. As you set up or evaluate the Maker movement in your school or district I ask you to think about the ten ideas I have below.

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

You know, if I taught math, I’d be harvesting videos from the Khan Academy or places like that, rather than creating my own. And it wasn’t long before they were refining and refining and refining their videos. And the other thing is. A lot of teachers…. I think the kids like it when the teacher does their own.

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The Stories We've Been Told (in 2017) about Education Technology

Hack Education

The Maker Movement. Khan Academy. Data vs Privacy. The Battle for “Open” What Counts “For Credit” The Business of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. The Business of Ed-tech. Learning to Code. The Flipped Classroom. The Battle to Open Textbooks. Education Data and Learning Analytics.

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Top Ed-Tech Trends: A Review

Hack Education

The Maker Movement. Khan Academy. Data vs Privacy. The Battle for “Open” What Counts “For Credit” The Business of Ed-tech. The Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2012. The Business of Ed-tech. Learning to Code. The Flipped Classroom. The Battle to Open Textbooks. Education Data and Learning Analytics.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

BYOD/Maker Movement: In just one or two years, experts predict Bring Your Own Device policies and makerspaces will be commonplace in schools. Similarly, the popular Maker Movement and increasing emphasis on hands-on learning has propelled school makerspaces into the limelight. DEVELOPMENTS IN ED TECH.