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What Really Engages Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Heather Wolpert-Gawron talks about current research From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Heather Wolpert-Gawron surveyed over two thousand students from every US state and type of school to find out what engages them in learning.

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Futurizing the Stacks: How Makerspaces Can Modernize College Libraries

Edsurge

The answer, in part, lies in the so-called maker movement, a trend studded by hobbyists, inventors, students and even entrepreneurs who creates products or gadgets for educational or industrial purposes. In a report that analyzed the state of the maker movement in 40 U.S.

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What Libraries Offer the Maker Movement

Educator Innovator

Receiving a grant for a 3D printer, the staff designed their maker programming entirely around the new tool. But Runyan doubted the users of the library, if surveyed, would have picked 3D printing as their preferred form of making. She tries to check the pulse of the community to see what projects make the most sense.

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Making an Impact with Problem / Project Based Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Instructional methods like Genius Hour , the Maker Movement, and STEAM allow teachers to meet high learning standards while supporting innovation. Options- Interviews, surveys, wikipedia, web quests. Find an example of students transforming the world in this post, Kids Transforming the World Through Social Media.

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Making an Impact with Problem / Project Based Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Instructional methods like Genius Hour , the Maker Movement, and STEAM allow teachers to meet high learning standards while supporting innovation. Options- Interviews, surveys, wikipedia, web quests. Find an example of students transforming the world in this post, Kids Transforming the World Through Social Media.

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Stop Thinking and Start Doing -- A Makerspace Is Within Your Reach!

Graphite Blog

When I started our CreateIt Club, I surveyed the students to see what they were interested in exploring and making. 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.

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Stop Thinking and Start Doing -- A Makerspace Is Within Your Reach!

Graphite Blog

When I started our CreateIt Club, I surveyed the students to see what they were interested in exploring and making. 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.