Sylvia was the first guest on a new web radio show about making in education, called WMKR, Movers & Makers hosted by Laura Fleming and Travis Lape. The topic is the Maker Movement and the show is called Helping Students Learn with the Head, Heart and Hand. …
Making in education is a current “hot topic” for schools looking to offer students creative, authentic learning experiences. The tools of the maker movement are accelerating into schools at a rapid pace. New coding apps for the iPad, useful plugins that …
ISTE 2015 will be June 27-July 1 in Philadelphia, PA. This is an annual “big event” for technology loving educators, with upwards of 15,000 attendees and a huge vendor floor for new edu-gizmos and gadgets. Two years ago, the word “maker” was …
Gary was interviewed for the American School Board Journal’s (ASBJ) latest issue on Making in Education. “The Best Makerspace is Between Your Ears” (original document) Q&A with Gary Stager Gary Stager has spent the past 33 years helping educators around the …
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GUIDE TO CREATING AND INVENTING WITH TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM Written by Gary Stager for Intel® Australia Ever wanted to learn how to set up a maker space in your school? Or introduce students to an exciting new world of creating new …
Sandy Wisneski posted this terrific review of The Invent to Learn Guide to 3D Printing in the Classroom – Recipes for Success on the MiddleWeb site. From Just-in-Time Guide to Classroom 3D Printing: “The book is a wonderful resource for helping teachers wrap …
The Maker Movement has crept into the consciousness of schools in the past few years. For some, it’s a wake up call that over-tested, over-scheduled young people are not going to become the creative, enthusiastic learners we all hope to …
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A day of hard fun is in store for one and all! In 1971, our friends Cynthia Solomon and Seymour Papert published a paper that changed the world. “Twenty Things to Do with a Computer” not only explored computers as …
Gary Stager, Will Richardson, and Stephen Harris, the keynote speakers at ELH SchoolTech 2014, are profiled in this article, Is Education at a Cross-Roads? by Rowena Ulbrick. In an era of rapid technology development, it’s hard not to conclude that education is at …
Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom has been published in Japan! This is our first translation, and it’s very exciting to think that our message will reach a wider international audience. The cover says, “”Learn by Making: …