Check out these video Arduino courses created and taught by Peter Dalmaris. Teachers can take these classes for a significant discount: Arduino Step by Step. A comprehensive and ever-expanding course on Arduino, components, and techniques. Over 17 hours of video content …
Sylvia’s recent session at FETC called “A Global Revolution Goes To School: The Maker Movement” in video. This shows both the presentation and slides, although some of the movies didn’t really get captured fully.
The Stanford FabLearn Fellows have posted some of their favorite resources on making in education. 3D Design & Printing Arts & Crafts Assessment & Feedback Building Spaces CNC E-Textiles Learning Electronics Making and Informal Education Physical Programming
In addition to the popular minds-on/hands-on Invent to Learn workshops already offered by Constructing Modern Knowledge, we are pleased to announce a brand new set of exciting, informative, and practical workshops for schools, districts, and conferences for 2015. Family workshops …
New Workshops! Elementary Making, littleBits, Wearables, Pi, and more! Read more →
Sylvia just wrote a short blog for Edutopia about whether “making in the classroom” is just a fad, and what we can do to make sure it isn’t – Should we worry that making in the classroom is just the …
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Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez are honored by this image and tweet. As strong supporters of unionized labor, we are proud to stand in solidarity with teachers everywhere. BC Teachers Federation, Canada pic.twitter.com/husDETnTth — Joseph Jeffery (@JosephJeffery1) September 5, 2014
This is possibly the question I hear most frequently – “Where do I start incorporating making in my classroom?” I wish there was a single, simple answer! But here are a couple of ideas of where to start. UPDATE: Three new …
Following Gary’s presentation at the March ASCD National Conference, Sarah McKibben of ASCD interviewed him for an article, If You Build It: Tinkering with the Maker Mind-Set, published in the June 2014 issue of ASCD Education Update. As is often the case, just a few …
At ISTE 2014, we were interviewed by Ben Herold about the intersection of the Maker Movement and current trends in education, including the adoption of the Common Core. Popular ‘Maker Movement’ Incompatible With Common Core, Authors Contend The “maker movement” is making …
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In the recent issue of American School & University magazine, Jill Nolin wrote about the design of creative spaces in schools. Schools with varying levels of resources are adopting the concept – a Maker’s Space is, after all, about creation and …
Making Room for Maker’s Space – American School and University magazine Read more →