Gary Stager wrote an article for Scholastic Administrator magazine. What’s the Maker Movement and Why Should I Care? “We’re glad you asked. The coauthor of Invent to Learn explains how to start one in your schools and why “making” is the most …
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Tech & Learning magazine’s cover story for October 2013 was “Meet the Makers: How the Maker Movement Could Change Schools for Good”. In this article, Dr. Gary Carnow, longtime education technology advocate, interviews me about the Maker Movement and the …
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The latest “Hot Topic” on the We Are Teachers website is: How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education, a Special Report written by us! This report has resources, links, and a summary of why educators should be aware of the Maker …
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In Making the future: Why we need to help kids make stuff, blogger extraordinaire Anne Collier lays out the case to parents about making, playing, and why it matters. Anne runs NetFamilyNews.org, which provides parents information about technology without the usual …
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Watch Gary and Sylvia take the Innovation Stage at MakerFaire New York 2013! Making the Case for Making in Schools from Maker Faire on FORA.tv Making the Case for Making in Schools (30 minute video) Why can’t school be more …
Many aspects of the best makerspaces already exist in school libraries: * Librarians and LMS’s are experts in finding resources and connecting them with kids and teachers who need them. * Libraries are community spaces that offer learning outside classroom …
Principles… Things need not be as they seem! Strong progressive public schools are the bedrock of our democracy. Knowledge is a consequence of experience. Learning is not the direct causal result of having been taught. Young people have a remarkable …
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From kindergarten to second grade, students traditionally make things with playdough, legos and other objects. But somewhere along the way, the maker mindset has been lost in older grades, Libow Martinez said. “It’s easy to blame the focus on tests, …