Join colleagues for an Invent to Learn workshop, a full day of hard fun, creativity, and problem solving—where computing meets tinkering, design, and the best practices in education. Click here for more details, registration links, and directions. Lunch and continental breakfast …
In this 2-day intensive workshop, you’ll deepen your understanding around why learner agency has become such an important focus for classrooms, why school cultures are shifting to provide more freedom for students and teachers to take ownership of their learning, and practical ways to use technology throughout the school experience to amplify the construction of knowledge and shared learning. And, you’ll have personal, hands on opportunities to experience what learner agency looks like in practice.
In this 2-day intensive workshop, you’ll deepen your understanding around why learner agency has become such an important focus for classrooms, why school cultures are shifting to provide more freedom for students and teachers to take ownership of their learning, and practical ways to use technology throughout the school experience to amplify the construction of knowledge and shared learning. And, you’ll have personal, hands on opportunities to experience what learner agency looks like in practice.
Following speaking at the prestigious WISE Conference in Qatar (November 2017), Gary Stager delivered a keynote address on learning-by making at a conference held at The American University in Cairo. The video is finally available.
In May 2018, Gary Stager sat down with Change.School founders, Bruce Dixon and Will Richardson for their Modern Learners Podcast, to discuss learning, teaching, school improvement, and a host of other provocative topics. The title of the podcast is “The …
The Lost Art of Teaching with Gary Stager (podcast) Read more »
Sylvia will be the welcome keynote for the Union School District “Future Ready Summit” on making in education, STEAM, and PBL.
Dr. Stager will be presenting CS4All – Cutting through the opportunities, challenges, and confusion at the 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire. 5:00 PM on May 21st on the Education Stage.
Teaching the Future Today: Making, Invention, and Learning Sylvia Martinez, Director, Invent To Learn Thursday January 14, 2016 12 – 12:40PM Focus Area: Emerging Technologies and Maker Tools Featured Session OCCC – South 330 GH Girls and STEM: Making It Happen Sylvia …
by Sylvia Martinez When I talk about the maker movement in schools I do talk about tools and spaces, but I try to make the point that it’s about giving agency to kids in a system that most often considers students …
Why Making in the Classroom is a Political Stance Read more »
Gary is leading an Extreme Engineering Camp for 1st – 8th graders at The Willows Community School. Join The Willows’ own Dr. Gary Stager for a week of exciting engineering adventures! Build your own personal (Raspberry Pi) computer to take home, invent …