In 2014 and again in 2015, Gary and I visited the Waag Society Fab Lab in Amsterdam to talk to teachers about making and makerspaces. The Netherlands has been a hotbed of maker activity and it’s been great fun to …
We often receive questions about making with young learners. Many of the tools and technology of the maker movement seem to be for middle and high school students. What is there for our youngest makers? Plenty! Recommended technology LittleBits – A growing …
Join Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez on Connected Learning TV, January 7 at 4PM PST. Maker-Ed: Tinkering, Inventing, Learning This event will kick off CLTV’s Jamuary webinar series, which focuses on maker-educators in schools, libraries, and after-school programs. In January 2016, …
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Sylvia Martinez will keynote, Breaking Through: transforming pedagogy with technology, the 2015 TIES Education Technology Conference in Minneapolis, MN December 12-15. Sylvia will be the keynote Monday morning, December 14, and lead a pre-conference hands on workshop on Sunday, Dec. …
The Rise of Maker Ed from LittleBits and Gettingsmart.com – look, we’re history!
Sylvia Martinez will be the closing keynote at the 2015 annual CETPA conference on December 4, 2015. CETPA is the only association in California focusing on the needs of the IT Professionals working in schools. The conference continues to grow and …
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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 …
Internationaal onderwijscongres Making Shift Happen, the future of learning viert op 6 okt. 2015 zijn 5e verjaardag! In de Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam See English translation (by Google Translate) Technology is van grote invloed op onze samenleving en transformeert deze continu. …
Check out the review of the new book from CMK Press, The Invent To Learn Guide to Fun from the MiddleWeb site! In “The Invent to Learn Guide to Fun” Josh Burker situates the constructivist theories of active learning within …
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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 …
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