Virginia Invent to Learn Workshop Tour
Save the date for four Virginia Invent to Learn workshops coming to you in March 2020 – March 23, 2020: Chesapeake, Goochland, Martinsville, and Herndon.
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Constructing Modern Knowledge 2020
Unfortunately, CMK 2020 is cancelled due to COVID-19. CMK 2021 will be held July 13-18, 2021. Please subscribe to our newsletter for more information. Our 13th year! Educators gather from around the world to create amazing projects Are you ready …
Invent to Learn Workshop – Jacksonville FL: Making, Coding, and Physical Computing Across the Curriculum
Jacksonville, FL Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez will lead a one-day introduction to the latest coding and physical computing devices available for students. Focusing on the BBC micro:bit, we will explore and use a variety of programming environments, boards, and accessories. …
Tagged with: coding, Florida, Hummingbird Bit robotics kit, invent to learn, maker workshops, makered, PD, physical computing, programming, STEAM, STEM, workshop
Invent to Learn Workshop Fort Lauderdale: Making, Coding, and Physical Computing Across the Curriculum
Fort Lauderdale Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez will lead a one-day introduction to the latest coding and physical computing devices available for students. Focusing on the BBC micro:bit, we will explore and use a variety of programming environments, boards, and accessories. …
FETC 2020
Sylvia Martinez will be a featured speaker at FETC 2020 in Miami, Florida. Wednesday January 15, 2020 W151$ | Disruptive Lenses for School Leaders: Making, Agile Development, Design Thinking Room: Lincoln Road C Wednesday, January 15, 2020: 8:00 AM – …
Funding Opportunity for CMK – Deadline January 30th!
We have learned a few lessons from thirteen years of running Constructing Modern Knowledge. Empowered educators, empower children. Educators are capable, competent, and creative. Modern knowledge construction is impossible without access to traditional materials, books, tools, supplies, andcutting-edge technology. Educators profit …
Funding Opportunity for CMK – Deadline January 30th! Read more »
Tagged with: Alfie Kohn, Constructing Modern Knowledge, constructionism, creativity, edtech, funding, grants, Lenore Skenazy, maker movement, pbl, PD, school reform, STEAM, STEM
Program your Own Gameboy!
In 1971, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon authored a prescient paper, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer. The ways in which my friends suggested using computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self expression remain sadly elusive in too …
Fiera Didacta 2019 (Florence, Italy)
Sylvia Martinez will keynote Didacta, in Florence, Italy on October 11, 2019 From the 9th to the 11th October 2019, the second edition of Fair Didacta Italy, the most important education trade fair will take place in Florence. Fair Didacta Italy aims to …
Invent to Learn Workshop – Southern California
Full-day hands-on workshop with Sylvia Martinezco-author of Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom November 7, 2019Hosted by Viewpoint School Make & learn in this cutting-edge workshop! Join colleagues for a day of hard fun, creativity, and problem solving—where computing meets tinkering, design, and the best practices …
Hello World Magazine’s Review of The Art of Digital Fabrication
Hello World magazine recently reviewed Erin Riley’s fantastic new book, The Art of Digital Fabrication: STEAM Projects for the Makerspace and Art Studio, published by CMK Press. Read the review here.
Tagged with: 3D printing, Art, art education, art studio, design, Erin Riley, laser cutters, STEAM, STEM