Maker Learning PD in COVID Times: A Transformative Campus-wide Shift in School Culture
[…] own crafts. Teachers at FIS have reported the powerful effects of maker learning and are inspired to continue growing, learning and evolving. For more, see: Creating a Makerspace That Works Building a Kinder World: How Maker Education Can Solve Problems and Foster Empathy Maker Learning Network Launches Long-Term Solutions to High-Quality Learning Online Mark […]
The 12 Shifts for Student-Centered Hybrid Environments
[…] what next year will look like, we will need to take a constructivist approach, where learning builds organically, with student questions driving the process. Mark Barnett, a makerspace teacher and consultant, is an expert in this approach, and uses it when building any project with his students. For example, in the Renaissance project, students […]
How Design Thinking Transforms Communities, One Project at a Time
[…] into the ‘development phase’ to be enacted in the real world. The student projects opened the door to a mobile mental health clinic that was actually a makerspace and funspace, an ongoing relationship between a UPR architecture class and the community, a new evacuation map and an agreement with the PRDE to unlock the […]
Difference Making: A Story of Hope and Restoration in Duquesne City School District
[…] media center complete with a student studio. – In Fall 2021, in collaboration with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation and a PA Smart Grant, a new STEM makerspace for 7th and 8th graders was created. – New superintendent, Dr. Sue Mariani, and the leadership team have ensured the community that the right people are […]
Immersive Hybrid College Experiences for Online Learners at ASU Prep Academy
[…] Century skills (as articulated in the ASU Prep Profile of a Learner). The spring term provided four learning experiences which included student-designed original pieces in the HYSA makerspace, an analysis of law and the criminal justice system around a wrongful conviction case, environmental psychology with a bioblitz experience, and communications deep-dive with the ASU […]
#CelebratingProgress Launching Youth Into Tech Careers
[…] network that can help open doors and mentor them once they land the role. It is essential that students are aware of career choices, like engineering and STEM makerspace, that can help them raise their socioeconomic status shared one teacher in a recent ASA case study. Community led efforts like Computer Science Education Week, […]
Educators Leading Educators at TCEA
[…] with live presentations happening every 15 minutes. Attendees could also step inside and take a tour of a fully renovated, 43-foot school bus that has become a makerspace on wheels. It’s a STEAM dream come true. From the welcoming TCEA staff and volunteers to the tremendous educator experience for all learners, next year’s conference […]
Microschools: From Micro Innovation to Serial Disruption
[…] organization that leverages design thinking into their Microschool model, features a studio-based program where learning experiences are personalized by industry experts. To deepen the serial disruptive frame, makerspace labs, electorics labs, and a progressive after-school program with coding experiences are normalized in the academic day. Teachers and students act as co-constructors of the learning […]
Difference Making at the Heart of Giving
This year, we are focusing our gift guide on people, places and things that encourage contribution, giving and supporting local communities.
Seven Takeaways from ISTE 2022
An event like ISTE 2022 can ignite opportunities to find new pathways in education. Rachelle Dené Poth shares her highlights.