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February 5, 2019
Makey Makey Engineers Week Webinar
February 12, 2019 (in honor of Engineers Week), I’ll be the guest on a fun, informal webinar with the Makey Makey team! The Makey Makey is one of my favorite tools for physical computing. It’s versatile, easy to use, and you’ll never run out of ideas! There is a reason that the Makey Makey is …
January 31, 2019
Interview – What’s new in STEM & STEAM
Here’s a short interview I did with the EduTechGuys at FETC 2019 about new opportunities, tools, and resources in STEM and STEAM for K-12 schools. New fabrication devices, new micro controllers, bio-hacking, and more are making it ever more important to refresh STEM curriculum! Link if the above embedded player doesn’t work.
January 21, 2019
ISTE 2019 Sessions
ISTE 2019 will be June 23-26, 2019 in Philadelphia. Hope to see you there! Accepted proposals The case for creativity and design in STEAM Scheduled: Sunday, June 23, 1:30–2:30 pm EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) Building/Room: Available in May STEAM to the Future: What’s Next in STEAM, Design, and Making Scheduled: Monday, June 24, 1:30–2:30 pm …
January 15, 2019
Podcast: What’s the connection between learning and tinkering?
I had the pleasure of being a guest on the EdTech Bites Podcast with Gabriel Carrillo. We had a great conversation about learning, tinkering, “real work,” and other topics. This podcast is part of a series of podcasts leading up to FETC in Orlando Florida in January 2019. Gabriel is having a contest for his …
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January 10, 2019
New! Second Edition of Invent to Learn Released
We are excited to announce that a newly revised and expanded edition of Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom has just been released. It’s been five years since Gary Stager and I published the first edition of Invent to Learn. In that time, schools around the world have embraced making, makerspaces, and …
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November 14, 2018
Korea: Creating Tomorrow’s Talent Today
Our plenary panel – Inae Kang – Kyung Hee University, Sherry Lassiter – Fab Foundation, me, and San Ko – CEO A-TEAM Ventures (and former astronaut!) Recently I was a plenary speaker at the Global HR Forum in Seoul, South Korea. This conference attracted a combination of educators from K-20, press, Human Resource managers, government …
November 12, 2018
Quick Reference Guide to Making and Makerspaces in Education
Buy now! From Sylvia Martinez, co-author of the groundbreaking book Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, comes Making and Makerspaces in Education, a concise yet comprehensive quick-reference tool that draws on lessons from the Maker Movement to help educators create classrooms and schools that offer engaging hands-on, minds-on learning experiences for students in …
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October 15, 2018
FabLearn 2019 – Making Change in the World
FABLEARN 2019 – 8th Annual Conference on Maker Education – Columbia University, New York, March 2019 Call for Submissions – Deadline: December 4, 2018 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FabLearn 2019 – 8th Annual Conference on Maker Education, in cooperation with Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI), invites submissions for its 8th Annual …
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October 14, 2018
Making and ELL: Conversational Confidence
Download full report from this site. In a new study from Drexel University, researchers found that makerspaces help students learning English to feel more confident using their new language skills. Making Culture: A National Study of Education Makerspaces, confirms something I’ve heard anecdotally from educators. Doing interesting things means that students talk about the interesting …
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October 12, 2018
Words matter – gender bias in makerspaces
In a new study from Drexel University, researchers found that makerspace facilitators betray gender bias when talking about their students. Instructors primarily referred to male students as “geeks”, “builders” and “designers” (never “boys”), but most frequently referred to female students as “girls” or even, “helpers”.Making Culture: A National Study of Education Makerspaces Never. They NEVER …
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