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Thieme Hennis

Hack the City at Berlin Fablab & Betahaus - Hackidemia - 18 views

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maker movement workshop ideas reference events diy development creativity hacks hardware 3d printing learning

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  • Thieme Hennis on 02 Apr 13
     
    What to do on a maker-workshop? Here some ideas for organizers. Make music with Makey Makey CNC cut marble track Program with Arduino Illustrate your dreams Build your own microscope and test the Berlin Water Quality A video game about the city's future development Grow roots and wings with Toywheel Furniture design with a laser cutter Dancing drones (a Dronenschwarm through a Web browser program) Robots upcycled A video game about the city's future development Kids have a dream Grow roots and wings with Toywheel
Marc Patton

3 Ways to Reconfigure an Old Computer Lab | EdTech Magazine - 57 views

www.edtechmagazine.com/...s-reconfigure-old-computer-lab

Teaching_Ideas Teacher_Resources

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  • Marc Patton on 28 Jan 13
     
    A fresh coat of paint and new furniture were the easy and obvious fixes when a Bentley team renovated the lab in 2011. More difficult was changing campus perceptions of what would take place inside. Rebranded in fall 2011 as the CIS Learning and Technology Sandbox, the new facility encourages students to learn both in person and online.
Matt Renwick

Designing a Classroom Where Ithaca Students Can Learn Better and Longer - Ithaca Times ... - 41 views

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designing classroom students

shared by Matt Renwick on 26 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Nearly every surface in the model classroom is writeable, including the walls and the desks.
  • When the work on the wall is the kid’s thinking, they then become the teachers.
  • We weren’t built to sit all day.
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  • Think blocks are a manipulative devise that allow kids to build ideas physically,” he said. “It allows students to think about their thinking
  • By changing the structure of the room we can change the behavior of the teachers and the behavior of the kids.
  • In terms of equipping the classroom, it’s not taking additional budget money because we have to periodically replace classroom furniture anyway; we’re just not replacing it with the traditional desks and chairs.
  • We heard deeper discussion about the texts they were working with
dmassicg

Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning? - Education - GOOD - 2 views

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learning education future news review

shared by dmassicg on 27 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Vittra doesn't award traditional grades, either—students are taught in groups according to level—so maximizing diverse teaching and learning situations is a priority. The open nature of the campus and the unusual furniture arrangements reflect the school's philosophy that "children play and learn on the basis of their needs, curiosity, and inclination." That's true for kids all over the world, so let's hope educators in other countries begin to pay attention.
  • dmassicg on 27 Jan 12
     
    Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
Kelsey Vroomunn

The Perfect Workspace (According to Science) - 99U - 42 views

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learning spaces design

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  • making your own decisions about how to organize your workspace has an empowering effect and has been linked with improved productivity
  • simple use of a pin-board to post your own pictures and messages could help you feel that the space is yours
  • furniture that is curved and rounded rather than sharp and straight-edged
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  • sitting in circles provokes a collective mindset
  • blue and green has been shown to enhance performance on tasks that require generating new ideas.
  • red has been linked with superior performance on tasks involving attention to detail.
  • dimmer
  • invest in a green plant or two
  • window with a view
  • “We don’t understand psychologically why putting someone in an impoverished space should work, when it doesn’t work for any other animal on the planet,”
  • Kelsey Vroomunn on 31 Jul 13
     
    Info about workspace design, but with good implications for edu
Rob Kovacs

Getting Attention in the Laptop Classroom - 144 views

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  • 8 different furniture arrangements
  • Rob Kovacs on 13 Oct 10
     
    Arrangement of the physical environment is key to learning. 
Brett Costin

Classroom Architect - 8 views

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classroom design student centred

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  • Miss Miller on 08 Apr 09
     
    Very easy, quick way to design your room arrangement. Able to quickly try several different designs before you start actually moving the furniture in your room
  • Brett Costin on 03 Jan 14
     
    Fun way for students to design classroom.
  • Brett Costin on 03 Jan 14
     
    Fun way for students to design or redesign the classroom.
Roland Gesthuizen

Learning spaces - Technology Architecture and Furniture - Library learning co... - 32 views

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technology eLearning learningspaces facilities

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  • Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Feb 11
     
    Image gallery of learning spaces built by some Australian schools
maureen greenbaum

Edu-Traitor! Confessions of a Prof Who Believes Higher Ed Isn't the Only Goal | HASTAC - 52 views

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education Higher

shared by maureen greenbaum on 09 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • many brilliant, talented young people are dropping out of high school because they see high school as implicilty "college prep" and they cannot imagine anything more dreary than spending four more years bored in a classroom when they could be out actually experiencing and perfecting their skills in the trades, the skills, and the careers that inspire them.
  • The abolishing of art, music, physical education, tech training, and shop from grade schools and high schools means that the requirement for excellence has shrunk more and more right at the time when creativity, imagination, dexterity, adaptability to change, technical know-how, and all the rest require more not less diversity. 
    • Peg Mahon
      Peg Mahon on 10 Aug 11
       
      AMEN!
  • we make education hell for so many kids, we undermine their skills and their knowledge, we underscore their resentment, we emphasize class division and hierarchy, and we shortchange their future and ours,
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  • There are so many viable and important and skilled professions that cannot be outsourced to either an exploitative Third World sweat shop or to a computer, that require face-to-face presence, and a bucketload of skills--but that  do not require a college education:  the full range of IT workers, web designers, body workers (ie deep tissue massage), yoga and pilates instructors, fitness educators, DJ's, hair dressers, retail workers, food industry professionals, entertainers,  entertainment industry professionals, construction workers, dancers, artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, landscapers, nanny's, elder-care professionals, nurses's aids, dog trainers, cosmetologists, athletes, sales people, fashion designers, novelists, poets, furniture makers, book keepers, sound engineers, inn keepers, wedding planners, stylists, photographers, auto mechanics, and on and on.  
  • maureen greenbaum on 09 Aug 11
     
    Cathy Davidson
  • Carol Ansel on 09 Aug 11
     
    In general, I agree. However, novelists and poets don't need college?? And perhaps less so to artists and musicians? Perhaps... but what better way to learn the history and analysis of their Art, in order to place their own work in context?
  • Peg Mahon on 10 Aug 11
     
    I could not agree more with you Maureen. As a long time middle school teacher in Oakland and Mpls I am thoroughly convinced that our nation and our states are nuts to have cut all of the tech and arts classes out of elementary, middle and high schools. EVERY student should learn a trade/skill set in high school. The hs drop out rate is horrifying and no surprise that the crime rate follows. We have a nation of under achieving teens because the adults have not kept up with funding the myriad of opportunities that would capture and harness their interests and creativity. I look forward to reading your book Maureen and to following you on here.
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