Very cool: offline campus focused on open online education and DIY learning principles.
"What We Do
The idea is simple. Online and DIY learners unite at a beautiful mountain resort to live an extraordinary lifestyle in a dynamic community of smart and motivated people."
I love this site. This site provides a safe online space for children to upload their art, craft and design creations to share with the whole world. For teachers, it is a great place to find inspiration for your own class projects.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Art%2C+Craft+%26+Design
The DIY online club awards badges (called 'Skills' on the site) to students and kids of all ages in exchange for completing tasks. DIY Makers share their work with the community and get patches for the Skills they earn. Each Skill consists of a set of Challenges that help them learn techniques to get the hang of it. Once a Maker completes a Challenge, they add photos and video to their Portfolio to show what they did.
We have assembled a wide array of PBL-related resources created by BIE and collected from fellow PBL travelers. The resources are organized into three broad categories: things to read, to watch, or to interact with.
If you would like to take a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approach to learning about PBL, then check out the recommend resources for teachers, coaches, principals, and district leaders. The featured resources have a note on "How Can You Use It?" We also suggest starting your DIY experience by purchasing one of BIE's books.
There are a range of activities/workshops here:
http://balancedtech.wikispaces.com/Professional+Development
I'd recommend iPad Exploration, Apps Taskonomy & WIKId Wide Walls to start with.
a site that allows kids to upload photos of their projects and share it with their friends, family, and the public. The site was developed for student use and is safe and secure, without any personal avatar photos needed. The information is linked to a teachers or parents email. students can upload videos of the projects they have or are making to in order to demonstrate how you can recreate the project. It is a free site and can be used with any ages. Click on the links in the blog to go to the signup page.
DIY Lesson plans and materials for K12 and above. Very cool platform. Example project:
USE MAKEY MAKEY TO DESIGN A VIDEOGAME CONTROLLER
Students design and make controllers with clay, Play-Doh, bananas, or whatever they desire and link their controller through circuits to their laptop with this innovative circuit board kit.
GRADE LEVEL: 4-9
Created by
Agustin Molfino
Curriculum Writer
PLATFORM TYPE LIKE SHARE
Certainly there is the entertainment element to this service, however I also see a great deal of potential for educational value as well. The Common Craft Show has shown us that hand-drawn explanations – completely devoid of a single on-screen pixel – can be used to effectively explain social media concepts. I think GoAnimate could do much the same.
I’m hoping that there will be a way to download the cartoons you create, and/or upload them to your YouTube account – because I prefer to keep all my digital media stored more or less in the same place.
If you'd rather spend your hard earned money on actual projection and sound hardware rather than a screen, check out this tutorial for turning Tyvek into an on-the-cheap projection screen.
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