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My Newest 8-Minute Podcast: "What Are the Basics Every Teacher Should Know Ab... - 0 views

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    "My Newest 8-Minute Podcast: "What Are the Basics Every Teacher Should Know About the Maker Movement?""
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This Looks Interesting, Though I Have Some Concerns: Angela Duckworth Creates... - 0 views

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    grit and character lab... soft skills - might be worth a look.
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ISSUU - UKED Magazine Mar 2014 by UKedchat - 0 views

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    3D printing
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10 Risks Every Teacher Should Take With Their Class - A.J. Juliani - 0 views

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    "Here's some of the favorite ways I see my teachers and students taking risks, and ways anyone can do the same with their class."
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Learning & Leading Through Technology - May 2014 - Page 12-13 - 0 views

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    The Maker Movement article - pg. 13
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Learning & Leading Through Technology - March/April 2014 - Page 46-47 - 0 views

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    What if every kid could learn through tinkering? Article pg 49
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Students Explain Engaging Assignments - 0 views

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    "what students say is the best assignment they have had this year. "
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How To Build A Smartphone Microscope Stand for $10 | IFLScience - 0 views

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    "For only $10, basic supplies from a hardware store can be turned into microscope stand for a smart phone capable of reaching up to 175x magnification."
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For Students, the Importance of Doing Work That Matters | MindShift - 1 views

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    ""Work that matters" has significance beyond classroom walls; it's work that is created for an authentic audience who might  enjoy it or benefit from it even in a small way. It's work that isn't simply passed to the teacher for a grade, or shared with peers for review. It's work that potentially makes a difference in the world."
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HOUSTON MAKERSPACE - 0 views

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    Enjoyed the meetup @htxmakerspace! Spreading the word about you! http://t.co/aBe4pfv1l8 #RaidersShare #etrainers #maker #edchat #grassroots
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Thinking Skills for Students - EdTechReview™ (ETR) - 0 views

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    "Thinking Skills is a critical element in developing students' independence. Course costs $35 In this course you will learn six thinking skills to unlock your students' creativity and problem-solving skills to make them successful, independent learners. The course includes video materials and downloadable Word documents for your use."
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Design Thinking: Tools to help make thinking visible \ The Lab - 1 views

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    "Design thinking is not rocket science, but when a school is trying to bring a concerted approach to thinking differently, it helps for people to have a common set of tools and language on which to pull or things can appear complicated quite quickly."
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Why Is Innovation So Hard? - 1 views

  • Our educational system and most work environments have taught us that good performance means avoiding failure, not making mistakes. This is a big problem, because failure is an unavoidable part of innovation experimentation
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      This is why it is so important to for learners to document their work/understand and see the shifts in their learning - to see that out of failure grows success!
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"Spec"-tacular: Going Beyond the Rubric (The Makes, the TIONS, the Promises) - 0 views

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    Awesome Amy Burval - So jealous I didn't get to meet her in Boston - seems like a great person to know and follow!
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Left Bank Learning: When "Work Time" Becomes "Studio Time" | Edutopia - 2 views

  • In my class, for example, we use blogging, a G+ community, Twitter with a class hashtag for backchanneling and Questions of the Week, Diigo for social bookmarking and collaborative annotation, and the entire suite of Google Apps for Education.
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      YEAH! I LOVE the fact that she doesn't try to keep the outcomes (probably not the correct word choice) of learning "contained" in a single LMS. This is a point of discussion for me when we try to promote single "containers" for learners...
  • Offer a Creative Toolbox Consider having a brainstorm wall of apps and tools useful for creating films, editing photos, etc. My students help curate this, and even include inspiring artists to follow on Instagram and Vine. They simply write the name on a Post-it and affix it to a giant white poster. I have a G+ community and a Diigo folder for all my "creativity" resources, many of which are tools I happen upon online but don't have the time to try out. If students test them, they can write reviews.
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  • I've written more about the concept of "universal" design specs in my blog.
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    This article SCREAMS at me! I love it and the Specs within. Definitely worth a close read and think!
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Moving at the Speed of Creativity | Michael Wesch on Seymour Papert and Constructionism - 1 views

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    "If you're not familiar with the learning theory of "constructionism" advanced principally by Seymour Papert and now at the heart of the modern-day "maker movement," the following video clip from Michael Wesch can help."
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