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T.J. Edwards

Inventables Blog: Educator Spotlight: Greg Kent on Design Thinking - 0 views

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#mvifishares maker designthinking

shared by T.J. Edwards on 18 May 16 - No Cached
  • The students walked the whole team through Design Thinking by using the process to solve a problem with us. That was a moment of clarity for me. It is like the scientific method for makers!
  • I found  AJ Juliani’s “Launch” framework
  • We need to understand that being creative and solving problems takes time and effort. The agency for the students is in their ability to create the content they want anywhere and anytime, and take it as far as they want.
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  • Do you start with something like the tiles Jeff Solin did with his class? Yes!
T.J. Edwards

Career And Technical Education: Boom Or Bust? : NPR Ed : NPR - 0 views

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School Change #mvifishares maker schoolreform

shared by T.J. Edwards on 18 May 16 - No Cached
  • I wouldn't risk my child's [education], even though I know that learning by doing is more powerful than learning with your head alone in school.
    • T.J. Edwards
      T.J. Edwards on 18 May 16
       
      Huh??!! We have to take some risk to lead transformational change. To say that you are willing to stick with the status quo despite strong evidence that another approach is more powerful is mind boggling to me.
  • Every year, more than 400,000 young people in the top half of their high school class go to college, and eight years later they have not earned either a two- or four-year degree or certificate. So at some point, failure matters. Education reform in pursuit of academic excellence is floundering.
  • T.J. Edwards on 18 May 16
     
    "Education reform in pursuit of academic excellence is floundering"
Jim Tiffin Jr

Project-Based Learning Through a Maker's Lens | Edutopia - 5 views

www.edutopia.org/...h-a-makers-lens-patrick-waters

PBL MakerEd Edutopia Project based learning article #LiquidNetworkSpill

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16 - No Cached
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  • A Maker is an individual who communicates, collaborates, tinkers, fixes, breaks, rebuilds, and constructs projects for the world around him or her.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      A nice list-style definition of a Maker.
  • A Maker, re-cast into a classroom, has a name that we all love: a learner.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      True, but (sadly) the converse is not always the case in some classrooms: A maker may always be a learner, but a learner is not always a maker.
  • A Maker, just like a true learner, values the process of making as much as the product.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Equality of these two ideas, process and product, is a value held by a Maker.
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  • Making, especially to educators and administrators unfamiliar with it, can seem to lack the academic rigor needed for a full-fledged place in an educational ecosystem.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Only in educational settings where content knowledge is deemed the most important indicator of learning.
  • With practice, the students can frame the questions themselves.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Essential when you are trying to develop agency in students.
  • Once completed, the project becomes less of a daily race to fulfill lesson plans and more of a quest to document your students' growing capabilities.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      This reflective documentation process should be something that both teacher AND student are doing. The student point-of-view should be written for the benefit of the student, not the teacher. The teacher should coach this process for the student so that the monitoring of growth is seen as a value for the student. The teacher documentation should also inform the student as to their growth, but the information can be used for more "teacherly" purposes as well, such preparing for future activities or intentional pairings of students in the early phases of the PBL unit.
  • model it yourself first
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Always let your students see you, the teacher, as a learner - first and foremost!
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
     
    The messy, hands-on Maker classroom is perfect for a PBL unit when the teacher is willing to collaborate, tinker, fix, break, and rebuild alongside students. Some fundamental elements to consider in the designing of a Maker-centered project, but not as absolutes. It is important to realize that any project taken on in a Maker-centered classroom is, by definition, a PBL experience.
  • Bo Adams on 28 Apr 16
     
    Fabulous piece about the myriad connection among PBL and Maker. And your commentary is so helpful and provocative. Thank you!
Jim Tiffin Jr

DIY Woodworking Projects and Plans| Ana White - 0 views

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Maker Resource projects catalog woodworking plans Ana White #LiquidNetworkSpill

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 21 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 21 Apr 16
     
    Simple, and incredibly inspirational, projects for the DIY woodworker. A sortable catalog of projects for a variety of skill levels, including ones that kids and novices could do. Many have plans included with them! Perfect for incorporation into maker-centered classrooms at a variety of educational levels.
Meghan Cureton

Empowering Teachers to Empower Young People - A New Game - Medium - 2 views

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#MustRead School Change schoolreform learning idiploma

shared by Meghan Cureton on 14 Mar 16 - No Cached
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  • A person who becomes self-empowered in this way uses her inner powers (her innate capacities) again and again to solve problems — to create opportunities — and to empower others.
  • Being self-empowered — changemaking — requires a sophisticated understanding of the world — an understanding that your wellbeing is inextricably entwined with everyone’s wellbeing. And it means taking responsibility — taking the lead — and collaborating with others to make life better for yourself and family and friends and community and humanity and the planet.
  • Being self-empowered is a way of being. It involves being empathic, thoughtful and creative — being curious, resilient and effective. Becoming self-empowered, then, is a process of finding, using and developing a complex array of changemaking powers.
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  • And for most, the experience of school reflects limited conceptions of the human mind, the human being and human potential.
  • it reinforces compliance and outdated hierarchical power structures.
  • To make these changes, we need pioneering teachers and educators to come together as change leaders — to form collaborative teams — and to execute strategically-focused projects. And to lay the foundations upon which these strategic projects can have massive impact, we need to build a global community of education professionals who are fully committed to self-empowering educators — for self-empowering young people.
Jim Tiffin Jr

The Maker Directory - 1 views

makerdirectory.com

MakerEd FromTwitter professional learning Makerspace resources tools #LiquidNetworkSpill

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 03 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 03 Mar 16
     
    The Maker Directory was developed to help Makers and Makerspaces find the resources they need quickly and catalog them all in one place.
Bo Adams

How One School Integrated Global Citizenship into Maker Education - Independent Ideas Blog - 0 views

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designthinking #MustRead #MVIFIshares maker

shared by Bo Adams on 17 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Bo Adams on 17 Feb 16
     
    An interesting and compelling case study of Austin, TX, grade 7 designers partnering with a school in Nicaragua to fabricate lamps.
Jim Tiffin Jr

MakerCase - Easy Laser Cut Case Design - 0 views

www.makercase.com

Maker Resource laser cutter tool web-based fabrication box SVG case

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 01 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 01 Feb 16
     
    Design a case right on the web, and then download the file in SVG format
Jim Tiffin Jr

Meaningful Making: Projects and Inspirations for FabLabs and Makerspaces | FabLearn Fellows - 0 views

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MakerEd makerspaces ebook FabLab projects learning experiential learning

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 30 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 30 Jan 16
     
    "Project ideas, articles, best practices, and assessment strategies from educators at the forefront of making and experiential education."
Bo Adams

Students Design, Tinker, Create and Discover through Maker-based Learning | NextGen Learning - 1 views

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Maker makered makereducation agency #MustRead badging

shared by Bo Adams on 23 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • The nature of maker-based learning actively engages students, nurtures their agency, improves efficacy, and develops a creator or producer identity instead of a (passive) consumer one.
  • In Thomas’ experience, too many people fail to reflect on WHY they’re choosing certain tools, and HOW those tools will be integrated into the curriculum and culture of school.
  • Bo Adams on 23 Dec 15
     
    Sometimes the impetus for making is a practical problem. Other times, play, curiosity and imagination are the motivators. Regardless, researchers from Harvard's Project Zero agree, "maker experiences help students learn to pursue their own passions and become self-directed learners, proactively seeking out knowledge and resources on their own" (Agency by Design, p. 3). HT Parker Thomas
Bo Adams

Cleveland's Thinkbox Is a Big Bet on University Makerspaces | Make: - 0 views

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Maker makerspace makered

shared by Bo Adams on 09 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Bo Adams on 09 Nov 15
     
    HT @EricJuli
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