6 Fun Ways Kids Can Join the Maker Movement

If Disney Princesses Were Engineers… – A Hedy Journey We have, through the power of the internet, found out what it would be like if Disney Princesses were mothers, minions and even velociraptors. But, the most important question has yet to be answered, until now… What if Disney Princesses were engineers? Ariel (from The Little Mermaid) the Biomedical Engineer – after her experiences losing her tail and gaining painful new legs, Ariel developed a sympathy for prosthetics users and went on to be a Biomedical Engineer, working with robotics for amputees. Aurora (from Sleeping Beauty) the Chemical Engineer – after her experience with the effects of poisoned spinning needles on the body, Aurora developed an interest in Chemistry and went on to study Chemical Engineering. Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) the Computer Systems Engineer – Belle became curious about wireless communications technologies after trying to understand how the Beast’s magic mirror worked. And they all lived happily ever after… with rewarding careers in engineering!

School Libraries and Makerspaces: Can They Coexist? More and more schools are coming to value maker education and exploring ways to create makerspaces in their schools. Many schools are discussing how they might utilize their library to facilitate this. As my school has increased our commitment to constructionist learning and maker education over the last few years, we have done so in close collaboration with our school library. In exploring the relationship between the school library and school makerspace, it's not difficult to see why conversations about the growth of makerspaces are often tied to the conversation about the future of libraries. Both makerspaces and libraries are constructivist learning spaces that share a number of common goals, while approaching them in different ways and through very different material resources. Similar Yet Distinct Makerspaces and libraries are sites of informal learning. Libraries and makerspaces are inherently interdisciplinary spaces. Makerspaces and libraries are more than just resource closets.

Pop Out Eggs I wanted to create something for the upcoming easter season. I wanted to use paper, but I also wanted 3D. So after some time contemplating this is what I came up with. - crafting paper of your choice ( I didn't have the pattern I wanted so I had to make that first, will show you how in the next step)- a cardboard cutout in eggshape- an exacto-knife- a pencil- a ruler and a protractor (I hope that is the correct word for it. MAKE STEAM: Giving Maker Education Some Context As an experiential educator who has fully embraced technology as a means for allowing and facilitating learner voice, creativity, innovation, inventiveness, the Maker Education movement fits into my vision about what a good education entails. I have been blogging and presenting about Maker Education – see But recent discussions with other educators and administrators made me realize that the idea of maker education is often vague and seems unrealistic in terms of regular classroom instruction. As such, in the future, I am going to associate and discuss Maker Education in the context S.T.E.A.M. – science, technology, engineering, arts (including language arts), math, hopefully, encouraging regular classroom teachers to integrate maker education projects into their classrooms. What follows are some resources and articles I compiled to provide educators as part of this discussion. Like this: Like Loading...

End of the Rainbow Paper Plate Twirler (Kids Craft) Materials Needed: Paper platePaintBlack and yellow paperScissorsGlue Start by having the kids paint rainbow stripes on the front of a paper plate. Let dry and flip it over to paint the back as well. Blow dryers are great if you’re impatient! Grab a scissors and start at the outside of the plate to cut spirals. Glue on some yellow circles to make the gold…you can add some sparkles too! If you liked this one, check out my other St.

How to Turn Your School Into a Maker Haven One of the best ways for frustrated parents, students and teachers to convince school leaders that it’s time for a reboot is with amazing student work. An unconventional learning community of “makers” — people who like to figure out and fix problems with their hands — stands ready to demonstrate a hands-on learning style in which students engage problems that matter to them, taking agency and displaying creativity along the way. The Maker Movement is slowly infiltrating schools across the country with the help of dedicated educators and inspirational students proving with their creations that they can do incredible things when given a chance. “People are seeing through the eyes and the hands and the screens of children what’s possible, and it’s re-energizing progressive views of education,” said Gary Stager, co-author with Sylvia Libow Martinez of “Invent to Learn,” a book about the Maker Movement. “School is a big system,” Martinez said.

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The Mindset of the Maker Educator: Presentation Materials During Connected Educators’ Month I did a virtual presentation on The Mindset of the Maker Education. The description for this presentation was: Dr. Jackie Gerstein discusses why we are in a perfect storm for maker education and the maker mindset–new skills and roles (many of which you probably already have on your internal desk)–with a self-assessment to help you determine how maker-ready you are, and what you need to do if you want to get there… What follows are the slide deck and some of the graphics-Thinglinks I created around this topic. The Perfect Storm for Maker Education Educator as a Maker Educator Like this: Like Loading...

Tekturowe zabawki - Zwierzaki / Cardboard toys - Animals | Z Kartonu Te projekty powstały jakiś czas temu ale jakoś odłożyłem je na półkę. Teraz powracam do nich i powstają wersje prototypowe. Pierwsza odsłona tekturowych zwierzaków do kolorowania – stóż własne zwierzaki, pomaluj je i baw się razem ze swoim dzieckiem. / Those project have been created last year. I did not work on them, but the time is just perfect for those animals. This are the prototypes of cardboard animal toys – make your own cardboard toys. Linking Literature to Makerspaces Libraries seem to be the space where makerspaces are taking off. The library is a place of engagement, learning, discovery, belonging, community, creativity and innovation. A makerspace is a place of engagement, learning, discovery, belonging, community, creativity and innovation. In schools, the library is the only learning space not limited by curriculum; it is an open learning space, which can be interpreted in many ways, and I suggest that this is why so often makerspaces find their place there. I have written before on makerfaires, resourcing makerspaces and the role of makerspaces in enabling creativity and creation. However recently, I got to thinking about how there is a natural link between this new development in library culture – makerspaces, and one of the original and most seminal aspects of libraries – books. There are several types of ‘maker’ books, and this blog will look at each in turn. The first and most literal interpretation are books that describe how to make things.

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Education Week Published Online: November 3, 2015 Published in Print: November 4, 2015, as Moving Beyond the Hype of the 3-D Printer Commentary By Jennifer Oxman Ryan Makers—in the broadest sense, those who make things—and the maker movement have gone mainstream. Cities and towns across the United States are paying attention, responding to the buzz with maker-related growth and development: Downtowns are outfitting digital workshop spaces, also knowns as "fablabs"; municipal libraries and church spaces are designating space for making; and now schools are getting on board. —Getty But we may be getting ahead of ourselves. To get a read on the media's messaging, my research colleagues and I conducted a broad survey of nearly 200 popular press articles published between 2008 and 2013. "All the educational buzz about the maker movement ... has the potential to trivialize real discussions around how it might impact more traditional models of pedagogy."