38 Maker Movement Terms And Definitions For Teachers
As with any niche, there is jargon that may keep things murky for you. Here are 38 examples of the maker movement language.
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A Beginner’s Guide To Personalized Learning
In this graphic, Mia MacMeekin frames the idea of personalized learning around the who/what/where/why/when series of questions.
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Permanently Disrupting Education. With Smartphones.
How To Disrupt Education With Smartphones. by Terry Heick The concept of disruption is an apt one in our fluid, digital, and almost destructively social world. In response to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s, it’s not surprising to see that trend continue now that technology has caught up with our inherently rebellious…
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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment
21st century assessment design involves using digital tools, collaborating with others, performance tasks, and more.
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How The Activity Learning Theory Works
Students need incremental challenges they can engage with at a social level so the entire community of learners can collaborativelay meaning.
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12 Principles Of Mobile Learning
A mobile learning environment is about access to content, peers, experts, artifacts, credible sources, and thinking on relevant topics.
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The Power Of I Don’t Know
The power of “I don’t know” returns the learning to the student and restores the scale of understanding to a universe of knowledge.
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Should Sandbox Learning Be The Future Of Education?
In sandbox learning, learners directly interact with content, & thus gain more willingness to experiment, understand, and follow curiosity.
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How To Teach With The Concept Attainment Model
Concept Attainment is a ‘backward conceptualizing’ teaching strategy characterized by clarifying concepts by determining ‘conceptual rules.’
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Start Small: A Wendell Berry Commencement Address
“What we need, obviously, is a more intelligent–which is to say, a more accurate–description of the problem.” — Wendell Berry
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What Does Understanding Look Like?
Understanding promotes the spontaneous, personal, and creative application of understanding in dynamic physical and digital environments.
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7 Thinking Habits That Grow Strong Teachers
Like the whole child, whole teachers are a mix of motivations and developmental drives. Here are 7 thinking habits that grow strong teachers.
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5 Characteristics Of Global Learning
5 Characteristics Of Global Learning by Terry Heick Characteristics Of Global Learning: An increasingly globalized society is putting pressure on education to “globalize.” We’ve talked about the definition of global learning before. This quick post is more about the characteristics of that kind of approach to learning. As globalization becomes more and more inevitable, understanding where we’re drifting…
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When School Is Nothing Like The World Students Live In
In 2026, the distinction between formal and informal learning is more crucial than ever.
