Tag: Maker Education

My colleague and I took a constructionist approach to teaching. Our students tinkered, failed, learned, and created. Here’s how we did it.

Even as apps have fallen in favor, mobility is the new standard. Information, communication, search, and identity—mobility matters in the modern world.

A Game To Help Students Understand The Maker Learning Process by Dr. Jackie Gerstein My background is in experiential education. One of the strategies used in experiential education is debriefing ...

23 Maker Learning Reflection Questions For Thoughtful Students by Dr. Jackie Gerstein & TeachThought Staff To learn from Jackie Gerstein and help begin or improve maker education in your school or classroom, contact TeachThought Professional ...

Examples of disruption in education range from the cost of college to adaptive learning technology--and much of it likely affects your classroom.

50 Animation Tools & Resources For Digital Learners by Lisa Chesser, opencolleges.edu.au A purple monster with wild curls spiraling out of control explains the economics of oil production in the ...

The Language Of The Maker Movement: 38 Terms For Teachers As the maker movement in culture moves from MacGyver jokes and what Noah did when Allie left him in The ...

The Power Of I Don't Know by Terry Heick At TeachThought, nothing interests us more than students—as human beings. What they know, might know, should know, and do with what ...

10 Team-Building Games For A Friendlier Classroom by TeachThought Staff 10 Team-Building Games for a Friendlier Classroom is a fantastic resource for developing relationships and a positive tone in the ...

How To Respond When Students Say 'I Can’t Do This' by Jackie Gerstein, usergeneratededucation For professional development around growth mindset, contact TeachThought Professional Development to bring Jackie Gerstein and other TeachThought professionals to ...

National Science Foundation Kicks Off 3rd Annual STEM For All Online Video Showcase by TeachThought Staff On Monday, May 15, the National Science Foundation (NSF) kicks off its third annual ...

How The SAMR Model Can Be Used A Framework For Education 3.0 by Dr. Jackie Gerstein Bring Dr. Gerstein to your school or district for professional development on the SAMR model, ...

This model requires dissecting the making process to analyze what worked and didn’t work which, in turn, will inform future makes.

MinecraftEdu: The Craft Of Digital Citizens by TeachThought Staff Originally released in 2011, Minecraft quickly found a place in classrooms around the world. It was dead simple to use--at its ...

Cool! A Card Game To Personalize Via Maker Learning! by Jackie Gerstein For specific training and professional development around technology integration, contact TeachThought Professional Development to bring Jackie Gerstein and ...

5 Reasons 3D Printing Is On Its Way To Your Classroom contributed by George Velez, Dremel 3D Printers The makerspace is not a new concept. But as educators embrace “making,” students ...

How About A Star Trek 3D Printing Challenge For K-12 Students? by TeachThought Staff MakerBot teams up with Future Engineers to Support The Star TrekTM Replicator Challenge for K-12 Students ...

Thingiverse: Discover, Make, And Share 3D Printer Designs by TeachThought Staff From a press release BROOKLYN, N.Y., October 29, 2015 — MakerBot Thingiverse, the world’s largest 3D design community, reached ...