Learn to solder badge. Also a learn to use Kicad and PCB fab houses experience. Attach RGB LED and CR2032 holder and you're away!
Maker Education Takes Lots of Forms - created at http://animoto.com
This week on WELSTech Rachel Pierson and Perry Lund join the conversation to talk about the ISTE conference and what’s new in educational technology. Teachers, prepare for the new school year with information that might shape how you use technology and how it might help your students learn. Plus, listen for the winners in the year-long WELSTech Photo Challenge! http://welstech.wels.net/2016/08/02/456-iste-afterglow/
By: Todd Burleson. An elementary school librarian shares tips that helped him transform a traditional library into an ‘IDEA Lab’ in only four months.
At the White House Maker Faire recently, where President Obama invited “makers” of all ages to display their creations, the President investigated a robotic giraffe, a red weather balloon and shot a marshmallow cannon made by a student. With so much fanfare and media attention on the event, some educators are hopeful that the idea of tinkering as a way of learning might finally have made it back to the mainstream. But will the same philosophy of discovery and hands-on learning make it into classrooms? “Most of the people that I know who got into science and technology benefited from a set of informal experiences before they had much formal training,” said Dale Dougherty, editor of Make Magazine and founder of Maker Faire on KQED’s Forum program. “And I mean, like building rockets in the backyard, tinkering, playing with things. And that created the interest and motivation to pursue science.” That spirit of play and discovery of knowledge is missing from much of formal education, Dougherty said. Students not only have no experience with making or the tools needed to build things, they’re often at a tactile deficit. “Schools haven’t changed, but the students have,” Dougherty said. “They don’t come with these experiences.” | Into the Driver's Seat
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Edison is a robust educational robot designed to bring coding to life for students and help teachers deliver meaningful 21st century education.
Thinking about adding makerspace learning, but not sure how to start? I'm sharing my ideas for using makerspace in the special education resource room!
Science lessons, STEM and FOSS activities, Google Interactive Science Engagement all at the Science School Yard...let's make science child's play.
In terms of MakerEd, teachers can utilize many different library supplies, including some new ones, to create great learning experiences.
Accelerating Innovation in Education
Tinkering is about playing, exploring, experimenting and setting imaginations on fire! Build a tinker space and ignite a passion for learning.
Other programs may focus on building robots for contests, but our program has boys and girls making robots for the fun of it!
TEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education is becoming increasingly important in today's world, and it's never too early to start getting kids interested in these subjects. One way to do this is by introducing them to fun and engaging books that make STEM topics come alive. Here are some great STEM books for kids that are both educational and entertaining.
Germantown Academy Innovation Lab and Makerspace — 1100 Architects
Interior Design, Autodesk 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop
Free tool Tinkercad makes it a snap for first-timers to create 3D objects for printing.
