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Sylvia Martinez and The Maker Movement: Invent to Learn, Tinker to Teach! #makered #makerspace

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The Maker Movement is here. Invent to Learn by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager  is the definitive book on the Maker Movement in Schools What do 3D printers, Rasberry pi programing units, scrapbooks and woodworking have in common? They are all part of the Maker movement a growing effort to reinvent creativity by letting kids and people create. Libraries are incorporating maker spaces and many people are reading the book  Invent To Learn  by Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager. If you want to know more about this movement, take a listen to Sylvia Martinez (see below on how to listen). We talked about how this method can positively impact our "STEM pipeline" and how we can foster the love of problem solving in many ways in the classroom. We also discussed managing maker spaces in the classroom and the many technologies being used in the maker movement. I learned a lot and highly recommend the book. My thoughts on the book, Invent to Learn Don't think this is ...

How your students can join the #quest2matter and change the world @angelamaiers

The Quest 2 Matter is here!  Listen to my interview with Agnela about the #quest2matter  (Every Classroom Matters on BAM Radio) Think of a Match.com for student ideas to improve the world and the rest of the world. That is the platform that is being built behind Quest 2 Matter. Some incredible opportunities are here for rich student participation.Whether it is on the back end helping manage and run the projects (some of my students are spending time on their summer passion projects volunteering in the movement in social media, judging, etc. Kids really are behind this movement) or submitting their quest. I sat down recently with  +Angela Maiers   (@ angelamaiers) to understand the details about the Quest2Matter and how your students can participate. Watch as your students solve a problem. Help them upload their videos to the Quest 2 Matter website. The best will be selected and curated for an opportunity to mentor and be scaled globally. The Huff Pos...