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Makerspace Playbook
Source: Makerspace website, date indeterminate The Makerspace Playbook guides those who are hoping to start a Makerspace at their school or in their community. We welcome your feedback on the kinds of...
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Next-Gen Learning Challenges Grants
Source: Next Generation Learning Challenges website, Mar 2013 Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) for two types of grants – Launch Grants and Planning...
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Failure Is What You Make Of It
Source: EdSurge, Apr 2013 … embrace epic failure. … once you learn that failure is a friend, you become much more willing to push boundaries – which is what “making” is about. … a lot of kids simply...
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Rapiro – a cute robot with Pi
Source: Kickstarter, Jun 2013 RAPIRO is a cute and affordable robot kit designed to work with a Raspberry Pi. It comes with a Arduino-compatible servo controller.
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DARPA Supports the Maker Movement
Source: Make Magazine, Jan 2012 The new Makerspace program, developed by Dale Dougherty of MAKE and Dr. Saul Griffith of Otherlab, will integrate online tools for design and collaboration with low-cost...
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Students: Creators, not just Consumers of Information
Source: KQED Mindshift, Oct 2013 “Our students have been often rendered as consumers of information, rather than collaborators and creators of information,” said Yong Zhao, director of the Institute...
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Research Driven Education Trends
Source: KQED Mindshift, Oct 2013 BRAIN-BASED TEACHING Many educators are using researchers’ insights into how children best learn to inform their teaching practices. Stanford professor Carol Dweck’s...
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