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Author: Lucie deLaBruere

North Country Flexible Pathways
Flexible Pathways 

North Country Flexible Pathways

January 27, 2021 Lucie deLaBruere 0 Comments

The fifteen year old boy slowly hobbled from the parking lot to the school’s main office, stopping to adjust his

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3D printing at Williston school
Makerspaces 

Use your makerspace for instructional shifts this year

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 Lucie deLaBruere 0 Comments instructional shifts, Universal Design for Learning

It’s that time of year again! Time for New Year’s resolutions! Could you use a little boost as we kick

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Vermont students use codable robots during the #HourofCode
News 

Codable robots for storytelling

December 11, 2019April 29, 2022 Lucie deLaBruere 0 Comments Hour of Code, robotics, Shaftsbury Elementary School

Although digital tutorials and online coding platforms are great tools, adding physical objects to the mix brings a new dimension

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Makerspaces 

How making supports integrative and informed thinking

October 9, 2017October 22, 2019 Lucie deLaBruere 1 Comment Proctor Elementary School

Makerspace learning at Proctor Elementary In this final post of our series on how maker-centered learning can help students develop

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Service Learning Transferable Skills 

How making supports service learning

October 6, 2017June 18, 2018 Lucie deLaBruere 0 Comments Grand Isle School

Responsible and involved citizenship in Grand Isle We’re looking at how maker-centered learning and makerspace activities can help support students

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Transferable Skills 

Maker-centered learning and transferable skills:

October 5, 2017June 18, 2018 Lucie deLaBruere 2 Comments Malletts Bay School

Making as evidence of problem-solving It’s quite easy to see how making often takes students on new journeys, where their

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Transferable Skills 

Making as evidence of self-direction

October 4, 2017June 18, 2018 Lucie deLaBruere 0 Comments Makerspaces, Makey Makey, North Country Union Junior High School

The Maker Movement & Transferable Skills, Part 2 We’re looking at how maker-centered learning provides opportunities for students to develop

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Transferable Skills 

The Maker Movement and transferable skills

October 3, 2017June 18, 2018 Lucie deLaBruere 1 Comment Crossett Brook Middle School, makerspace, Shelburne Community School, West Rutland School

Making as evidence of transferable skills around Vermont During the past year, EMMA has visited schools around Vermont to fuel

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Uncategorized 

Beyond Bling: how do we deepen Makerspace learning?

June 3, 2015June 3, 2015 Lucie deLaBruere 13 Comments equity, Makerspaces, STEM

How do we move all new learners to the deep end of the pool? As I walked through an innovation

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