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Makerspaces

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Setting behavioral expectations in a makerspace

October 1, 2018October 2, 2018 Erica Zimmer 0 Comments Google Docs, Makerspaces, padlet, Proctor Elementary School

  2 ways to bring in transferable skills Makerspaces are amazing. They’re a big carnival of lights and sounds and

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STEAM at Ottauquechee
Project-Based Learning Stories from VT Students 

How to build up STEAM

June 6, 2018April 29, 2022 Katy Farber 0 Comments flipgrid, Makerspaces, Ottauquechee School, proficiency-based learning, self-directed learning, transferable skills

Making time for making at Ottauquechee STEAM — Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics — gives students the opportunity to

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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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makerspaces and project-based learning
Project-Based Learning 

4 ideas for using a makerspace to support PBL

May 5, 2017November 30, 2018 Katy Farber 0 Comments makerspace, Makerspaces, Proctor Elementary School

How do project-based learning and makerspaces fit together? Making and PBL may look like two completely different educational movements, but in

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Science Saturdays 

Making even more of “Beyond Bling”

June 13, 2015April 19, 2018 Mark W. Olofson 2 Comments #ScienceSaturdays, constructivism, Makerspaces, STEM

A couple of weeks ago, Lucie deLaBruere of Learning with Lucie shared a post considering how we can embrace the

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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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