MakerSpace: Fad or Future?
MakerSpace: Fad or Future? This is the title of the course I just completed. This was also the question posed to us on the first day...
Fear
This image, from John Spencer sums up a lot of teacher's fears when getting kids to be makers. Some of these things are scarier than...
Tinkercad
It was not that long ago that I assumed 3D printing was out of reach for both myself and students, maybe even last week. Today I was...
Geeking Out
In his book Launch, John Spencer and A.J. Juliani describe the research phase of the Launch cycle as "Geeking Out". Learning about a new...
The 6 C's Continued
My school division has been part of the initiative for The New Learning Pedagogy for Deeper Learning. Part of this has included the...
What Makes a Good Project
There is a lot of buzz around words like project-based learning and inquiry. These can be amazing ways for students to learn, but they...
I'm not an expert... and that's okay
Coding seems to be the buzz word in education these days. Whether or not your kids are coding or not seems to determine your worth and...
