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May
16
Building a paperclip computer with modern materials

Building a paperclip computer with modern materials

I recently came across a book published in 1968 entitled “How to Build a Working Digital Computer” by Edward Alcosser,
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Jan
22
Create your own 60s cardboard computer

Create your own 60s cardboard computer

The CARDIAC Instructable presented here is not a computer, it’s a device to help you understand how a computer
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Dec
07
10. Attend a Maker Faire (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning)

10. Attend a Maker Faire (13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning)

Attend a Maker Faire is part 10 of 13 Ways Teachers Can Hack Their Learning. Last year we were in
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Aug
19
Why Making and the Arts Need Each Other to Survive and Thrive in Schools | EdSurge News

Why Making and the Arts Need Each Other to Survive and Thrive in Schools | EdSurge News

When the visual and performing arts, the musical and recording arts, and the theatrical and graphical arts are seen as
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Aug
06
Launching a Makerspace: Lessons Learned From a Transformed School Library

Launching a Makerspace: Lessons Learned From a Transformed School Library

Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their
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Jul
31
Google Photos, Snapchat, and cardboard making - top 3 posts for the week

Google Photos, Snapchat, and cardboard making - top 3 posts for the week

ⓔ Use Google Photos for managing your classroom photos How Google Photos can be used in your classroom. Teen’s Snapchat
Jul
29
Cardboard Challenges: No Tech/Low Cost Maker Education | User Generated Education

Cardboard Challenges: No Tech/Low Cost Maker Education | User Generated Education

I believe in the importance of participating in ongoing and continuous reflective practice as an educator. This is my reflection
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Jul
28
New school initiative backs tech-ready librarians

New school initiative backs tech-ready librarians

Media specialist Samantha Edwards wants noise in her library—and she hears it.Last fall, Edwards, the librarian at Fogelsville
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Jul
25
Why Making Is Essential to Learning

Why Making Is Essential to Learning

At the heart of making is the idea that all students are creators, and hands-on learning plays a key role
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Jul
09
4 Steps to Planning a Successful Makerspace

4 Steps to Planning a Successful Makerspace

Despite all the press makerspaces receive, not all are successful. Oftentimes when schools create makerspaces, excitement builds for the first
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