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    Five Reasons to Gamify Learning in Your Classroom
    By Lindsay Simmons
    In Classroom, Makerspace
    Posted April 15, 2021

    Five Reasons to Gamify Learning in Your Classroom

    What is Gamified Learning?  Gamified instruction uses design components of games and integrates them into classroom learning in some way. Many researchers have placed emphasis on specific [...]

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    Making Connections With Literacy and Maker Education
    By Lindsay Simmons
    In Classroom, Digital, Makerspace, Teacher Talk
    Posted December 7, 2020

    Making Connections With Literacy and Maker Education

    There are many obvious connections between STEM and making, but as Dr. John Spencer writes in one of his blog posts, “Too often, we associate makerspaces with STEM classes. People think about [...]

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    Celebrate, Create, Collaborate!: Guest Post by Chad Sell
    By Chad Sell
    In Classroom, Library, Makerspace, Teacher Talk
    Posted October 19, 2020

    Celebrate, Create, Collaborate!: Guest Post by Chad Sell

    One of the great joys of my first few years as a published author has been visiting schools and talking to kids about my books. I have been energized and inspired by the excitement of my young [...]

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    Ideas on How Maker Education Can Help Teach Identifying Fake News
    By Katy Tessman
    In Books in Bloom, Classroom, Digital, Library, Makerspace, Teacher Talk
    Posted September 10, 2020

    Ideas on How Maker Education Can Help Teach Identifying Fake News

    by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager & Makerspace Specialist Have you ever wondered why so many people believe in “fake news”? One reason for this is cognitive bias, which is [...]

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    Making a Maker Culture While Distance Learning
    By Lindsay Simmons
    In Books in Bloom, Classroom, Makerspace, Teacher Talk
    Posted May 4, 2020

    Making a Maker Culture While Distance Learning

    Maker education is a way of teaching and learning that focuses on giving students hands-on experiences to foster critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, perseverance, and many other [...]

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    A Place for Podcasts in the Classroom
    By Ashley Gamlin
    In Classroom, Digital, Makerspace, Teacher Talk
    Posted February 10, 2020

    A Place for Podcasts in the Classroom

    When I was a teacher, I had a multimedia approach to gathering content for my students. I truly believed in creating learning experiences in different formats to help reach all learners. During [...]

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    Makerspaces A to Z: Junk Food
    By Laura Fleming
    In Digital, Makerspace
    Posted December 23, 2019

    Makerspaces A to Z: Junk Food

    Thanks for checking out my #MakerspacesAtoZ blog series. In case you missed it, you can catch my previous posts here: A:  Aspirational B:  Boring C:  Combinatory D:  Disobedient E:  Enterprising [...]

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    8 Unique Whiteboards to Boost Creativity and Productivity
    By Kristina Holzweiss
    In Library, Library Transformation, Makerspace
    Posted December 18, 2019

    8 Unique Whiteboards to Boost Creativity and Productivity

    I have a confession. Over my 25 years of teaching I’ve developed focusing problems (“Squirrel!). I find myself reading the first few lines of an article, jumping to the end, and then [...]

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