Sylvia Libow Martinez's Blog, page 13
August 4, 2015
The Project Approach – a project-based-learning framework
The EKWQ framework was developedby Sylvia Chard, a leading project-based-learning expert and author of The Project Approach. This chart summarizes the EKWQ framework.
EKWQ – Experience, Knowledge, Wonder, and asking QuestionsA Framework to Start the Project Process
EKWQ builds on student experience to generate authentic student interest in a topic, shared knowledge, and practice in exploring the known parts of a topic before tackling the unknowns.
Strategy Teacher’s Role Students E...
June 22, 2015
Girls & STEM: Making It Happen – resources
Resources for my ISTE 2015 presentation:
Girls & STEM: Making it HappenTuesday, June 30, 4:00–5:00 pmSylvia MartinezPCC Ballroom B
July 2, 2015 – Updated with slides!
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Power, Access, Status: The Discourse of Race, Gender, and C...
Girls & STEM – resources
Resources for my ISTE 2015 presentation:
Girls & STEM: Making it HappenTuesday, June 30, 4:00–5:00 pmSylvia MartinezPCC Ballroom B
I’ll post the slides after the session – I tend to change things up to the last minute!
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Power, Access, Status: The Discourse of Race, Gender, and Class in the Maker Movement
June 20, 2015
Making in the classroom is a political stance
When I talk about the maker movement inschools I do talk about tools and spaces, but I try to make the point that it’s about giving agency to kids in a system that most often considers students to be objects of change, rather than agents of change.
One of our reasons for writing the book Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom was to try to create momentum for the return of progressive principles of education, principles that have been yanked away from kids and te...
June 17, 2015
Getting started – should I buy Arduinos for my classroom?
I get asked some variant of “what is the first thing I should buy for my classroom/makerspace?” almost every day! It’s great people are planning for maker-greatness, but there is some confusion out there because Arduinos and 3D printers have become the “go to” purchases for maker classrooms and other learning spaces.
In my opinion, neither of these would be my first choice for a beginning makerspace, especially one on a limited budget.
Today I got the question, “We were going to get some MaKe...
June 16, 2015
Making it real – constructionism comes to life
The 2014/2015 FabLearn Fellows areadiverse group of 18 educators and makers. They represent eight states and five countries, and work with a wide range of ages at schools, museums, universities and non-profits. Throughout the course of the year, they will develop curriculum and resources, as well as contribute to current research projects. Their blogs represent their diverse experience and interests in creating better educational oportunities for all.
I’ve been privileged to mentor this group...
June 8, 2015
Radio show: Movers and Makers
Iwas the first guest on a new web radio show about making in education,calledWMKR, Movers & Makershosted byLaura FlemingandTravis Lape.The topic is the Maker Movement and the show is calledHelping Students Learn with the Head, Heart and Hand.
Future show topics will include:
The Maker Movement
Planning Your Makerspace
Setting Up Your Makerspace
Creating a Maker Culture in Your School
Makerspaces and the Standards
The ‘Expert’ Maker
Makerspaces and the School Library
Makerspace as a Unique Lea...
June 5, 2015
Equity and Diversity in Making – FabLearn 2015
Don’t miss the 5th year of FabLearn – the premier conference on making in education. This year’s theme –“Equity and Diversity in Making”. Come join the conversation– or submit a presentation proposal!
FabLearn 2015 invites submissions for its fifth annual conference, to be held on September 26-27, 2015 at Stanford Univers...
New tools for making, learning, and fun!
Making in education is a current “hot topic” for schools looking to offer students creative, authentic learning experiences.The tools of the maker movement are accelerating into schools at a rapid pace.New coding apps for the iPad, useful plugins that give Chromebooks more capability to interact withphysical computing tools like Arduino, and fun robots likeSpheroare practical, affordable, and useful for many different subject areas. Plus, new inventions are arriving everyday that make connect...
May 28, 2015
Libraries – the perfect makerspace
Many aspects of the best makerspaces already exist in school and community libraries:
Librarians and LMS’s are experts in finding resources and connecting them with kids and teachers who need them. Libraries are community spaces that offer learning outside classroom structures and time limitations Libraries model cross-grade, cross-curricular experiences Libraries often incorporate student-led and mentoring experiencesLibraries are about making meaning and making sense of the world, which...
