Sylvia Libow Martinez's Blog, page 2
November 17, 2019
Leveraging Emerging Trends to Produce Future-Ready Students (webinar)
A Q&A with FETC presenter Sylvia Martinez Originally appeared in District Administration magazine online In this brief Q&A, Martinez shared insights on the key emerging trends in schools, thoughts on technologies like AR and AI, and classroom practices that are working best to leverage this tech. Read on for an introduction to some of the …
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August 27, 2019
Engagement is not a goal, it’s an outcome of trust and responsibility
You often hear people talk about how technology is so “engaging” for kids. But that misses the point. It’s not the technology that’s engaging, it’s the opportunity to use technology to create something that is valued by the community and by yourself. Yes, a new device can be entertaining for a while, but when the …
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August 1, 2019
Podcast: Depth & Light. Past, present, and future of maker movement in education
I sat down with JD Pirtle for a chat about making in education. First, we discussed the origin and current state of the maker movement in schools. We talked through a variety of pedagogical issues educators face when teaching with technology, including approaches to three of the biggest: time, space, and assessment. Listen to more …
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July 27, 2019
Podcast: creativity, making, and design in schools
The folks at Soundtrap interviewed me at ISTE 2019 for a “Best of ISTE” podcast about creativity, making, and design in schools. Podcast at Spotify
May 28, 2019
Spanish translation of Invent to Learn now available in Spanish – Inventar para Aprender
I’m very proud to announce that Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom is now available in Spanish. This has always been a dream of ours, and now it’s here! Inventar para Aprender: Guía práctica para instalar la cultura maker en el aula is a beautiful translation from Siglo Venintuino Editores. See the Siglo Veintiuno website …
April 24, 2019
New book – The Art of Digital Fabrication: STEAM Projects for the Makerspace and Art Studio
I’m very proud of the latest publication from Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, The Art of Digital Fabrication: STEAM Projects for the Makerspace and Art Studio by Erin E. Riley. This is an absolutely gorgeous book of projects using 3D printers, laser cutters, vinyl cutters, CNC machines, and other tools found most often in school makerspaces. …
March 20, 2019
Podcast – No Such Thing: Learning in the Digital Age
Recently, I was a guest on the No Such Thing podcast hosted by Marc Lesser. Marc is Chief Learning Officer of MOUSE, a national youth development non-profit. MOUSE designs computer science and STEM curriculum and engages students through the Design League and maker events. MOUSE does similar work to Generation YES, where I was the president for over a …
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March 14, 2019
Invent to Learn to be published in Korean and Chinese
Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom (Second Edition) will be published in simplified Chinese, the language of mainland China. The publisher is Tsinghua University Press Limited (清华大学出版社有限公司), a respected publisher of education, technology, and culture books with deep experience in books and electronic resources from around the world. We look forward …
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March 5, 2019
Spotlight at Envision 2030: The annual CoSN conference
Sylvia Martinez will be a spotlight speaker at ENVISION 2030: LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING – the COSN Annual Conference. April 2, 2019 Portland, Oregon STEAM to the Future: What’s Next in STEAM, Design, and Making 9:15 AM – 9:45 AM: Breakout Room: Atrium Ballroom (Hilton Portland Downtown) Format: Spotlight Session Presenters: Sylvia Martinez, Columbia University FabLearn …
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February 21, 2019
Podcast: Mindstorms – A Maze of Cognitive Turbulence
Mindstorms – A Maze of Cognitive Turbulence is an online book club/conversation on Facebook plus a radio/podcast series about Mindstorms, a seminal book by Seymour Papert about his theory of learning, Constructionism. I’ll be a guest with Gary Stager on the third interview installment, airing live Sunday February 24, 2019 at 8PM EST, 5PM PST. Facebook group Interviews and …
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