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October 10, 2018
Meet me at FETC 2019!
I hope to see old friends and new at FETC 2019 in Orlando, January 27-30, 2019. I’ll be talking STEM/STEAM, Creativity, Making and Makerspaces, PBL for Making, What’s New/What’s Next for STEAM, and more. DateTimeTitleRoomVenue01/29/201910:00 AM – 11:00 AMC023 – C023 | The STEAM-Powered Classroom: Making, Design, and Creativity Speakers:Sylvia Martinez, Lead Presenter NORTH 220F Orange County Convention …
October 8, 2018
The Case for Creativity in STEAM
Creativity on display at FabLearn NL 2018 Creativity is not just being artistic or having new ideas. As many schools are working to incorporate STEM and STEAM into the classroom, design and creativity are the key to real and relevant experiences in the classroom. Adding more and different technology to the classroom toolkit invites students …
September 4, 2018
Soldering – it’s not scary!
Soldering is a way to join electronic components by melting metal to join the parts, so that when it cools, your parts are strongly connected—both electronically and physically. Soldering is sometimes avoided in school makerspaces because it seems too technical or perhaps unsafe. But soldering is a way to continue an iterative process of building …
August 31, 2018
CMK18 reflection – building intentionality
It’s been a month since we wrapped up the 11th annual Constructing Modern Knowledge. I hope to offer other posts about the experience, but this is one short thought. Often people say things like “Oh, you just put out a lot of fun stuff and play. That’s not the way school really works. How does …
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August 30, 2018
Constructionism, the gift that keeps on giving
I’ve just returned from Lithuania where I attended and spoke at the Constructionism 2018 conference. Constructionism is a term that Seymour Papert used to describe how learning happens. It extends the Piagetian idea that knowledge is constructed inside the head of the learner, building on the existing knowledge and unique experiences of each learner. Papert added …
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July 26, 2018
Creativity and making
What is the connection between creativity and making? Is all “making” creative? Is creativity expressed solely through these types of experiences? Do maker experiences give kids the chance to be creative and a structure to be creative within? Are we just parsing words? I don’t want to spend time with dictionary definitions, suffice it to …
April 27, 2018
ISTE sessions – Chicago in June
I’ll be speaking at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) June 24-27, 2018. STEAM to the Future: 50 Years in 50 Minutes Tuesday, June 26, 10:15–11:15 am Location: Available in May Let’s time travel 50 years forward to see what science, technology, engineering and math will be like, and the prominent role that …
April 23, 2018
Video – Maker Movement in Education: Keynote from INTED
This video is a keynote from the INTED conference in Valencia Spain on the topic of “A Global Revolution Goes to School: The Maker Movement” This 30 minute keynote covers why the maker movement is something schools should pay attention to, and how to get started using the maker mindset and tools to revolutionize all subjects. …
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April 4, 2018
Swift – do you learn to program by solving logic puzzles?
I spent some time working through the first bunch of “coding” tutorials in Swift Playground from Apple. It’s slow, wordy, and arbitrary about how it introduces concepts. Just one example – the tutorial lets you turn left, but not right, because it wants you to make a “right turn” function out of three left turns. That’s …
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April 3, 2018
Video – Design & Innovation in Schools Keynote (TECH 2017)
I keynoted the TECH 2017 UNESCO Conference in Visakhapatnam, India in December 2017. At this interesting conference, they had 15 minute keynotes, then a response panel and audience questions for maximum interactivity. They asked me to be as provocative as possible. This is a video of just my 15 minute keynote. Sylvia Martinez keynote Design …
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