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Two weeks – ICE, then Spain and Italy

I’m heading out for a string of presentations and workshops – hope to see old friends and new! ICE 2018 – Feb 26 (Chicago) I’m part of an “All-Star” lineup of presenters who are participating in the Illinois Computing Educators conference. Instead of one keynote they are bringing back keynotes from previous years to do …

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Sir Ken Robinson + New workshops at FETC + Bonus book signing!

Come see Sir Ken Robinson at the Future of Educational Technology Conference  January 2018 in Orlando, Florida. The fine folks at FETC have supplied a code for you to get a super discount to this conference — 10% off by using the Promo Code MARTINEZ18. I’m a featured speaker with lots of new stuff to …

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See you in Hong Kong at 21CKHK

Sylvia Martinez will keynote and lead workshops at the 10th annual 21CKHK in Hong Kong Jan 17-20 , 2018. Full day workshop (Jan 18) – Learning Learning: Makers, Designers, and Problem Solvers Half-day workshop (Jan 19) – PBL Gets A “Make”-Over: Prompts, Scaffolding, & Assessment For The Modern Classroom Keynote (Jan 19) – Making, Design, and the …

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Global education meets maker education – free webinar

Why is “making” in education taking off globally? It’s because the whole world wants children to become competent and capable citizens. Last week I had the honor and privilege of speaking to a global audience of educators at the eighth annual Global Education Conference, an online conference that supports global collaboration and connected education. The conference is …

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PBL Gets a “Make”over – ISACS Learning Bridge Webinar

The Independent Schools Association of Central States (ISACS) offers Learning Bridge webinars live and recorded for professional development. (Register here) Sylvia will be presenting: PBL Gets a Make-Over: Prompts, Scaffolding & Assessment for the Maker Classroom Presenter: Sylvia Martinez Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (central) Audience: Faculty and Administrators, grades 3-12 Of course …

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Nominations for the inaugural Seymour Papert Memorial Lecture at CrossRoads now open

The inaugural Seymour Papert Memorial Lecture will be held at CrossRoads, Infosys Foundation USA’s annual conference in the SF Bay Area in May 2018. Here a link to the open nomination form for potential keynote speakers: https://infyfoundation.typeform.com/t.... Seymour Papert’s theories and work profoundly impacted how the world sees learning. The Seymour Papert Memorial Lecture celebrates his vision and …

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See you at FETC? January 2018 in Orlando – use this discount code

I’ll be a featured speaker at the Future of Educational Technology Conference this upcoming January in Orlando, Florida. The fine folks at FETC have supplied a code for you to get a super discount to this conference — 10% off by using the Promo Code MARTINEZ18. Plus – register now for early bird savings – …

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STEM: GOOD. Lying to kids: BAD

“When it gets generalized to all of STEM, it’s misleading,” said Mr. Teitelbaum, a senior research associate in the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. “We’re misleading a lot of young people.”  — from “Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t)” NY Times 11/1/17 Here’s the problem with intensively focusing on STEM …

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On the side of kids

The Canadian newspaper Globe and Mail interviewed me for an article about schools and the Maker Movement in Vancouver. The Maker Movement in schools has students learning by doing by Anne Casselman and Paul Attfield really captures the excitement of many different classrooms integrating design, technology, and making. “We want to turn little kids into little …

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Ten Considerations for Teaching Coding to Children

Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez contributed a chapter to Creating the Coding Generation in Primary Schools: A Practical Guide for Cross-Curricular Teaching, edited by Steve Humble and just released from Routledge. The chapter is called: Ten Considerations for Teaching Coding to Children There is a sneak peek available online here via Google Preview (Look for Chapter 3) Find …

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