Reading Buddies? Sure! Coding Buddies? You bet!
Originally posted on ECOO. During the Hour of Code, my students had opportunity to explore two apps: Scratch Jr and Hopscotch. They had never coded before in school, and most had never coded outside of…
TLLP Friends! Here is the slide deck!
Our slide deck is from our PD sessions and has lots of info and links to resources. Enjoy! You may have to click the title to get the link!
Beyond the TLLP–Our Next Steps
One of the wonderful things about the TLLP (and there are truly many) is that participants are encouraged to continue their learning. Because we started our project later than intended (November instead of September), we…
Knitting Club – Reflection on Successes and Challenges
With the school year coming to an end, I am reflecting back on the knitting club. Knitting as a whole developed a large following at Queen Victoria School. It started before the Makerspace was opened…
The Slide Deck to Our PD Session
We thank all that were able to come out to our PD session on Making and Design Thinking. For those that couldn’t attend, here’s the slide deck. If you have any questions or if you’d…
List of Resources/Purchases
Here’s what we purchased and used this year: Sewing Machines, iron and ironing board, fabric Knitting supplies–needles, yarn, looms Hand tools–drills, saws, hammers, wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, hardware Little Bits electronics kits Kanos Arduinos Makedos Makey…
ESL students and the power of making
TLLPs are about engaging and sound instruction, but the underlying goal is to facilitate and share teacher learning. Our goals for this project are to enhance our learning about makerspace and design process, but there are…
Kinder Makerspace
Something great is happening at Queen Victoria…..the kindergarten staff is creating a makerspace! And although this was not part of our original TLLP proposal, we’ve tried to support it by sharing resources and using release time to…
Some Online Makerspace Resources
Teaching the Design Process in Makerspaces An Educator’s Guide to the “Four Cs”–Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society 15 Ideas To Go Beyond Makers Space… Building a Makers Culture http://www.makereducation.com/ Institute of Design at…
The pedagogy–design process
So far, most of our blogging has been about the physical environment and the materials/tools we have incorporated into our makerspace. The clubs have been so successful, it’s easy to write about them! But as…