Tag: for educators
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Virtual MakerEd Meetups: Virtual Maker-Ed Summer Camp Chats
Join other makers for a free virtual zoom chat to brainstorm ways to facilitate virtual camp options in maker topics including tinkering, computer science, digital design/fabrication, electronics, textile arts, VR/AR/MR, carpentry, physical computing, a/v production, and robotics. Participants can join breakout rooms to discuss ideas for specific age ranges and for virtual camp administration.
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NOMCON (Nation of Makers Conference)
The 2020 Nation of Makers Conference (NOMCON), held June 3-6, is the third annual national conference that brings together leaders from maker organizations representing the diverse sectors, people, regions, and foci that represent the U.S. maker movement. Hosted by the national nonprofit Nation of Makers, the conference aims to spark and increase connections across sectors, generate robust…
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Fast-tracking Digital Equity in Education during COVID-19
NIST Education SuperCluster NIST Education SuperClusterNST Join federal and national stakeholders on facing the frontlines of digital equity. There is a digital divide in the United States’ education system which can be both exasperated and addressed through technological innovation. COVID-19 has further stressed this system and laid bare the technical inequities of our local communities…
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COVID-19 Era- Afterschool’s Whole Child Approach
A Webinar Promoting Afterschool’s Whole Child Approach with Katie Brackenridge and Dr. Deborah Moroney TOPIC: COVID-19 Era- Afterschool’s Whole Child Approach ABOUT THE FORUM: Participants will: Explore the science of learning and development, and the practices that are most essential in this COVID-19 era. Understand the urgency of engaging afterschool programs – which provide many of these…
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Shelter in Plays
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 11:59 P.M. PDT ON SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 We invite you to join a unique, remote opportunity where you’ll collaborate to compose and a play to be performed by professional actors, all within 24 hours. Please join us to stretch our creative muscles and use design abilities to tell stories. Absolutely NO…
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Shelter in Plays
DEADLINE TO APPLY: 11:59 P.M. PDT ON SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020 We invite you to join a unique, remote opportunity where you’ll collaborate to compose and a play to be performed by professional actors, all within 24 hours. Please join us to stretch our creative muscles and use design abilities to tell stories. Absolutely NO…
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Virtually Maker Faire
Featuring Makers and projects responding to COVID-19, Virtually Maker Faire provides an opportunity for makers to connect, share their projects and talk about what they do and how they do it. It will take place completely online through video sessions over a 24-hour period and as a curated collection of maker exhibits. The goal is…
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Unschooled: documentary screening
Unschooled is a documentary film focused on a world where children have the power to decide what and how they learn. The film follows the story of three teens – Amani, Miles and Jaya – and their families in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Germantown as they transition from public school to the newly-opened Natural Creativity Center…
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Stop Motion Animation – Learning in the Making: LIVE!
Learning in the Making: LIVE! Join Maker Ed for “Stop Motion Animation” on June 3 at 1:00 PM PST at bit.ly/MakerEdLIVE Looking for something fun to make at home? Each week we are collecting and curating resources around a topic and this week’s is Stop Motion Animation. We are focusing on making with what you…
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Letter Writing & Pop-Up Cards – Learning in the Making: LIVE!
Learning in the Making: LIVE! Join Maker Ed for “Letter Writing & Pop-Up Cards” on May 27 at 1:00 PM PST at bit.ly/MakerEdLIVE Looking for something fun to make at home? Each week we are collecting and curating resources around a topic and this week’s is Letter Writing & Pop-Up Cards. We are focusing on…