Topic: Maker-Centered Learning
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MakerEd’s Youth Makerspace Playbook
This comprehensive handbook for educators in any setting offers practical suggestions on finding spaces to make, outfitting spaces with tools and materials, exploring the possible educational approaches within spaces, and […]
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Practical Guide to Open Portfolios
This guide distills some of the best practices for documentation and portfolio creation as a means of assessment in maker-centered learning environments
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The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy
This comprehensive guide includes articles and teaching resources covering various hands-on approaches to computing pedagogy.
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Pedagogical Zines
This collection of pedagogical zines blends collaborative research and art to create public resources for just educational practice. Designed by and for educators working to sustain the dignity, imagination, and […]
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Makers in the Library Toolkit
This robust visioning and planning toolkit offers resources for building community-driven makerspaces in library settings.
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Supporting Making-Centered Experiences in Distance-Learning Contexts
This research brief captures various approaches to creating distance maker-centered learning experiences. It outlines key components of making, design considerations for access, as well as snapshots of how organizations have […]
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The Tech Interactive: Activities
This library of design challenges and science experiments cover topics like physics, chemistry, engineering, the environment and more! They include parent tips and are also available in both English and […]
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Whose Agency? Building Critical Consciousness through Maker-Centered Learning and Arts Integration
In this Ignite Talk, Kurt Kaaekuahiwi and his students explore how art and making can impact engagement within the course. Kurt asks, “How do we humanize using Arts and Making […]
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PBS SoCal Family Math
Early math skills can unlock powerful opportunities for children. This database offers insights, tools, and activities to support families to create joyful and authentic math experiences for children ages 2-5 […]
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The Framework for Maker-Centered Learning
This framework describes three interrelated capacities that help learners develop a sensitivity to design and a set of observable “moves” that educators can use to help design maker-centered learning experiences, […]