Topic: Visible Thinking

  • Beyond Rubrics Toolkit

    Beyond Rubrics Toolkit

    While there are many benefits of making and makerspaces, one of the greatest challenges of implementing making in K–12 schools is the question of how to assess collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and […]

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    Maker Ed
  • Cultivating a Repair Mindset Toolkit

    Cultivating a Repair Mindset Toolkit

    The Repair Mindset Toolkit, which was developed and tested by educators, includes teaching and learning strategies, tactics, and classroom materials designed to develop students’ Repair Mindset. The toolkit presents new […]

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    Maker Ed & Agency by Design Oakland
  • Learning in the Making: Storytelling

    Learning in the Making: Storytelling

    Engage the elements of storytelling – character, setting, and plot – to combat stereotypes with this activity video and project guide.

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    Maker Ed
  • Learning in the Making: Paper Box Motion Story

    Learning in the Making: Paper Box Motion Story

    The Paper Box Motion Story is like a tiny, manual movie theatre! It can be used to summarize information, share learned facts, and even create and tell fictional stories. Follow […]

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    Maker Ed
  • The Maker Educator Assessment Rubric

    The Maker Educator Assessment Rubric

    This rubric is designed for educators to identify where they are within stages of development along four categories of pedagogy: Goals, Planning Activities & Lessons, Planning Learning Progressions, Facilitation, and […]

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    Maker Ed
  • Open Portfolio Journey Map

    Open Portfolio Journey Map

    What’s involved in creating an open portfolio? This overview helps to situate all the pieces to consider, whether it’s the practical actions needed to document learning or bigger questions related […]

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    Maker Ed
  • Practical Guide to Open Portfolios

    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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    Maker Ed
  • Documentation Prompt Jar

    Documentation Prompt Jar

    This collection of adaptable documentation prompts supports learners to capture their work, process, and experience while making and learning.

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    Maker Ed
  • Indigenous STEAM Learning Activities

    Indigenous STEAM Learning Activities

    The Indigenous STEAM Collaborative co-designs, implements, and shares land based educational materials developed in collaboration with families, communities, and educators and research.

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    Indigenous STEAM
  • Water Mapping

    Water Mapping

    This activity plan draws on Indigenous observation practices to explore and map all the places water lives around you, where it comes from, where it travels to, and what other […]

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    Indigenous STEAM