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My List of Makerspace Equipment, Tools, Supplies and Materials

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Are you thinking about designing your own makerspace? Click here to check out a list of equipment, tools, supplies, and materials I've used in my experience in teaching in a makerspace learning environment. This webpage also provides links to resources for getting started in making your own makerspace.

Instagram Influencer - Project-Based Learning vs. Real Life

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This video takes a look at a real-life experience sees which project-based learning elements it contains. I followed my friend, Sam Rhee, on a photography session. His journey in photography as an Instagrammer includes the key elements of project-based learning. Sam’s Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/samsrhee/ Buck Institute for Education ’s Project Works: https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl The ACT Project, an education design framework: http://www.davidleeedtech.org/act-project Introduction to PBL video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08D0dBGIzYQ Get your hands on the "Design Thinking in the Classroom" book here to help foster creative thinking and problem-solving  www.davidleeedtech.org/designthinkingintheclassroom Music from EpidemicSound.com INTRO SONG BY SEBASTIAN LESTAPIER - "Find My Clarity" SONG 1 BY LYLY - "I Told You So" Website: www.davidleeedtech.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidleeedtech/ Twitt...

Authentic Audiences - Gary Gray's Def Poetry Jam

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This video explains why educators should provide students with an authentic audience for their work and showcases a great example of an authentic task and authentic audience that Gary Gray, a 3rd grade teacher at Singapore American School, designed and implemented in his classroom.  Gary Gray  Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaryRGrayJr Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garyrgrayjr/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY2yhkrA78P6tfXV0Zfy8g The ACT Project: https://www.davidleeedtech.org/act-project David Hotler: https://twitter.com/dhotler Jessica Williams: https://twitter.com/JLenore24 Project Standards: Social Justice Standards: https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/social-justice-standards Common Core ELA Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RL/3/ Get your hands on the "Design Thinking in the Classroom" book here to help foster creative thinking and problem-solving www.davidleeedtech.org/designthinkingintheclas...