David Lee EdTech

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.

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...

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...

This video describes a PBL project that I did with junior kindergarten students who took on the role of zookeepers. Enjoy! Thank you to Becca Goess and Gene MacLachlan for collaborating with me. Photos from Becca Goess https://twitter.com/missrgoess https://instagram.com/missrgoess Get your hands on the "Design Thinking in the Classroom" book here: www.davidleeedtech.org/designthinkingintheclassroom 2016 Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/scitech/2016-04.pdf LS2. Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics PreK-LS2-1 Use evidence from animals and plants to define several characteristics of living things that distinguish them from nonliving things PreK-LS2-2 Using evidence from the local environment explain how familiar plants and animals meet their needs (water, food, air, shelter, light PreK-LS2-3 Give examples from the local environment of how animals and plants are dependent on one a...

This video explains how students who use design thinking in the classroom have the opportunity to personalize their own learning through voice and choice.  Get your hands on the "Design Thinking in the Classroom" book here: www.davidleeedtech.org/designthinkingintheclassroom Make Learning Personal: http://us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/make-learning-personal/book242317 Music from EpidemicSound.com 1st Song - "Amenable Introductions 1" by Peter Sandberg 2nd Song - "Finally Here" by Daniel Gunnarsson Website: www.davidleeedtech.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidleeedtech/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidleeedtech Blog :davidleeedtech.wordpress.com Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DavidleeedtechOrg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidLeesEdTechWorld

Gene MacLachan and I designed these coding cards for our students. The cards include  "lines" of Scratch coding that can be used to program specifics components for the Hummingbird Duos such as sensors, motors, and LEDs. You can find these cards in this Google Drive folder .

This video describes my 2019 goal of creating more YouTube content for the channel.