![]() If you have an iPad, kindle, smartphone or any device with a kindle app, follow the link to download this FREE e-book today even if you don't think you'll have time to read it until summer (ah think beach) It is normally $30.00 for the paper version and it meshes with where CMS is going The keynote speaker announced in my meeting yesterday that CMS is going to be 1:1 with each student having a computer in every school by 2018 LATEST. http://www.amazon.com/Invent-Learn-Tinkering-Engineering-Classroom-ebook/dp/B00CQDRF84/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392129836&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=invent+to+learn+making+tinkering+and+engineering+in+the+classroom This is a great book if you like the 6th grade love of learning, bridge building or app making projects, are intrigued by student choice and personalized learning, want some inspiration for how to use the 3D printer or just want some ideas on how to put more STEAM in your class. Shout out to the Mr. Egnot's 7th grade inventors and Ms. Lyttle's students who built a hovercraft as their Catching Fire project. Way to make the Dystopian future fun! Don't forget we have maker space materials available in the media center including a new wall size whiteboard Ms. Newburger put up for collaborative planning, a green screen, art supplies, STEM stupplies etc.
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AuthorLisa Gurthie is the PD facilitator at Piedmont IB Middle School. She specializes in tech and arts integration, interdisciplinary holistic education, and unschooling school to reconnect academia to real life. One day she will modernize her "about" page. She curates this blog for the professional development convenience of the teachers at Piedmont, but the editorial comments are her own. Categories
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