"Today was a big day in my grade 4-5 STEM class: It was our first time to start the “Maker Studio” rotation. Maker Studio is a concept I developed this past summer attending Maker Faire Kansas City and the awesome “Create, Make and Learn” week-long #MakerEd #STEM summer institute in Vermont coordinated by Lucie deLaBruere (@techsavvygirl). Last year was my 17th as an educator but my first as an elementary STEM teacher. I enjoyed developing and sharing lessons about a wide variety of topics, but as a “STEM teacher” was uncomfortable with my predominant focus on direct instruction lessons. Some of my favorite units from last year focused on the science and technology of music and sound, kitchen chemistry, and collaborative projects in MinecraftEDU involving permiter/area building challenges, coordinate grid scavenger hunts, and more. Our projects and activities together in these units were engaging, fun, and standards-based, but still relied predominantly on direct instruction. The after-school “Makers Club” I facilitated provided many opportunities for student-directed learning, but didn’t change my predominant teacher-directed instruction during STEM class. My summer PD experiences at #MakerFaireKC and #CML14 were transformative. Enter “Maker Studio.”"
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John Evans,
Timo Ilomäki
Les banksters nous ont révélé un nouveau volet de leur plan à travers les manœuvres dans le système bancaire Chypriote. Il s'agit d'un ballon d'essai. La zone Euro sera la prochaine cible
Parfois je pense que l'éducation doit améliorer pour ne pas avoir des choses comme celui-là que, aujourd'hui, se passent dans nos pays.
C´est pour cela que l'éducation doit évoluer et innover (importance TICE). Il faut une participation active des individus à leur propre formation. L'apprentissage ne doit être une accumulation de connaissances, doit progresser pour être un facteur global de la personne. Pour cela, il faut partir de ses centres d'intérêt et s'efforcer de susciter l'esprit d'exploration et de coopération.