tlah

Launching a Makerspace: Lessons Learned From a Transformed School Library

Byryan August 6, 2016August 5, 2016

Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort. New Canaan High School librarian Michelle Luhtala recently jumped headfirst into creating a makerspace in her library and documented what she learned, how her space changed and how it affected students along the way. Her experience was very different from elementary school librarian Andy Plemmons, whose makerspace started with a 3-D printer obtained through a grant and blossomed into a core teaching resource at his school.

Source: Launching a Makerspace: Lessons Learned From a Transformed School Library

When I was in school, the library was renamed to the library media center, since it was much more than books. Is the next evolution the library maker center?

tlah

Use Write About for digital publishing, writing prompts, and more

Byryan March 7, 2017March 7, 2017

Write About is an online writing tool offering digital publishing and sharing, writing prompts, and writing collaboration. Write About – Digital Writing for Classrooms is a comprehensive writing platform for schools. There is a free version for teachers to use with up to 40 students, but there are also several payment options that offer more features….

tlah

A Meme, a Comic, and push notifications – Top 3 of the Week

Byryan February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

https://eduk8.me/2021/02/staff-bathroom-eduk8meme/ https://eduk8.me/2021/02/valentines-day-is-on-sunday-comic/ https://eduk8.me/2021/02/push-notifications/

tlah

Introducing GSuite for Education Sites

Byryan November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

It took me a little bit to find it, but the new GSuite Sites now lives in Google Drive. From my brief look at it, GSuite Sites is a great leap from the Classic Sites. To get started, check out the following video.

tlah

ⓔ Create a Google Form faster by copying and pasting

Byryan April 22, 2016April 22, 2016

When creating Google Forms it can be tedious if you have several options to type as an answer to a question. For example, I use a Google Form for feedback in my classroom, and the first question is for me to enter the student’s name. I’d like to just select the student’s name, but then…

tlah

Search Google by Image (no, not the way you’re thinking)

Byryan September 20, 2016September 21, 2016

When you use Google Image Search, you’ve always been able to search with an image by clicking on the camera icon. That works fine and dandy, but what if you want to search with an image you find when browsing? You could right-click on the image, save it, then use the Google Image Search, but…

tlah

ⓔ A student checklist for your classroom in Google Sheets

Byryan May 7, 2015July 29, 2015

Having copies of a list of students in your classroom can come in very handy, so I played around with Google Sheets and came up with Classroom Student Check List. The sheet gives you four separate lists that you can cut apart and use. New students To add students to the list, you don’t have…

Related

Similar Posts