In this episode, Julie and Sarah discuss part of the book, Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play by Mitchel Resnick. They dive into how having structures in the makerspace allow everyone to get the most out of their time here and create freely.

Book: Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play by Mitchel Resnick

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Technology use inside and outside of the classroom is changing. In this episode, Julie and Sarah take a look at how we use technology in the makerspace and dive into the work of Resnick and Papert. Join us as we talk about how technology can be a tool for creating.

Articles We Reference:

Guiding Students to Creative Uses of Technology

Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play: Seymour Papert's Vision for Learning

Science Backs Calls for Limiting Screens in Schools

Exploring Creativity, Play, and Learning with Mitch Resnick

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In this episode, we're centering our discussion around a favorite resource of Julie's Ambitious Science Teaching. Julie brings several resources to support this deep dive into eliciting student thinking, learning new ideas, and the state of learning.

Links:

Ambitious Science Teaching

Thinking Routine

Teaching Works

NSTA Phenomena Evaluation

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In this episode, were discussing Maker-Centered Learning, a favorite book of our staff. Julie selects several passages and we discuss how close-observation, problem-solving, and seeing yourself as a maker impact outcomes. We stretch the definition of maker is some unexpected ways and talk about how this all relates to our latest celebration: Make and Show.

Learn more about Make and Show

Check out Maker-Centered Learning

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This week, we discuss an article by Heather Bailie Shock called: I Adapted a Hospital Practice for Teacher Prep. It Was Transformative. The article describes how a shes used huddles to make her teaching practices explicit, helping student teachers understand classroom strategies. We talk about how this relates to our work with classroom and pre-service teachers.

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In this episode, we discuss how outdoor education in fosters critical thinking, resilience, and interpersonal skills. Julie shares how her personal interest in mountain biking took her on a deep dive into the world of outdoor education, highlighting the benefits of outdoor education in overcoming uncertainty and challenges. Julie's brought her citations and research study to this episode, you won't want to miss it!

Links:

Children and Nature

How Does Outdoor Learning Support Children's Critical Thinking

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This week we discuss an Edutopia article on differentiating instruction without separating students. This article intersects several important aspects of teaching- good questioning strategies, making content accessible for students- and addresses the challenge of doing this when students are coming at a topic from a lot of different places.

Link to Article

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In this episode, Ashley shares her thoughts on the podcast episode, In Defense of Dabbling with Karen Walrond, which emphasizes the value of being an amateur and trying new things without a serious end goal. They bring up some specific examples from their childhoods, as well as talking about this decidedly non-education focused episode has so many important connections for educators and learners.

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