by Meredith Martin | Sep 30, 2015 | General Update, MakerEd, Math, STEM
The STEM Lab is finally open for business this year, and we’ve been having a wonderful time with our activities. Because the first part of class is taken up with my intro to the STEM Lab, I needed short, engaging activities for the second part. Below are are...
by Meredith Martin | Sep 29, 2015 | General Update
Because I have completely awesome friends and fellow educators, I would like to introduce Dan and Kathi, who will be contributing to Tech For Teachers periodically. I’ll let them introduce themselves in future posts, but I wanted to give them both a HUGE Thank...
by Meredith Martin | Sep 29, 2015 | MakerEd, professional development, STEM
This past weekend was the most energizing and fun I have had in ages. The Mobile Makerspace had a table at the World Maker Faire in Queens, and it was a blast. I had been to National Maker Faire in DC early in the summer, but the World Faire totally blew it away....
by Meredith Martin | Sep 23, 2015 | conference, Google Apps, How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources
This past weekend, I spent two days in Branchburg, NJ at the NJPAECET2 conference with over 200 other educators who willingly gave up their entire weekend to learn and share together. It was a whirlwind two days packed with inspiring keynote speakers, amazing...
by Meredith Martin | Sep 15, 2015 | How-To, MakerEd, Math, STEM
Looking for a fun and easy math art activity to start the year? This 3D symmetry project may be just what you need. Materials: Colored paper cut into 3 inch squares (I used colored copy paper) 12×12 construction paper Glue stick First, divide your construction...
