by Meredith Martin | Jan 11, 2016 | Collaboration, MakerEd, professional development, Sharing, STEM
Yesterday was a ton of fun. My friend @kerszi and I drove up to visit @davezirk at the 5eBoard HQ. He was hosting #HackSunday, a maker day for our crazy band of maker educators. There was an open door policy and people were popping in and out all day. There was no...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 10, 2015 | Just for Fun, resources, Sharing
The other day I mentioned @shakeuplearning‘s awesome Halloween Magnetic Poetry created in Google Drawings. After reading about it, I was inspired to create my own. After getting some programming assistance from @gersteinj, who created an amazing app to turn a...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 9, 2015 | conference, MakerEd, Presentations, professional development, resources, Sharing, STEM
Last Friday, I was invited to be a keynote speaker for the EIRC’s Gifted and Talented Fair. I was asked to talk about STEM/STEM projects for gifted students. I had a wonderful audience, and we even made our own Punkin’ Chuckin’ catapults! Below...
by Meredith Martin | Oct 8, 2015 | Collaboration, General Update, professional development, Sharing
I love Twitter. I know some of my colleagues think I’m a bit crazy when I continually extoll the virtues of being a connected educator, but I really can’t imagine my life as an educator without it now. Twitter has become a powerful resource for me in...
by Meredith Martin | Aug 29, 2015 | Chromebooks, conference, Google Apps, How-To, Presentations, professional development, resources, Sharing, web app
Earlier this summer, I was a presenter at the SRI-ETTC’s annual All Things Google conference. It was a great day of learning for everyone. I meant to post my resources earlier, but summer happened. Here they are, slightly late but better than...
by Meredith Martin | Nov 23, 2014 | conference, edcamp, hardware, How-To, resources, Sharing, STEM
I had so much fun yesterday I wish I could go back and do it again today! For the past two years, I have been running a mini makerspace at Edcamp STEAM with @Davezirk and it has been very popular. This year, the folks organizing EdcampNJ asked if I’d be...
