by Meredith Martin | Jun 17, 2016 | Collaboration, MakerEd, STEM
I asked several of my students to write up short posts about the Extraordinaires project if they were so inclined, and here is the first one from Michael. All the classes in JMT did the create your own invention to help someone. There was challenges like clothing...
by Meredith Martin | May 19, 2016 | conference, edcamp, General Update, MakerEd, professional development, STEM
It’s the end of the school year, so I know my fellow teachers understand the craziness in my life right now. I have an update on the Extraordinaires project that I need to write up soon, but in the meantime, here’s a brief update on what I’ve been...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 24, 2016 | MakerEd, STEM
We’re on to part three of our design challenge with the Extraordinaires Design Studio, and the kids are loving it. For round three, we are beginning our feedback portion of the project. Teams are given ten minutes at the beginning of class to finalize their...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 22, 2016 | Collaboration, conference, edcamp, General Update, MakerEd, professional development, STEM
It’s sad but true. I’ve been so busy lately with work and MakerEd stuff that I have barely had time to even breathe! I can’t complain, though, I have been having a great time and learning a lot of new stuff to use in my classroom. So what have I...
by Meredith Martin | Feb 11, 2016 | Collaboration, hardware, MakerEd, STEM
I’m always looking for new things to try with my students, and I recently picked up two new ‘toys’ to test out for my classes. The first one is a project I backed on Kickstarter called Wink. Wink is a nifty little robot with programmable LED eyes...
