I decided to make up a new phrase for today’s Phun Phriday post. (At least I think I made it up.) To me, “Extreme Creating” is when people take something that is usually used as a toy to pass the time, and devote days, weeks, and even months to making something remarkable with those toys. … Read more
Last January, I confessed to being green with envy that New York City was getting a Museum of Mathematics. My jealousy has slightly abated only because some of the resources are accessible online. One of those resources is a partnership the museum is doing with Make magazine called, “Math Mondays.” If you are excited by … Read more
Really, what can you not do with a 3Doodler?!!! It’s Phun Phriday, and I am here to tell you that the 3Doodler is PHUN, PHUN, PHUN!!!!!! I did a search of my blog posts to find out when I first wrote about this invention. It was February of last year. That was when I decided … Read more
It’s Friday! And you know what that means, right? Okay – other than the fact that tomorrow is Saturday, or that many of us in the education world are about to have a two-week break. Friday + December + Engage Their Minds = Another Installment of the “Gifts for the Gifted” series. Since it’s a … Read more
The other day, I was talking to one of my GT classes about the possibility of our Maker Studio classroom getting a 3D Printer through Donors Choose. “Can’t those be used to make guns?” one student, who apparently pays some attention to current events, asked. “Those should be banned, then,” said another student. This brought … Read more
Recently, I did a post on Engineering for Girls Resources, and included Design Squad as one of the resources. I realized, though, that Design Squad really deserves its own post, so here you go! As Maker Education becomes more and more prevalent in schools, Design Squad, a product of PBS Kids, is the perfect website for … Read more