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ISKME's Teachers as Makers Professional Development Summer Academy is an opportunity for teachers to create, share, collaborate and be inspired by experiencing DIY Projects that they can easily adapt to their teaching.
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Tentative Schedule
Day 1:
Morning Session
9:00-10:00
- Welcome and Introductions
- Review Day 1 Schedule
- Improv Warm Up: Name Gesture Circle and Yellow Ball
- Share Out: Maker Faire takeaways and inspirations
- Design Lab Photos and Videos
- School of the Future Video by Lexi and Lily
10:00-12:30
- Teaching Process and Community Reflections
- Photos and Video
- Introduction to online collaboration:
- Open Educational Resources on OER Commons - access over 30,000 freely available open educational resources (OER) and contribute to OER by tagging, rating, and reviewing resources.
- How do we define Open Educational Resources (OER)?
- High quality content and tools
- Freely available from the internet, anytime, anywhere
- Available in multiple languages
- Shareable
- Usable and re-usable
- Browse OER Materials
- Browse Content Providers
- Advanced Search
- Contribute Content
- Conditions of Use: No Strings Attached, Remix and Share, Share Only, Read the Fine Print
- Resource Highlights:
- Design Process Video WGBH
- Physics of Roller Coasters Tech Museum of Innovation Design Challenges
- Guitar Building MIT Highlights for High School
- Build Your Own Mobile TeachEngineering
- Search and Explore
- Teachers as Makers tagged OER on OER Commons
Lunch 12:30-1:00
Afternoon Session
1:00-4:00
Maker Teacher Collaboration
- Maker Projects: Innovative makers inspire teachers with their Maker Projects. Teachers get the opportunity to experience, create, and discuss Maker Projects and reflect on how the ideas covered can be incorporated into their teaching.
Featured Makers
- Drawbots: Physical Programming and Image Making Robots
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/3601
- Hydraulic Flight Simulator
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4279
- Soda Bottle Garden: Reuse + Grow
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4482
- Project Re:Farm
- Shake, Pour, Press: Your Own Handmade Paper
http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/4580
Other Maker Projects and Resources
- Deconstructed Piano Piano Liberado Video, Photos and Resources on OER Commons
Wrap Up, Reflections Collaborative Blog Entry Make: Education Network, Post Discussion Questions in the Forum and Review for Day 2
- Make: Education Network - a social networking site specifically for teachers interested in DIY. Sign up and create your profile and begin interacting with the community of over 300 Educators by posting and commenting on discussion questions in the forum, blog entries, events, photos, and videos.
Evening Activity: comment on blog posts and discussion questions on Make: Education Network
Day 2:
Morning Session:
9:00-12:30
- Warm Up Yes, And Improv Activity: Vacations
- Reflections from blog posts, questions
- Review Schedule of Day 2
- Tell a story about an example of your teaching around DIY that inspired you in groups of 3
- DIY Design Challenge Activity: Teachers will review the design process and design challenge, and have time to brainstorm and present their design solutions
- Photos and Video
- Curricular Resources: Search and Tag resouces Teachers as Makers, rate, and review resources on OER Commons; and create OER on the OER Commons wiki
Lunch 12:30-1:00
Afternoon Session:
1:00-4:00
- Share out project ideas, followed by discussion
- Reflections on Projects, questions, highlights, and next steps
- Wikis in Plain English Common Craft Video
- OER Commons wiki - a place to upload, create, and remix/modify OER that can be shared and linked to OER Commons.
- Wiki Project Highlights:
- Design Lab
- Thank You
- Cesar Barragan's Inquiry Into Poetry
- Season Storytelling Activity
- How to Make a Solar Oven
- Wiki Project Highlights:
- Wrap Up and Closing
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