Teachers as Makers
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ISKME's Professional Development Summer Academy is an opportunity for teachers to create, share, collaborate and be inspired by experiencing Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Projects that they can easily adapt to their teaching.
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Teachers as Makers Summer Academy
A two day professional development teacher training for the Maker inside each of us. We will explore how Maker-Teacher collaboration can facilitate innovation in the classroom. The Makers’ Projects are points of inspiration for Teachers as they experience DIY inquiry and design. Teachers will have time to brainstorm, create, reflect, and share how their experiences at Maker Faire and with the Teachers as Makers Academy can translate into their teaching using online resources and collaborative tools.
Academy Locations and Dates:
- San Francisco Bay Area June 15-16, 2010 at the San Mateo County Office of Education 101 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood City, California
San Mateo County Office of Education Academy Page and Schedule Available here:SMCOE
- Henry Ford Museum August 3-4, 2010 at the Henry Ford Academy in Dearborn, Michigan
Henry Ford Museum Academy Page and Schedule Available here:HFM
- New York Hall of Science October 2-3, 2010 Queens, New York
New York Hall of Science Academy Page and Schedule Available here:NYSci
Main Goals of the Academy
- To educate and inspire teachers through DIY inquiry and design.
- To build awareness for Open Educational Resources (OER), stimulate the creation of new OER materials around a timely and motivating subject, and support students and teachers in using various technologies (wikis, blogs, video) and collaborative processes
- To facilitate students, teachers, and other participants to be makers of learning and reflect upon their design processes to help new groups of student innovators to invent and continuously improve the program and learning materials.
Participants will be expected to:
- Attend Professional Development Academy
- Collaborate in an online workspace with other academy attendees and peers
- Work with a Maker Mentor
- Develop and share OER materials
- Act as a teacher leader locally an virtually around DIY and OER principles, actions, and outcomes
Registration
Join the Academy by contacting Megan Simmons, ISKME's Education Program Manager megan@iskme.org or 650.728.3322
This workshop is free of charge for 20 teachers.
Please provide the following information: Name; Email; School, Subject, and Grade taught; and if you will be bringing your own laptop
Breakfast and snacks provided by ISKME. Participants are responsible for bringing their own lunch.
Resources for teachers:
Pre-workshop Activities:
- Become a member of the Make: Education Network and introduce yourself and share a highlight from Maker Faire
- Join OER Commons
