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Philadelphia Writing Project - Project Make- Model Solar Car Making and Writing Workshop Added by samuel reed on Apr 23, 2012 at 4:19pm On March 31st, the first weekend during the spring break for Philadelphia public schools, a dozen educators (grades 5-12, public, charter and paroc... read more	375 Views	3 comments	Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Apr 26, 2012 at 8:58pm Sounds wonderful, Sam. Thanks for sharing. I really look forward to the Livescribe piece too. ... read more
Making and Creating @ NWP Digital Is Added by Christina Cantrill on Jul 24, 2012 at 1:20pm Check out the new Making and Creating collection by Kevin Hodgson at NWP Digital Is. This collection features the work of David Gauntlett, Peter Kitt... read more	143 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Keeping Learning Open, Dale Dougherty at OER 2011 Added by Christina Cantrill on Jun 22, 2011 at 8:56am Dale Dougherty of Make Magazine and O'Reilly media speaks at the Open Educational Resources (OER) Conference in 2011 about making and the importance ... read more	181 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Every Child A Maker: New Maker Education Initiative Launches Added by Christina Cantrill on May 25, 2012 at 12:30pm As posted in the DML Spotlight... read more	92 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Imagine Making Makers: Student Sample 4 Added by Judy Jester Durante on Mar 31, 2012 at 11:30am Click on the pdf below to learn about Dana's adventures in sewing a teddy bear. ... read more	134 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Mark Surman - Mozilla Webmaker: Digital Literacy Through Making and Sharing Added by Christina Cantrill on Jul 20, 2012 at 9:41am ... read more	72 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Highlights from the Mann Made Journal project, Southern Colorado Writing Project Added by Christina Cantrill on Oct 13, 2011 at 7:35am The team for the Southern Colorado Writing Project shared a link below to their SCWP & Make website where they have just begun to showcase some ... read more	242 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Marla McKan: 2nd grade Makers Day - Part 1 Added by Kate Leuschke Blinn on Oct 3, 2011 at 11:28am Marla McKan is a teacher at Willard South Elementary School in Springfield, MO, and is part of the team of Makers at Ozarks Writing Project. She orig... read more	128 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Libraries, Ebooks and Beyond: Library “Makers” Share How It’s Done Added by Christina Cantrill on Nov 2, 2012 at 3:34pm An article by the Digital Shift related to the panel “Make Your Own: Maker Culture in the Library,” moderated by Melissa Techman, a K–5 librarian at ... read more	125 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Learning by Making: American kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests Added by Christina Cantrill on Aug 29, 2012 at 11:49am By Dale Dougherty at Slate: ... read more	88 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Writing, Making, Sharing, and Learning about Gardens: National Writing Project Makes! TTT 249 - 6.1.11 Added by Christina Cantrill on Jun 22, 2011 at 10:06am Reposted from Teachers Teachers Teachers, June 1, 2011 webcast: Do you garden with your students? Do they make things? And do they read and write ab... read more	147 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Jeff Sturges webinar about Makerspaces - June 12, noon eastern Added by Kate Leuschke Blinn on Jun 7, 2012 at 8:42am A great opportunity to learn more and join the conversation about Making, Makerspaces, making as educators. ... read more	118 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Imagine Making Makers: Student Sample 1 Added by Judy Jester Durante on Mar 31, 2012 at 9:48am Click on the pdf below to read Rodrigo's essay about interviewing his neighbors who restore tractors. ... read more	116 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
PAWLP MAKES! Ms. DiCarne's Students Create Added by Jennifer Ward on Nov 15, 2011 at 8:39pm Inspired by her experience at the PAWLP MAKES! Kick off in September, Ms. Rita DiCarne describes a making activity that she did with her 6th grade En... read more	171 Views	1 comment	Added by Christina Cantrill on Dec 6, 2011 at 11:21am Hi Jennifer -- thanks so much for sharing this. I noticed some pictures of this activity on your Ning ... can we post some of those here too? I... read more
Justine Lines: High School Gardening Project- Urban Agriculture Added by Kate Leuschke Blinn on Oct 3, 2011 at 12:11pm Justine Lines is part of the team of Makers at Ozarks Writing Project. She originally posted this reflection on the feelings of frustration that ofte... read more	167 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
The Maker Movement Goes Global Added by Paul Oh on Dec 4, 2012 at 4:54pm Worth a read is this piece from KQED's Mind/Shift blog, The Maker Movement Goes Global. ... read more	96 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Coming up ... Local Make Conference at the Ozarks Writing Project Added by Christina Cantrill on Sep 9, 2011 at 3:16pm The Ozarks Writing Project is holding a two day MAKE conference, October 6 and 7 at Missouri State University, with a follow-up day on January 27... read more	115 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Engaging Students in the STEM Classroom Through "Making" Added by Christina Cantrill on Sep 18, 2012 at 3:36pm Posted on Edutopia, by AnnMarie Thomas: ... read more	85 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
this is way more sophisticated than the lego cameras that I made as a kid! Added by Christina Cantrill on Jul 24, 2012 at 1:16pm 12-Year Old Builds Ingenious Candy Machine Out Of LEGO ... read more	99 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Some highlights from Maker Faire 2012! Added by Christina Cantrill on May 22, 2012 at 11:56am Amy Erin Borovoy from Edutopia shares some highlights from Maker Faires over the years and curates a set of videos highlighting learnin... read more	105 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Imagine Making Makers: Student Sample 3 Added by Judy Jester Durante on Mar 31, 2012 at 11:19am Click on the pdf below to read Michael's take on creating duct tape wallets. ... read more	122 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
The Toaster Project Added by Paul Oh on Dec 21, 2011 at 10:21am I just heard about the Toaster Project on NPR and thought it was an interesting example of a person following his interest in making and applying tha... read more	129 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
December 2010 Recap of NWP & Make Partnership Projects Added by Kate Leuschke Blinn on Jun 3, 2011 at 12:38pm As NWP members have been on "walkabout," various pieces of the NWP Make project have been documented already. H... read more	108 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Shaynee Jesik: MAKE-Ing Relationships Through Multi-Media Projects Added by Kate Leuschke Blinn on Oct 3, 2011 at 11:16am Shaynee is a teacher in Pueblo, CO, and is part of the team of Makers at Southern Colorado Writing Project. She originally posted this update on Poste... read more	129 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
@tieandjeans Question: What would your ideal middle school makerspace look like? Added by Christina Cantrill on Nov 2, 2012 at 3:04pm Back in September, Andrew Carle wrote "Any tools, any materials, can power a maker space. The key asset is culture and visibility. The work inside th... read more	106 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.