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2015 2015-Maker Ed

Game Jams: Students as Designers

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Presenter: Matthew Farber
Location: Branchburg, NJ, USA
@MatthewFarber

Presentation Title: Game Jams: Students as Designers

Presentation Description: Game jams have been growing in popularity. In a game jam, teams are challenged to design a game in a short period of time. In essence, game jams are a game about making a game. Students apply systems thinking, user empathy, collaboration, storyboarding, and iterative design, while also learning how to tackle broad, open-ended problems. Matthew Farber, author of Gamify Your Classroom: A Field Guide to Game-Based Learning, will discuss his use of game jams in his middle school social studies classes, as well as digital game jams in the after school club he advises. He will share resources from the Moveable Game Jams he attended in the New York area this year, including Quest to Learn, in New York City, as well as the A. Harry Moore School Game Jam Day, in Jersey City, NY, which he facilitated.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://gamejam.wikispaces.com/Game+Jam

 

2015 2015-Maker Ed

Creator’s Studio

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Presenter: John Umekubo
Location: Pacific Palisades, CA, USA
@jumekubo

Presentation Title: Creator’s Studio

Presentation Description: Creator’s Studio is a 7th/8th grade elective course taught by John Umekubo, Director of Technology for St. Matthew’s Parish School. This video explores the essential elements of this course, from electronics, to mechanical motion, and robotics. Students work through these three modules before taking on their own personal project. Hear reflections from the instructor and students as you view a number of sample student projects.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://creatorsstudio.org

Additional Information:
Course blog can be found at http://www.creatorsstudio.org/course-blog. For more information on PBL at St. Matthew’s, here are two more project websites: DEEP, Diving Enrichment Education Program and The Lucas Scholars Program.

 

2015 2015-Maker Ed

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Presenter: Lucie deLaBruere
Location: Colchester, VT, USA
@techsavvygirl

Presentation Title: Girls Make IT – Circuits Coding and eTextiles

Presentation Description: The workshop will highlight the evolution of a project that has been successful in engaging girls in coding via Making with Soft Circuits and eTextiles. Inspired by M.I.T. ‘s robotic garden, Lucie deLaBruere is developing coding lessons/activities that helps students create LED enhanced artifacts for a collaborative community garden and learn to code a Lilypad Arduino microprocessor to give each artifact a unique presence in the garden. The project not only builds interest in coding, it also builds confidence in your ability to code.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
https://goo.gl/6IKYS4

Additional Information:
www.LearningWithLucie.com

www.TechSavvyGirls.com

www.CreateMakeLearn.org

www.GirlsMakeIt.org

 

 

2015 2015-Maker Ed

Maker Ed: The work and the impact

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Presenter: Stephanie Chang, Trey Lathe
Location: Oakland, CA, USA
@MakerEdOrg

Presentation Title: Maker Ed: The work and the impact

Presentation Description: The maker education movement carries with it the momentum and promise to transform education — and ultimately, how we view learning and teaching altogether. It brings together elements of various educational pedagogies and practices, historical movements, and current trends, engaging all youth in interdisciplinary, hands-on learning experiences that are reflective and purposeful. Maker Ed, a non-profit organization that works with educators, organizations, and communities nationwide, help to train, support, and connect educator’s efforts to integrate making into their educational approaches and make a deep, long-lasting impact on their youth.

Link to presentation’s supporting documents:
http://makered.org/makerspaces

Additional Information:
makered.org/resources
makered.org/makercorps

 

2015 2015 teasers

K12 Online on Classroom 2.0 LIVE

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This Saturday, Sept. 19 at 9am PT/noon ET, the K12 Online Conference will be on Classroom 2.0 LIVE to talk about this year’s event.

We’ll be giving an overview of the conference and talking about this year’s line-up including our keynotes, strands, and opportunities to participate. And if any of our presenters would like to join in to give a quick preview of their sessions, we’d love to have you!

Please join us at http://live.classroom20.com/ and spread the word across your networks!

2015 2015-Beyond the Core 2015-Maker Ed 2015-Overcoming Obstacles 2015-Stories of Connection Announcements

2015 Keynotes and Marketing Flyer

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Organizers of the 2015 K12 Online Conference are pleased to announce our lineup of keynote speakers as well as the availability of our 2015 conference marketing flyer. (PDF)

K12Online 2015 flyer

Please share this post, information and flyer with other educators you know! We’re looking forward to our TENTH year of fantastic and free learning in the K12 Online Conference! We hope you’ll not only plan to join us for the conference, but also invite other educators you know to join as well.

This year’s conference will begin the week of October 12, 2015, with a keynote by Don Wettrick and #Innovation class students. During week 1 of the conference, Stephanie Chang will present a keynote in the “Maker Ed” strand, and Alan Levine will keynote the “Stories of Connection” strand. During week 2, Scott McLeod will share a keynote in the “Overcoming Obstacles” strand. Karen Bosch will keynote our “Beyond the Core: Arts and More” strand. Descriptions for each of these strands are available here.

Please spread the word about the K12 Online Conference!

Download our conference marketing flyer in PDF format. Forward this flyer and print it for display at your school in the teachers’ lounge, beside teacher mailboxes, outside your classroom, or anywhere else it can catch the attention of other educators!

Many thanks to Naomi Harm (@nharm) for creating our flyer and logos for the conference AGAIN this year!

Please tweet about the 2015 K12 Online Conference using the hashtag #k12online15 and share information about this conference on Facebook or other networks you are a part of.

We appreciate the contributions of our many presenters, volunteers, and fans in making this another great year for the K12 Online Conference!