This episode of Spencer Writes in the Library took place on Monday, 14 July around 11:00am The Spot Where am I working today? On the south-east corner of the first floor. I’ve worked in this general area before, but I’m coming back to another part of the area to take advantage of a specific perk: …
In my last post, I discussed the “spirit of making” and argued that teachers should try to invite that spirit into their classrooms even if they aren’t read to fully embrace the maker movement. Pulling from the book Invent to Learn, I identified three activities that make up the spirit of making: making, tinkering, and …
My friend, colleague, and fellow Francophone Michelle Schira Hagerman recently wrote a great blog post about the role of “making” in MSU’s edtech master’s program. In short, MAET has pushed forward with including making activities in its curriculum despite a fair amount of pushback from students because we believe that it has some valuable contributions …