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Week 4

What project could help me integrate my content with making? As a Kindergarten teacher I teach all subjects. Taking this in mind I think the best way to integrate making into my content would be to use it as an enhancement on an already established lesson.  I think it would be fun to somehow use making during our weather or human body unit. It would be something they are already learning about in their daily content but the making would be an opportunity to expand on their learning and expose them to another fun way to explore the material that is more hands on.  At this time I am not sure what the making would look like to accompany my unit ideas, but I am definitely excited to explore more.  In an article I read on renovateqdlearning.com they mentioned the option to have a passive maker program. I hadn't thought of that idea and how that might be a better option for teachers who may have a hard time regular incorporating making into the...
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Week 2- Growth Mindset

What is the link between Tinkering, hard play and the growth mindset Growth mindset I really enjoyed watching the Tedx talk by Carol Dweck. She had some fantastic points about how the wording of what teachers say can have a huge impact of student’s success. When students are faced with a difficult experience or problem with a fixed mindset they realize the problem is too hard for them and run away. They know its to hard and have the mindset of why should I try it because I am just going to fail. When students feel like they have failed it sets them up to not want to try and take risks with difficult problems again in the future. This mindset can have disastrous consequences later in their life (Dweck 2007). In contrast when students have a growth mindset students believe they “believe they can get smart and put in the extra time and effort (mindsetworks.com). I also liked how Carol spoke about how we praise our students. She reminded me that when students are only working ...
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Week 9- coordinate make space day

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