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April 12, 2022

1. Sign in and stow your phones out of sight. You will use your device today for the first part of class. Today's attendance will be "old school"/vintage. Sign in on paper.
   
   
2. Digital Stories are taking a week off and will return when we come back from break.
   
   
3. Let's watch this video from teachers and students in Charlottesville, VA to see how makerspaces are working with students from elementary to high school.
   
   
   https://youtu.be/_MDOB5-ocQc
   
   
   
4. Google Forms: Go to Google Drive >> New >> More >> Google Forms
   You can create forms to can share via a link to gather data; we do this A LOT in our class. Some teachers use this for quizzes and homework as well.
   • Create a form with at least three questions and two different types (short answer, dropdown, radio button/forced choice, etc.)
   • Share the link using the Shorten URL option
   • Post to Padlet (make sure to add your name at the top of your sticky) and take the form for those at your table
     • EDMG 466 https://padlet.com/wcudigilit/googleform_466_sp22
     • EDEL 446 https://padlet.com/wcudigilit/googleform_446_sp22
   • Done? Explore the goodies below, while you are waiting.
     
     
5. Google Goodies
   • Google Doodles: https://www.google.com/doodles
   • Mr. Doob: http://mrdoob.com/projects/chromeexperiments/ball-pool/ (reminds me of thisissand) what about this one for classroom management or to interpret music? https://bouncyballs.org/
   • Prefer bouncing cats? https://cat-bounce.com/
   • Google Experiments (https://experiments.withgoogle.com/)
     • https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/chrome
     • https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collection/arts-culture
     • https://experiments.withgoogle.com/collections
     • CHECK SOME OF THESE OUT
       • https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/what-came-first/ZQGBUPErEE3bVg
       • https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/art-coloring-book/1QGsh6vSfAQBgQ
       • But wait there's more.....
         
         
6. 2:30 Presentation of the 3D printer from Daniel Parris in the Tech Commons area (basement of Hunter). We'll lock your belongings in the classroom to "make space".

MORE RESOURCES RELATED TO MAKERSPACES

Look at this exhaustive list of resources, blog posts, articles, and videos from Edutopia:
http://www.edutopia.org/article/maker-education-resources

And this list of 10 Makerspace resources:
https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/maker-space-in-education-series-10-sites-to-start-making-in-the-classroom/

Check out these resources, too:

• Makerspace.com
• Makered.org
• DesignMakeTeach.com
• Makezine.com
• Instructables.com
• Inventtolearn.com