Author Archives: Kristin Fontichiaro
Hello, ACAMIS!
I am delighted to be presenting at the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools in Guangzhou, China, this weekend. Here are the resources we used in the sessions. Friday Session #1: Crowdsourcing an eBook Slides Past crowdsourcing eBook projects … Continue reading
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Free maker learning conferences in Ann Arbor 3/28 OR 4/18&25
Howdy! Please help us spread the word! Thanks to funding from the U-M Third Century Initiative and the UMSI Founders Fund, Michigan Makers is hosting two free Making Maker Learners conferences for those who work with K-8 students in formal or informal … Continue reading
Hello, HASL! {Student-Led Interviews and Inquiry}
It was a pleasure to be with the Hawai’i Association of School Librarians again this year and to be with friendly, welcoming people who allowed me to test out one of this week’s AHA moments: that one of the … Continue reading
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Hello, Kamehameha!
Aloha! Welcome to our weeklong dive into inquiry learning! (And a postscript: This was an amazing week of immersion for me, with thoughtful, dedicated teachers and students. It will be hard to forget this time!) Friday morning slides (revised version) … Continue reading
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Quotable: The State of Childhood Impoverishment in Michigan
“Nearly one in every four Michigan children lives in an impoverished household, according to the report, which measured trends between 2006 and Keratoconus makes things more complicated, because it forces people to wear contacts in order to bring rectification in … Continue reading
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On My Mind: Information Literacy in the Design, Tinkering, and Building Process
Two things crossed my desk this week that have been do-si-do’ing in my head. After a few years of seeing my information literacy work in one silo, my maker work in another, and my role as an instructor of contextual inquiry in … Continue reading
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Michigan Makers featured on University of Michigan home page!
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Defining making
(Cross-posted from MakerBridge) A few weeks ago, Sharona blogged about Debbie Chachra’s “Why I Am Not A Maker” essay for The Atlantic. This is one of those articles that has gotten passed around in makercommunities. Chachra makes a provocative statement: that by setting up the … Continue reading
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Quotable: Uh-Oh
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Silhouette Cutter in Our Makerspace … and Betabrand’s Design Studio
A couple of summers ago, we heard that some maker groups were having success having a Silhouette Cameo in their makerspace and that it was helping to attract more girls into their K-12 maker project. We bought one for Michigan … Continue reading
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