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Updated – Speaker and Booking Page

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2017 Workshop Offerings

I’ve had a lot of emails lately asking about keynotes, workshop ideas, and speaker rates. Therefore, I’m updating my speaker and booking information page with new workshops for a new school year.  As maker education continues to grow, my workshops and keynotes will change and focus more and more on incorporating maker mindset into existing curriculum.

(Please contact me for pricing and scheduling information. Other workshops are available per request. I can tailor keynotes and workshops based on your school’s needs.)

Full Day Introduction to Makerspace Culture (Ideal for schools new to making or with little experience.)

AM SESSIONS

  • Sketchnotes and Maker Journals (30 min)
  • Setting Goals and Mission Statements for Making (30 min)
  • Makerspace Tools and Materials Exploration (2 hours):
    • Cardboard
    • Makey Makey
    • littleBits
    • Circuits – Paper and Sewing

PM SESSIONS

  • Literacy Connections and Design Challenges (2 hours):
    • Blackout Poetry and Scratch
    • Iggy Peck Architect and LEGO challenge
    • Picture Book Plots and Stop Motion Videos
  • Design Thinking (1 hour)
    • Walk and Talk Etymology
    • Design Thinking Experience
  • Reflection
    • Flipgrid Reflection
    • Journal Reflection

Full Day Advanced Makerspace Workshop (For schools that have started some extracurricular programming, but want to embed making in the curriculum.)

AM SESSIONS

  • Zero to Maker Immersion- Invention Literacy Workshop (3 hours)
    • Sketchnotes and Maker Journals
    • Material Exploration and Lab Testing
    • Exploring Ideas and Embedding Inquiry and Maker Research
    • Prototyping
    • Curriculum Connection Ideas

PM SESSIONS

  • Literacy Connections and Design Challenges (2 hours):
    • Blackout Poetry and Scratch
    • Iggy Peck Architect and LEGO challenge
    • Picture Book Plots and Stop Motion Videos
  • Design Thinking (1 hour)
    • Walk and Talk Etymology
    • Design Thinking Challenge
  • Reflection
    • Flipgrid Reflection
    • Journal Reflection

Makey Makey Educator Certification (Each participant  becomes a Makey Makey Certified Educator AND gets to take home a Makey Makey! Retail value $49.95)

AM SESSIONS

  • Invention Literacy Workshop focused on Makey Makey

PM SESSIONS

  • Invention Literacy Workshop focused on Makey Makey
  • Makey Makey Poetry Explorations

Big Book of Makerspace Projects Workshop

(Guided workshops for teachers or students based on projects from our #bigmakerbook )

AM SESSIONS

  • Low Cost Projects (Balloon, Scribblebots)
  • littleBits and Cardboard
  • Makey Makey Switches

PM SESSIONS

  • Learn to Program Robots
  • Design and Create Obstacle Mazes
  • Programming Races

Scratch for Educators

(Guided workshops for teachers to give them creative confidence in utilizing Scratch for core curriculum concepts.)

AM SESSIONS

  • Getting to Know Scratch- Hands on (1.5 hours)
  • Scratch for Storytelling (1.5 hours)

PM SESSIONS

  • Scratch and Poetry (1.5 hours)
  • Scratch Quizzes, Variables, and Makey Makey (1.5 hours)

Fees

Contact me for fees as they can vary according to your needs. Consulting is available on-site or via video conferencing. I can tailor sessions to meet your needs after speaking with you about your school, your community environment, and age of students. During the school year I have a limited amount of days for consulting, so please contact me early as these book rather quickly.

Poetry Month – #Interactive #Stickynote Poem Wall

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Last week during a very successful lesson in interactive #blackoutpoetry with Mrs. Myers’ classes, my student aides and Mrs. Smalley started working on our poetry month display. I asked one of my aides to print words on sticky notes so we could have a no-tech interactive wall next to our Makey Makey interactive poems on our display.

Wait… did you say print on sticky notes?

Yep! This is a super cool trick I figured out earlier in the year when I wanted to print “New” on sticky notes to distinguish our new books from other books on our showcase. I used the template on this page and had my student aide create a Word document then attempt to match the boxes. I just asked her to print some nouns and verbs she thought would be good for creating poetry. Once you have your words in Word, place your sticky notes on the template, put in the manual paper feed on your printer (loose side nearest to you so they don’t come off inside the printer) and hit print! Voilà! Neatly printed words on sticky notes!

Gather notes on a wall and let students make their own poetry! Here is the first revised poem by one of our RHS students below. Click through to read all the stanzas!

Butterfly Effect

I love seeing other libraries adapt and institute this super simple interactive poetry wall! Please tag me if you make your own sticky note poetry wall @gravescolleen on Twitter and @makerteacherlibrarian on Instagram!

Other Sticky Note Ideas

Other Poetry Hacks