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All in the cards, part two
So my cards are done, but of course I wanted a fun way to keep them together (other than a rubber band, of course). I used the Cricut Explore 2 in the makerspace to cut glitter cardstock using a box template I created online. The cardstock looks great, and built a sturdy box, but it’s…
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The makerspace is real!
After a year of planning, after two years of teaching on a cart, after 25 years of being in educational technology, I’ve got a new home. We built a beautiful new makerspace over the summer! Right now, I’m teaching 3rd through 8th grade in there and it’s been a wild five weeks of school! 7th…
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Crafting in the classroom
I recently worked with one of our language arts teachers to use our Silhouette Cameo to cut repositionable vinyl to create images for our 8th graders’ lockers based on their reading of To Kill a Mockingbird. What an ambitious project! From a tech standpoint, this meant the entire 8th grade had to use an electronic method for drawing…
