Category: design
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Exemplary MinecraftEDU Water Challenge Build
One of my 5th grade STEM students this semester, Phoebie, did a great job in the MinecraftEDU station of our Maker’s Studio this month. Students used the “Water Challenge Remix” world and project in MinecraftEDU to create irrigation canals and cultivated fields where they could grow wheat and make bread to survive. Phoebie did an awesome…
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Amazed by Edgar’s Design Creativity in Minecraft
Earlier this week one of my 4th grade STEM students, Edgar, visited me in my classroom after school with his mom. He brought his Android tablet computer, which he’s been using for the past several years to build a variety of different objects in Minecraft Pocket Edition. He gave me a tour of several of…
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Minecraft and MinecraftEDU in the Classroom
I submitted a new professional development program to the CILC this evening for “Minecraft and MinecraftEDU in the Classroom.” The CILC’s website (The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration) is the primary videoconference-based professional development resource I use to advertise after-school videoconferences I teach for other teachers on a variety of technology integration topics. Since…
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Sample Popsicle Catapult for STEM Class
Half of my 4th and 5th grade STEM students (those not working in a center in our “Maker Studio”) are 2 days into a 4 day unit on creating popsicle catapults, which my district STEM mentor and peer teacher (Amy Loeffelholz – @AmyLoeffelholz) taught during our 2 day STEM Seeds PD Camp in June 2014. Students…
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Mini-Maker Faire Coming to Manhattan, Kansas September 20, 2014
by Wesley Fryer Do you, your students, and members of your family know about the MAKER movement? According to the English WikiPedia: The maker culture is a contemporary culture or subculture representing a technology-based extension of DIY culture. Typical interests enjoyed by the maker culture include engineering-oriented pursuits such as electronics, robotics, 3-D printing, and…
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Podcast416: Reflections on Create, Make & Learn 2014
This podcast from the road is an audio reflection by Shelly and Wesley Fryer about their experiences at the 2014 Create, Make & Learn Professional Development Institute in Burlington, Vermont. Shelly and Wes discuss how CML14 was setup differently from typical conferences and PD events, letting participants self-select workshops and sessions which best matched their…
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Students Teach About Redstone Wiring in Minecraft
Today at the Create, Make and Learn Institute in Burlington, Vermont, my 10 year old daughter (Rachel) and 16 year old son (Alex) shared some techniques with teachers about using redstone wiring in Minecraft to do some cool things. Kevin Jarrett led the session, which was an introduction to Minecraft for teachers. His Google Doc…
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Podcast415: Igniting Create, Make & Learn and iPad Media Camp
This audio podcast is a recording of two “Ignite” presentations by Wesley Fryer in July 2014. Ignite presentations are five minutes long, with presenters using 15 slides shown for 15 seconds each. The first Ignite in this podcast is Wes’ opening Ignite presentation on July 15, 2014, at the Create, Make and Learn (CML) Institute…
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Maker Faire Kansas City 2014 Highlights
This weekend in lieu of ISTE in Atlanta, our family attended the 2014 Maker Faire in Kansas City. Wow what an experience! Here are a few of the highlights, including some photos, videos, and audio recordings I captured as a storychaser during the action-packed day. by Wesley Fryer The first highlight was getting to meet…