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Change Today. Invent Tomorrow. Engaging Students in Social Justice Through MakeDo Change

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Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 2A

Explore and create: Exploratory Creation lab
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Presenters

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Amanda Long
Teacher
Pringle Creek PS
@MsAmandaLong
@MsAmandaLong
Amanda Long is a middle school educator from Whitby, Ontario, Canada, near Toronto. She currently teaches Grade 7 and Grade 8 Gifted Education. She has presented across Canada to educational leaders on a variety of topics related to student engagement, instructional strategies and authentic assessment practices. Amanda has her Masters in Educational Leadership from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. She continues to incorporate social justice, STEAM and leadership initiatives into her classroom regularly.

Session description

Explore how global citizenship, SDGs and access to safe water can be integrated into your learning space through cross-curricular learning with Makedo cardboard construction tools and the Makedo Change program. Learn strategies to empower students to become changemakers while developing their SEL, critical thinking, creativity and problem-solving in meaningful, fun and engaging ways.

Purpose & objective

Purpose is to showcase how hands-on learning opportunities to bring to your classroom, library, school or district to engage students in experiential learning that allows students to plan, build, test and reflect on their engineer design process. The presenter will show how use of the Makedo cardboard construction tool kit created rich, meaningful learning opportunities for her own classroom and school and ways to use it to promote activism and global citizenship.

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Outline

Presenter will share experiences with the Makedo Change Program and Makedo cardboard construction kit including images and stories from her classroom experiences (15-30 minutes). Participants engage in a hands-on building challenge to demonstrate the materials and program (15 minutes) then allow for exploration and discussion around ways the program and materials could be utilized in their learning spaces (15 minutes)

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Supporting research

https://www.make.do/
https://www.make.do/pages/makedochange

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Session specifications

Topic:
Maker activities and programs
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices not needed
Subject area:
Social studies, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Leader
  • Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.
Citizen
  • Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.
Collaborator
  • Demonstrate cultural competency when communicating with students, parents and colleagues and interact with them as co-collaborators in student learning.
Disclosure:
The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session
Related exhibitors:
Makedo

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