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Remaking literacy : innovative instructional strategies for maker learning : grades K-5
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"In Remaking Literacy: Connecting ELA and Hands-On Making, author Jacie Maslyk transforms literacy teaching and learning by integrating maker education into the classroom. Maker education--an appro...
"In Remaking Literacy: Connecting ELA and Hands-On Making, author Jacie Maslyk transforms literacy teaching and learning by integrating maker education into the classroom. Maker education--an approach to instruction that emphasizes hands-on learning experiences--creates innovative opportunities that shape students into creative thinkers. Maslyk shares practical, research-based strategies for incorporating creativity and design thinking into literary instruction. By reading this book, K-5 educators will learn how to reimagine their classrooms so that students' learning will develop in engaging and visible ways"--
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- Creator
- Jacie Maslyk
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- English
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- Bloomington, IN : Solution Tree Press, [2020]
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- xii, 184 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781947604698, 1947604694
- OCLC
- on1091260139
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction. The need for remaking literacy -- Maker learning -- The maker movement -- Maker learning and literacy -- Maker movement resources: blogs, books, and more! -- What the research says. Benefits of maker learning -- How making supports active reading -- Integration of making across content areas -- Enthusiasm for reading -- How making supports thinking practices -- Accessibility for all learners -- Remaking literacy as a social practice -- How making supports text connections -- Creative pathways to learning. Making in schools -- Forms of making -- The four Cs -- Assessment -- The maker mindset -- Transforming literacy instruction -- What it looks like in action -- Thinking and design. Fostering design thinking -- Incorporating thinking practices -- Making student thinking visible -- Using design and literature -- Low-tech making. What low-tech making is -- How low-tech making supports student skill building -- Low-tech literacy lessons -- Preparation and messiness -- Remaking with maker tech. What maker tech is -- Student empowerment through tech -- Storytelling through video games -- Video and green screen technology -- Literature learning connections with robotics -- Personal story creation using tech -- LEGO tech tools for literacy learning -- Interactive makey-makey stories -- Online tools to extend literacy learning -- Guidance for implementation. Ensuring open-ended instruction and language -- Designing maker learning -- Embedding reflection and feedback -- Ensuring professional learning for educators -- Building a remaking literacy network -- Gauging effectiveness -- Celebrating the successes -- Appendix A. Remaking literacy book list -- Appendix B. Remaking literacy sample rubric -- Appendix C. Web resources list