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In This Issue Sign Up Soon for August and September Online Classes What is the Maker Movement? Tech Tip: 15 Mind Mapping Tools What are the New Online Courses? Editor: Shannnon Mersand This e-newsletter is brought to you by University of Wisconsin-Stout College of Education, Health, and Human Sicences. If you do not wish to receive future issues, please see instructions to manage preferences at the bottom of this message. Web Version of this Newsletter: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/resources/maker.cfm What is the Maker Movement? Explore the maker movement and the maker mindset and what it means for igniting creativity, innovation and risk-taking. MakerSpaces: What is a Maker Space?  (video - 3 minutes) Liquid Wrench shares a short documentary interviewing members of Pumping Station about what a MakerSpace is and what it does How Making Expands Students’ Visions of Themselves Aaron Vanderwerff discusses how embracing the Maker mindset has changed the way learners envision themselves and their futures. What Makers Bring to Education Marie Bjerede briefly, but powerfully shares some reasons why incorporating making and the maker mindset can have a profound impact on learning. MakerSpaces and Online Education Melissa Venable discusses ways to incorporate Maker style activities in online and blended learning. New Online Courses EDUC 660 Teaching for Creativity and Innovation: The Maker Culture  September 28 - November 20, 2015 Instructor: Shannon Mersand How can you support the learning by doing maker movement in your classroom or school library media center? Learn evidence-based instructional strategies that support building models, prototypes, inventions and innovations and encourage creative problem solving and team collaboration across a wide range of subject matters and all grade levels. EDUC 664 Mindful Approaches to Classroom Management September 28 - December 4, 2015 Instructor: Dr. Brian McAlister What are the best strategies to increase students’ social-emotional learning, self-regulation, motivation and academic performance? Mindful approaches applied to student-teacher interpersonal communication and to the organization of space, routines, and procedures at all grade levels. Includes strategies for reducing test anxiety and bullying. Dates to Remember  Fall Tuition Due Dates September 22 - 10% due October 22 - 100% due August 24th Online Courses These August online classes still have a few openings: EDUC 760  E-learning for Educators EDUC 763  Instructional Design for E-learning EDUC 765  Trends and Issues in Instructional Design List of September and October Online Courses Register today to reserve a spot. No payment is due now.  All courses are approved electives in the Master of Science in Education degree program. Tuition & Registration Info Tech Tip: 15 Mind Mapping/Brainstorming Tools Jane Hurst shares the 15 best brainstorming and mind mapping tech tools to help organize, plan and spark creativity during project planning, assessment, thought organization and more.

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