In the Classroom
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In the Classroom: Father-Son Book Club
I’m a library teacher at Brambleton Middle School in Virginia, USA. I began a Father-Son Book Club in an effort to get more dads involved in school activities. I wanted to provide opportunities for dads to serve as reading role...
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In the Classroom: Building a Cardboard Dome Reading Space with Makedo
Makedo is a system of tools for cardboard construction to make it easy for students to use cardboard to create anything they imagine … even a new room! Grade 8 students from St Marguerite d’Youville Catholic School, Ontario, constructed a...
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In the Classroom: Benita Cooper x Haddonfield Memorial High School
Here at Makedo we love collaboration between students and experts in a particular field. Benita Cooper, an award-winning architect and designer in the US, recently collaborated with Haddonfield Public Library, to run a project with Haddonfield Memorial High School students....
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In the Classroom: Finding Solutions for Classmates
"My name is Renata Keller and I’m a Kindergarten Teacher at San Pascual STEAM Magnet Elementary in Los Angeles, California. Our tablets didn't have a stand holder and students were tired of holding them with their hands to complete...
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In the Classroom: Fun Friday Projects with Multi-age Groups
"I am a teacher-librarian at Bridgeview Elementary in Surrey, British Columbia. I taught a progression of Makedo projects during "Fun Friday". Fun Friday is an hour a week when Kindergartens through Grade 7s learn and play together at an activity...
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In the Classroom: The Town That Takes Care Of The Planet
One of 'Single Steps Learning' recent projects, called ‘The Town That Takes Care of The Planet' was a collaboration with Our Holy Redeemer School, Clydebank, Scotland. Here, grade 3 and 4 students designed and built either a prototype or a...
