Student Agency, Voice, and the Maker Movement

On Friday, November 14 from 3-4pm PT (6-7pm ET), a special two-month series was kicked off  during this session were we discussed how”Powerful learning occurs when youth, driven by their own interests, are supported in being creators and not just consumers of knowledge.”

This webinar was part of a two-month-long series recapping the 2014 Connected Educator Month: *Post-Connected Educator Month: A “Connected” Mindset*. Check out all the details at http://bit.ly/post-CE14

From this Series:

• Part 2—Best Practices for Effective Blended Learning
• Part 3—Collaboration and Capacity Building: Moving Beyond Random Connections
• Part 4—Whole Community Engagement: Bringing Voices Together for Change

View the Conversation
During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtags #connectedlearning and #CE14.

Guests for this webinar included:

• Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach – Co-Founder of the Powerful Learning Practice (PLP) Network, and Co-Chair of Connected Educator Month
• Christina Cantrill – Senior Program Associate for the National Writing Project is co-founder of the NWP “Digital Is” website project
• Paul Allison – English Teacher at New Directions Secondary School and Tech Liaison for the New York City Writing Project
• Joe Dillon – Education Technology Coordinator – Aurora Public Schools, and part of the Denver Writing Project

Resources for this webinar:

• CEM 2014: Student Agency, Voice, and the Maker Movement
• Educator Innovator webinar: “Making Space and Time for Student Agency and Voice”
• YouthVoices.net: a school-based social network where youth of all ages to voice their thoughts about their passions
• Pinterest.com Board: “Student Agency, Student Voice, and the Maker Movement”
• Crowdrise.com campaign for Connected Educator Month
• Innovators, Not Hackers: Stop Portraying Youth as Digital Deviants

Photos/connedteducators.org

#ConnectedLearning Discussion on Twitter