Joined the AIMS Center webinar this afternoon on shape viewfinders. I appreciated the focus on spatial reasoning & the importance of making. A nice example of an interactive math experiences for at-home learning and a project we can do separately yet together in schools. #sd38learn

Looking for a BIG challenge? Scale up your construction set! For inspiration, check out our take on building a big slotted cardboard construction set -- and then bringing it to the park! Share your construction set explorations with us using the hashtag #CreativeConstructions.

“Through all of the extraordinary disorientation and tumult of our world right now, I think we are also glimpsing the world that wants to be born—a world in which we center what is essential in human terms.” — Krista Tippett

Salad spinner art with Head Start children and families. Paint and predict, then spin! #exploringspinning

Thoughtful reflections from Spencer Foundation on proposals received related to responding to current moment, possibilities and tensions in the field: spencer.org/news/announcin…

We write about culturally sustaining pedagogy as we care deeply about teaching, learning, but we all know it’s culturally sustaining art, living, breathing, kinship, that is the heart of the work. That is our heart 🙌🏽✊🏽❤️

A big thank you to Ariam Mogos for engaging us in considering implications for design choices in technology. Grateful for this critical work for K12 educators and students AIMS Center

#FabLearn workshops are here! Nov 7 noon-5:30pm NYC time. All workshops are free but have limited availability and registration will happen on a first-come, first-served basis. More info: nyc2020.fablearn.global/workshops/

In their new article “Coding at a Crossroads”, Mitchel Resnick + @nrusk1 share concerns and hopes for coding in schools in the decade ahead. Article: bit.ly/coding-at-cros… Video: vimeo.com/460590270

We tinkered with balancing acts in today’s AIMS Center colloquium with Syntest 1 and Casey Federico. Easy-to-gather materials work as bases and balancing beams to create sculptures!

What a great example of #TinkeringAtHome with balance🍴🥢🖇️ Thanks for sharing! We ❤️ the creative repurposing of everyday materials like whisks, chopsticks, silverware, whisks, and even coffee creamers 🍵 #ExploringBalance Syntest 1 Casey Federico

Check out this toolkit by IDEO’s The Teachers Guild x School Retool X School Retool. Educators can use this guide to design small hacks towards bigger change and an equitable future for their students. bit.ly/3fdDTT1

There are so many great presentations happening here, including some innovative partnership insights from the AIMS Center team! #STEAM #STEMeducation Register today: web.cvent.com/event/d4865dc7…

"Learning to Love Learning and Embrace Uncertainty": new video highlights how and why people need to shift the ways they think about education and learning vimeo.com/328370243

So helpful for these days - an immediate physical realignment with the here & the now. Also a regrounding towards callings still ahead. I've stopped what I'm doing many times this year for this. TY rmenakem #holdingspace onbeing.org/blog/race-and-…

Now Is A Good Time To Talk To Kids About Civics Anya Kamenetz buff.ly/34MZbTQ