Sue Cusack and Jacy Edelman of the Lesley STEAM Team sat down with Mary Adelaide, a ScratchEd Intern, to discuss their work facilitating Scratch Jr and Scratch through a maker mindset. View the full article on the ScratchEd website.
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Sparks of Innovation: Highlights from the Kennedy School Partnership
It’s been a jam packed year of making at the Kennedy School, with Lesley STEAM supporting maker-minded projects in each of the K-8 classrooms. Check out our video highlighting this whole school approach to innovation:
STEAM in the Riverside Event
Lesley STEAM joined in another rollicking evening of making at the STEAM in Riverside event at the MLK Jr. Elementary School in Cambridge, thanks to Sharlene Yang, Coordinator of the Cambridge STEAM Initiative. K-8 students brought the idea of Hack the Dollar Store to life with outlandish electronic redesigns of dollar store items.
Kennedy Kicks off Hour Of Code Week
The Lesley STEAM Team was proud to help launch the Hour of Code Week at the Kennedy School in Somerville alongside our Kennedy partners. The week-long celebration of coding and making was marked by Somerville Mayor, Joe Curtatone, and Superintendent, Mary Skipper. View full article on The Somerville News Weekly.
MAEA 2016 – Artist as Maker/Maker as Artist
Activity Handouts from Workshop
Sue Cusack, Jacy Edelman, and Maureen Creegan-Quinquis
Lesley University
MAEA 2016
November 13, 2016
Resources:
Art+Bio Collaborative: http://www.artbiocollaborative.com/
Exploratorium ideas: http://www.exploratorium.edu/pie/ideas.html#page
Google Arts & Culture: https://artsandculture.google.com/
Mini Robotic Origami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVYz7g-qLjs
KLO Artventure – Pollock Bots: http://kloartventure.blogspot.com/2015/11/pollock-bots.html
EdTech Teacher Innovation Summit – Sparking the Maker Mindset
Sue Cusack, Jacy Edelman, Lindsey Tosches & Dan Ciambrone
Lesley University
EdTech Teacher Innovation Summit
November 3rd, 2016
MassCUE – Power Up Your Maker Mindset
Sue Cusack, Jacy Edelman, Rosey McQuillan & Dan Ciambrone
Lesley University
MassCUE & M.A.S.S Annual Technology Conference 2016
October 19th & 20th, 2016
Making the Early Childhood STEAM connection
Lesley Associate Professor Yvonne Liu-Constant brought her students into the Lesley Makerspace to experience a variety of STEAM activities within the context of their Integrated Curriculum for Early Childhood: Science and Health course.
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Scratch@MIT – Arduino: The Next Frontier for Scratchers
Kreg Hanning, Sue Cusack & Jacy Edelman
Lesley University
Scratch@MIT Conference 2016
August 4, 2016
Scratch@MIT 2016 – Extension Mashup: Taking Scratch to the Next Level
Kreg Hanning, Sue Cusack & Jacy Edelman
Lesley University
Lesley University
Scratch@MIT Conference 2016
August 4, 2016