Maker education (an instructional approach that emphasizes hands-on
learning) empowers students to become passionate, creative thinkers. In
Remaking Literacy, author Jacie Maslyk details how to transform
literacy teaching and learning by integrating maker projects for
elementary classrooms. Rely on the book's tools and strategies to help
you construct innovative opportunities for students to boost
comprehension, increase vocabulary knowledge, and improve writing
skills.
Apply the concepts of maker-centered learning and projects to your
literacy education:
- Examine the ways maker education and project-based learning (PBL) can
enhance teaching and empower student engagement and learning.
- Learn how to reimagine instruction to ensure students build crucial
literacy, collaboration, and thinking skills.
- Study various low-tech and low-cost strategies and how to utilize them
in flexible learning spaces or makerspaces in the elementary classroom
or school.
- Receive checklists and planning tools for incorporating a maker
education curriculum in your classroom reading activities.
- Reflect on the literacy activities and makerspace ideas presented by
answering reflection questions at the end of each chapter.
Contents:
Chapter 1: What the Research Says
Chapter 2: Creative Pathways to Learning
Chapter 3: Thinking and Design
Chapter 4: Low-Tech Making
Chapter 5: Remaking With Maker Tech
Chapter 6: Guidance for Implementation
