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I just returned from Ignite Innovation, 2017, a conference sponsored by the Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was held at the Sullivan Center for Innovation and Leadership. I had the privilege of presenting the keynote, A Makerspace Toolbox, Inquiry-based STEM Labs. I  focused on purpose and pedagogy of STEM education, and Maker labs in education.

Hawaii is stunning and the weather during my visit was perfect. Iolani School is a beautiful campus with open spaces, a spectacular makerspace, and large innovative places for collaboration. Iolani provides an excellent model for 21st century learning spaces.

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There were many new and really amazing edtech learning  tools to be found at January’s Las Vegas’ CES, Orlando’s FETC, and London’s BETT.  In fact we found dozens of great learning tools we can’t wait to explore. Here are highlights of some of our favorites.

In the area of robotics there were more codable robots, microcontroller and robotic kits than ever before. We finally had the chance to explore KUBO, the educational coding robot. We’d seen Kubo on Facebook and being hands-on with this robot was a pleasure. Our favorite aspect of this learning system was Kubo’s direct connection to literacy and math curriculum.

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2016 raced by for TechTerra Education. This year we visited 12 states in the USA. We brought our unique approach to Florida, Georgia, Texas, New York, California, Colorado, Virginia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Washington, Nevada, and of course, North Carolina. The first month of the new year kicks off for us in Nevada, South Carolina, and Florida with Texas and Hawaii coming up in February.

On the global front, we visited 4 foreign countries. We took TechTerra Education to Jamaica, Costa Rica, Sweden, and China. Next year we start our international travels by heading to the United Kingdom.

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TechTerra just returned from China. It was an amazing trip with Susan presenting at the Global Education Technology (GET) Summit in Beijing. The work continued with visits to Eduction Technology companies throughout the city and a visit to the Peking University High School’s Makerspace.

Susan will be blogging about the trip soon. In the meantime, we thought a holiday post would be fun to get you thinking about STEM and Maker gifts.

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This article first appeared as “Kids become creators, not consumers – TechTerra’s STEM makerspace approach nurtures 21st-century learners” in the Pitsco Education Network Magazine, October-November 2016. Reprinted with permission.

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We’d promised to share some of our favorite education apps in our next newsletter.  So here are some useful media search tools and a handful of apps and web-based tools we love. 

​If you’re looking for a mobile app tool and can’t find it, give us a shout.  We’ll give you our best recommendations from our expert teachers.

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