We are the thinker tank
We are a team of maker educators who coach, model, and mentor educators to enable them to cultivate student creativity through maker projects. We have a vast collection of maker projects ideas, equipment, and activities, that reinforce the disciplines of S.T.E.A.M. as well as language arts. Above all, we help you bring “making” to you and your class.
The team works with you and your class to create a self-directed “maker” project. The team supports and mentors educators to be more of a coach, encouraging design thinking and original ideas. Students make projects, but the focus is on the process, not the project. The Thinker Tank will also provide guidance, feedback, tools, resources, and a community of Makers.
Educators that join the Maker community will be on the cutting age of a new ADLA community where you can share your experiences and receive support from fellow educators monthly. Student engagement will increase, excitement of learning will be the new norm, and unwanted behaviors in your class will diminish. Bringing making to your class will help you prepare your students with 21st-century skills that promote the 4C’s and design thinking, so students are prepared and will thrive in the future.
The team works with you and your class to create a self-directed “maker” project. The team supports and mentors educators to be more of a coach, encouraging design thinking and original ideas. Students make projects, but the focus is on the process, not the project. The Thinker Tank will also provide guidance, feedback, tools, resources, and a community of Makers.
Educators that join the Maker community will be on the cutting age of a new ADLA community where you can share your experiences and receive support from fellow educators monthly. Student engagement will increase, excitement of learning will be the new norm, and unwanted behaviors in your class will diminish. Bringing making to your class will help you prepare your students with 21st-century skills that promote the 4C’s and design thinking, so students are prepared and will thrive in the future.
No matter where you are,
no matter what you have,
you can MAKE it work!
-Thinker Tank Team
no matter what you have,
you can MAKE it work!
-Thinker Tank Team
THE MOBILE MAKER INITIATIVE: THINKER TANK
The C3 Mobile Maker Initiative: THINKER TANK is currently in development. The 2019-2020 school year is the official pilot year with seven schools and will give students and teachers in the Archdiocese, an opportunity to cultivate their creativity through maker projects and activities, while reinforcing the disciplines of math, science, engineering, architecture, design and art. The THINKER TANK will provide support and assistance to teachers and students as they develop their ideas, learn new skills and enhance working in a collaborative maker environment.
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