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TK-8 Educator & Learning Designer l currently 4th-8th Comp Sci & Making | @PBS Digital Innovator I @Raspberry_Pi Certified l Design Thinking l #CSed | #MakerEd | #cuemmunity | #edusky
Learning about design, line art, negative space & laser cutting w/ @glowforge.bsky.social as we design ornaments in my 5th grade Maker Lab classes. Ss chose to design on paper, in Google Drawings, or @figma.com Design.
Excited to be learning with my Ss & improving my Figma skills everyday! #MakerEd
Excited to be learning with my Ss & improving my Figma skills everyday! #MakerEd
December 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Learning about design, line art, negative space & laser cutting w/ @glowforge.bsky.social as we design ornaments in my 5th grade Maker Lab classes. Ss chose to design on paper, in Google Drawings, or @figma.com Design.
Excited to be learning with my Ss & improving my Figma skills everyday! #MakerEd
Excited to be learning with my Ss & improving my Figma skills everyday! #MakerEd
Really enjoying these pre-made A.I. activities by Seesaw this week! Such a great way to start the convo about A.I. with my 3rd grade #CSed Ss. We’re learning what A.I. is & where Ss already see A.I. used in their everyday lives— from Alexa to TV show recommendations, & maps.
#CSedWeek
#CSedWeek
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Look at those twinkling lights for #CSedWeek!
Just introduced 6th grade Ss to circuits, @raspberrypi.com Pico & @playpiper.bsky.social and love watching them experiment, troubleshoot and create. First LEDs, next up motors and animatronics 😉
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
Just introduced 6th grade Ss to circuits, @raspberrypi.com Pico & @playpiper.bsky.social and love watching them experiment, troubleshoot and create. First LEDs, next up motors and animatronics 😉
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Look at those twinkling lights for #CSedWeek!
Just introduced 6th grade Ss to circuits, @raspberrypi.com Pico & @playpiper.bsky.social and love watching them experiment, troubleshoot and create. First LEDs, next up motors and animatronics 😉
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
Just introduced 6th grade Ss to circuits, @raspberrypi.com Pico & @playpiper.bsky.social and love watching them experiment, troubleshoot and create. First LEDs, next up motors and animatronics 😉
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
Christmas vibes kicked off in the Maker Lab last week for our 6th grade intro to circuits & @raspberrypi.com Pico
#CSed #MakerEd
#CSed #MakerEd
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Christmas vibes kicked off in the Maker Lab last week for our 6th grade intro to circuits & @raspberrypi.com Pico
#CSed #MakerEd
#CSed #MakerEd
Great discussions & questions about A.I. this week in my 4th-6th grade classes, as we practice prompting to generate images in @adobeexpress.adobe.com!
Love Ss thoughtful questions about the ethics, safety & environmental impacts of creating and using artificial intelligence tools.
#CSed #EDUsky
Love Ss thoughtful questions about the ethics, safety & environmental impacts of creating and using artificial intelligence tools.
#CSed #EDUsky
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Great discussions & questions about A.I. this week in my 4th-6th grade classes, as we practice prompting to generate images in @adobeexpress.adobe.com!
Love Ss thoughtful questions about the ethics, safety & environmental impacts of creating and using artificial intelligence tools.
#CSed #EDUsky
Love Ss thoughtful questions about the ethics, safety & environmental impacts of creating and using artificial intelligence tools.
#CSed #EDUsky
“Ms. H! I’m just finishing drawing my boss character!” Ss in grade 4-5 working this week on their @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social “Ghostbusters” video game in Scratch— still a favorite! Such great lessons in game design, story elements, sequencing, repetition, variables, digital art and more. #CSed
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“Ms. H! I’m just finishing drawing my boss character!” Ss in grade 4-5 working this week on their @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social “Ghostbusters” video game in Scratch— still a favorite! Such great lessons in game design, story elements, sequencing, repetition, variables, digital art and more. #CSed
Watched a tutorial during my morning prep, and had my 1st @figma.com Design created & laser cut (earrings maybe?) by lunch. So fun!!
So I decided to teach my #MakerEd 7th & 8th Ss their first lesson in the afternoon. Can’t wait to see what they create!
So I decided to teach my #MakerEd 7th & 8th Ss their first lesson in the afternoon. Can’t wait to see what they create!
September 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Watched a tutorial during my morning prep, and had my 1st @figma.com Design created & laser cut (earrings maybe?) by lunch. So fun!!
So I decided to teach my #MakerEd 7th & 8th Ss their first lesson in the afternoon. Can’t wait to see what they create!
So I decided to teach my #MakerEd 7th & 8th Ss their first lesson in the afternoon. Can’t wait to see what they create!
Middle school maker class is rocking their first project of the trimester— hand sewn softies. Learning the running stitch & blanket stitch = excellent fine motor skill work!
#MakerEd
#MakerEd
September 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Middle school maker class is rocking their first project of the trimester— hand sewn softies. Learning the running stitch & blanket stitch = excellent fine motor skill work!
#MakerEd
#MakerEd
Reposted
When we think of “learning outcomes” as the purpose of education and stop there, we miss out on the ultimate aim of school—which is to use the learning to build the person.
Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.
#EduSky
Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.
#EduSky
Projects, Purpose, and the Teenage Mind
Neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang on why adolescent students search for deeper meaning—and what that tells us about designing schools that engage teens.
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September 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
When we think of “learning outcomes” as the purpose of education and stop there, we miss out on the ultimate aim of school—which is to use the learning to build the person.
Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.
#EduSky
Read the conversation between neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and @stephenmerrill.bsky.social for more.
#EduSky
Always enjoy learning new Maker Lab skills with Jesus Huerta! Great session this morning at Santa Cruz County COE #B2SReboot Excited to add some new projects & plans into my classes this school year 💡
#MakerEd #CUEmmunity
#MakerEd #CUEmmunity
July 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Always enjoy learning new Maker Lab skills with Jesus Huerta! Great session this morning at Santa Cruz County COE #B2SReboot Excited to add some new projects & plans into my classes this school year 💡
#MakerEd #CUEmmunity
#MakerEd #CUEmmunity
New blog post—> this yr, my 7th graders integrated A.I. into their final robotics projects & it ended up being a great maker-based deep dive into effective prompt writing, how models are trained, data privacy and more!
#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
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#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
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Maker Ed Exploration of A.I.
For the last several years I've wrapped up my 7th grade CS classes with a big robotics build. Students design, construct and code their own ...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New blog post—> this yr, my 7th graders integrated A.I. into their final robotics projects & it ended up being a great maker-based deep dive into effective prompt writing, how models are trained, data privacy and more!
#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
mshaughs.blogspot.com/2025/07/make...
#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
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I 💙 this so much! For their final, some of my gr8 Ss wanted to create an animatronic hand to signASL w/@raspberrypi Pico & @pimoroni Inventor. It took hours of classes, lunch breaks & drop-ins just to build & code a few fingers to move. So proud of their hard work & dedication! #CSed #MakerEd
June 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My 7th grade Comp Sci Ss are getting ready to present their final @raspberrypi.com Robotics Design projects this week. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the cool features this year’s class added to the traditional “robotic buggy” build…
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
May 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My 7th grade Comp Sci Ss are getting ready to present their final @raspberrypi.com Robotics Design projects this week. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the cool features this year’s class added to the traditional “robotic buggy” build…
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
#CSforAll #CSed #MakerEd
My annual 7th grade robotics exhibition is just a couple weeks away, and Ss are hustling to put the final pieces together on their bots. This yr’s classes are trying out some REALLY neat ideas! So proud of their creativity & perseverance!
#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
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#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
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May 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My annual 7th grade robotics exhibition is just a couple weeks away, and Ss are hustling to put the final pieces together on their bots. This yr’s classes are trying out some REALLY neat ideas! So proud of their creativity & perseverance!
#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
@raspberrypiorg.bsky.social
#CSed #MakerEd #EDUsky
@raspberrypiorg.bsky.social
Testing out my new Toybox 3D printer today. So far, so easy to use!
May 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Testing out my new Toybox 3D printer today. So far, so easy to use!
My Ss have some fun ideas for their end of yr @raspberrypi.com robotics projects & I’m having to learn some new skills alongside them to make it happen. This week— speech recognition. Took a few days of failures but finally got something working! 🎉 👏🏻
#MakerEd #CSed
#MakerEd #CSed
May 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My Ss have some fun ideas for their end of yr @raspberrypi.com robotics projects & I’m having to learn some new skills alongside them to make it happen. This week— speech recognition. Took a few days of failures but finally got something working! 🎉 👏🏻
#MakerEd #CSed
#MakerEd #CSed
A3: I’m definitely concerned about creator’s rights when it comes to the ways AI is training using artists’ work… I have Ss who are really worried about the ethics of AI & creating work based on other people’s work #EduSkyAI
Q3: What challenges or ethical considerations have you encountered when integrating AI into creative processes? #EduSkyAI
April 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A3: I’m definitely concerned about creator’s rights when it comes to the ways AI is training using artists’ work… I have Ss who are really worried about the ethics of AI & creating work based on other people’s work #EduSkyAI
A1: just started trying out AI for learning new coding skills w/my Ss. Hoping it helps us do more in a short amount of class time, & let us focus more on electronics and project design & build #EduSkyAI
Q1: How has AI supported your own creativity? #EduSkyAI
April 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A1: just started trying out AI for learning new coding skills w/my Ss. Hoping it helps us do more in a short amount of class time, & let us focus more on electronics and project design & build #EduSkyAI
Ss using homemade soil sensors + @raspberrypi.com + @pimoroni.com Explorer Hat this week to test for moisture in soil. Today we’ll graph our data w/pygal. Learning lots about electricity & data collection! #CSed #MakerEd
Huge to thx to Chris Regini for sharing his lesson all those yrs ago 😁
Huge to thx to Chris Regini for sharing his lesson all those yrs ago 😁
April 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ss using homemade soil sensors + @raspberrypi.com + @pimoroni.com Explorer Hat this week to test for moisture in soil. Today we’ll graph our data w/pygal. Learning lots about electricity & data collection! #CSed #MakerEd
Huge to thx to Chris Regini for sharing his lesson all those yrs ago 😁
Huge to thx to Chris Regini for sharing his lesson all those yrs ago 😁
First post in while--> "Math in the Making: Coding Sewable Buttons"
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Trying to get blogging again, and I've been especially interested in helping students learn & apply math in context. This unit was a really fun way of doing that.
mshaughs.blogspot.com/2025/04/math...
Trying to get blogging again, and I've been especially interested in helping students learn & apply math in context. This unit was a really fun way of doing that.
Math in the Making: Coding Buttons in Tinkercad Codeblocks
At Fall CUE 2022, I attended a session on Maker Ed, led by Stephen Callahan, in the San Joaquin County Office of Education Fab Lab . One of...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
First post in while--> "Math in the Making: Coding Sewable Buttons"
mshaughs.blogspot.com/2025/04/math...
Trying to get blogging again, and I've been especially interested in helping students learn & apply math in context. This unit was a really fun way of doing that.
mshaughs.blogspot.com/2025/04/math...
Trying to get blogging again, and I've been especially interested in helping students learn & apply math in context. This unit was a really fun way of doing that.