My Take
As a FACS teacher, technology that helps in the classroom can be challenging to come by. Using this website, it was easy for students to create their own recipes in a multimedia format. It was great for advancing the learning of both high level learners as well as general ones.
How I Use It
This educational tool can be used in a variety of ways. In my classroom, I used it to allow students the capability of sharing their work outside of the four walls of the classroom. As students were able to develop "DIY" recipes, they were forced to develop a generic, yet specific, set of instructions for the reader to follow. Using creativity in their presentation was equally enjoyable with this teaching tool.
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Alisha M.
Huntington High School
Huntington, WV
June 1, 2015
This website has endless instructions to do anything you could possibly think of. I like how it breaks it down so that you can search different categories.
I think this is a teaching tool that you could add to things that you already have. I liked that you can research by different categories instead of it all being thrown together.
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Denis K.
District 75 Special Education Science Instructional Coach
New York, NY
June 17, 2014
The "IT" of Do-It-Yourself websites
This is a good teaching tool as it provides a way to make (sometimes) advanced objects out of (sometimes) common materials. These can be used inside and outside the classroom. Definitely the go-to place for instructions on classroom models that might be too expensive to purchase for the school budget.
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Mona E.
Huntington High School
Huntington, WV
June 13, 2014
The website is a great resource for design and 3d printing ideas.
I liked all the different design ideas that can be found on the site. I have noticed ads for items not appropriate for students such as Mike's Hard drinks. Also, some of the design ideas are not for students but a teacher can use the site for their own research and only use the designs they feel are appropriate for students.
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