Online PD that Supports Transformative Learning
Choose professional development teachers can use for remote learning, blended learning or back in the classroom & allow them to earn PD hours from home.
Give your teachers the skills and tools to use design thinking and maker mindset in their classroom wherever it might be!
Get StartedExpand Their Maker Mindset & Design Thinking Skills
Purchase of this 10-pack allows you to give your teachers access and choice. Teachers choose the Maker Ed course that speaks to them, or do both. Each course includes 3 PDH's.
Delivered Online
Courses are for educators who want a flexible, self-paced experience delivered on their terms.
Relevant No Matter the Circumstance
Applicable no matter what the coming days mean: a fully online or virtual model, a hybrid model combining both in-person and online, or a traditional schooling model.
Facilitate Transformative Moments
The hallmark of our courses is that they focus on helping teachers deliver learning experiences to students that empower them to learn by doing.
3 Professional Development Hours Awarded Per Course
Illinois Digital Educators Alliance (IDEA) will provide PDH's for these courses that can be used for licensure renewal in Illinois. The IL State Board of Education has robust reciprocity. If you don’t live in Illinois, you may still be eligible to use these credits.
Upon purchasing this course 10-pack we will contact you with coupon codes to access the courses of their choice.
Course Options:
A Maker's Approach to Design Thinking
This course focuses on our unique approach to design thinking, introducing a variety of specific activities, and practical ways to bring this thinking into your work with students whether they're learning remotely or in your classroom. Participants gain practice with tools to use in a variety of learning situations including genius hour, passion projects, and focused exercises to apply during morning routine or transitions. (includes 3 PDH's with submission of learning products)
Infusing Your Curriculum with Inquiry
In this course we will focus on how you can bring making, inquiry, and constructivist learning into every subject matter that you teach. We will cover the pedagogical imperative to shifting into this approach, specific activities you can do, ways to assess student learning, and ways to keep your excitement about this work alive well after the course is over. (includes 3 PDH's with submission of learning products).
“This was a great course. I enjoyed thinking about how to use more design challenges in my classroom. It was also real in letting me think about my "not-to-do" list. I feel like this can help me when I get back into my non-virtual classroom as well as giving my students optional tasks for home learning and design.”
Megan L. Hennessy-Seguin
Meet Your Instructor
Samantha Gleisten
Dir. Of Learner Experience
Samantha Gleisten is the Director of Learner Experience Design at BitSpace, where she works to share professional development opportunities in making and constructivist teaching with educators across the country. Prior to her work with BitSpace, Sam was a classroom teacher for 15 years and was awarded an Unsung Heroes Award by Voya for her work implementing a problem solving curriculum in the classroom.
Your teachers will thank you!
Ready to give your teachers the tools?
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Design assessments that can’t be Googled
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Get students excited to learn regardless of grades
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The ability to earn professional development hours on their terms and from home
