The Maker movement has been an excellent opportunity for people to become producers rather than just consumers, and schools are recognizing the value of offering students the tools, materials, and skills necessary to design sophisticated and meaningful projects. But teaching technical skills should not be the end goal: At its best, a Maker education teaches students to think and act in creative ways that can be applied to difficult challenges in all areas of life. Three Modes of Making provides a framework for Maker courses in upper grades that teach students creative-process skills through three key Maker modes: Imitation, Modification, and Innovation. Educators will learn the differences between the three Maker modes, their associated skill sets, and gain concrete methods to teach, document, and assess these skills. Through this approach, teachers will enable students to apply them to different creative needs. By focusing on how to teach skill development rather than merely how to build specific objects, Three Modes of Making enables students to improve and enhance their creative skills, and learn ways to apply them to a wide variety of challenges. This book is a road map to developing the creative problem solvers that the world needs for the future.

Photographer Matt Zeigler presents the Northern Mockingbird; a common, widespread species that can sing a song by day or into the night. Its gray-brown plumage lacks the vivid color of other species, but its assertive behavior dominates the territory and provides interesting views for birdwatchers. Zeigler explored forests, briar patches and wild berry bushes in Central Alabama to capture Mockingbirds in their natural habitat. In addition to artistic imagery of Mockingbirds 'striking a pose' while perched on tree limbs; inside briar patches; or scampering on the ground, the author also exhibits their feeding habits. Among the 100 images published, Zeigler unveils rare photos of Mockingbirds 'snapping' food from the air as they perched on a limb.

Alabama Photo Book: Dynasty Edition captures the players and coaches that built Alabama into the dominant force of college football with 2009, 2011 and 2012 BCS Championships. Author/Photographer Matt Zeigler utilized conventional and digital editing techniques to develop 114 full-bleed (borderless) 8x10 images of the Tide Star players such as Julio Jones, Mark Ingram, AJ McCarron, Trent Richardson, Barrett Jones, Marcell Dareus, Greg McElroy, Courtney Upshaw, T.J. Yeldon, Dont'a Hightower, Mark Barron, D.J. Fluker, Eddie Lacy and Amari Cooper are featured amongst 63 players. Head Coach Nick Saban and seven assistants coaches are also exhibited.

Alabama Photo Book: Black & White Edition showcases 100 images of Crimson Tide players and coaches from the 2010-2012 seasons. In addition to well-known members of Alabama's 2009 and 2011 National Championship teams such as Head Coach Nick Saban and players such as Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, AJ McCarron, Trent Richardson, Greg McElroy, Barrett Jones, Eddie Lacy, Marcel Dareus and Courtney Upshaw, lesser-publicized coaches and players are also featured. The author also included images of walk-on players and Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama Photo Book is recommended for Crimson Tide fans of all ages and kids are sure to enjoy the images of Alabama's mascot, Big Al.

Alabama Photo Book showcases 77 full color images of Crimson Tide players and coaches from the 2010-2012 seasons. In addition to well-known members of Alabama's 2009 and 2011 National Championship teams such as Head Coach Nick Saban and players such as Mark Ingram, Julio Jones, AJ McCarron, Trent Richardson, Greg McElroy, Barrett Jones, Marcel Dareus and Courtney Upshaw, lesser-publicized coaches and players are also featured. The author also included images of walk-on players and Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama Photo Book is recommended for Crimson Tide fans of all ages and kids are sure to enjoy the images of Alabama's mascot, Big Al. Matt Zeigler worked eight years as a photojournalist and sportswriter in the newspaper industry before publishing his first book: 1990s NBA Flashback in 2002. In addition to youth, high school and college sports he traveled extensively throughout the Southeast covering the greatest athletes in pro sports as well. He's a 2010 USA Book News Best Books Award Winner for his book Sports Shooter: A Photographer's Story, and has also published Wild Alabama; Wild Alabama: Winter Haven; and 1990s NFL Flashback. He currently lives in central Alabama with his wife Glenda and son Matt.

Suicide Robots is Novella I of the 'Electric Fields' series. Ride The Fire -Official Maxim of 1st Marine Orbital Battalion, MOB-1. The saga began in 3140 when a rouge planet was guided into Earth's orbital plane by the Dracin Empire. Lt. Col. Stanford 'Breechblock' Abraham's MOB-1 led the assault to save Mother Earth from environmental destruction. After making planetfall with 'airtrac' dropships, MOB-1 struck with both armored and air assaults to overwhelm objectives. But the Dracins, assisted by a Russian adviser, were a formidable adversary. They trapped the Marines on an electric field, then unleashed waves of suicidal robots at MOB-1 that were programmed for destruction. Earth's celestial stability and MOB-1's survival hinge on the outcome of the Electric Field showdown.

Wild Alabama: American Robin is a thrilling look at the interesting habits of the species in natural settings. Award-winning author and photographer Matt Zeigler's passion to capture robins in flight unexpectedly revealed how they interact with each other and alone to accomplish objectives. With 110 full-color 8x10 images, Zeigler illustrates how robins accomplish rudimentary but vital tasks such as eating, drinking, and defending themselves from predators. Spectacular photos of robins taking off for flight and gliding-in for a landing are also featured. In addition, Zeigler delves into unusual places where robins roam in their daily lives.

Matt Zeigler's Wild Alabama: Winter Haven, takes a spectacular journey into the winter habitat of birds in central Alabama during the winter of 2010-2011. Through the use of 95 full-color images Zeigler presents the American Robin, Northern Mockingbird, Song Sparrow and other native/migrant species in their winter territory. When a rare snowstorm dumps three inches of snow on a normally ideal landscape, the robin proves to be the most adept at survival in icy conditions. In addition to examining habitat, feeding habits, social skills and security awareness of the local bird population, Zeigler reveals little-known facts about how robins maintain their energy and hydrate during extreme weather.

Into The Wildflowers is a photographic exhibit of the diverse wildlife that thrives in a naturally-occurring Central Alabama wildflower field. Award-winning photographer Matt Zeigler reveals this exciting expose with one hundred images of several butterfly species, including Variegated Fritillary, Viceroy, Gulf Fritillary, Buckeye, Little Yellow, Monarch, Checkered Skipper, American Lady, Mottled Dusty Wing, and Pearl Crescent; plus the Polyphemus Moth. Zeigler also features images of grasshoppers, bees and other creatures that flourish in a flower patch, as well as the plants that sustain them.

Bird Water: Appalachian Foothills by award-winning photographer Matt Zeigler captures the aquatic behavior of ducks and land birds at eastern Alabama's Lake Mitchell. The author presents 85 full-color images of the Drake Mallard, Wild Peking and Black Muscovy ducks as they interact at Lake Mitchell; nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. In addition to waterfowl the author features land birds, the American Robin and Cedar Waxwing, as they fly, bathe, drink and watch for predators in aquatic environments.

NBA Photo Book: Film Days is an exhilarating collection of sports imagery from the 1993, '94, '95 and '96 NBA seasons; the last decade of predominate use of 35mm film cameras. The collection includes images of Michael Jordan in both color and black and white; as well as rare photos of Jordan as a pro baseball player with the Birmingham Barons. Iconic NBA greats Magic Johnson and Charles Barkley are also featured, plus Grant Hill, an NCAA legend from Duke that evolved into the NBA's most dynamic 'young gun' of the 1990s. Zeigler also devotes a chapter to the Houston Rockets, winners of back-to-back NBA Championships in 1993-94 and '94-95. NBA All-Stars from the '90s are also remembered; as well as a chapter devoted to both role players and superstars.

Matt Zeigler's Total Football: Latin American Soccer in Alabama is a thrilling photo book that captures the spectacular action and drama of the world's most popular sport. The author, a USA Book News 2010 Best Books Award Winner for photography, depicts the skill and dedication of Alabama's Latin American immigrants in 2011. It was a farewell season brought on by HB 56, the harshest anti-immigration law in America. The intense competition, pride, dedication and love for soccer is illustrated with 82 full-color images. Zeigler freeze-frames the fast-paced tempo of soccer to reveal goalies, defenders, dirty work, headers, high-foot kicks, loose balls, playmakers, strikers, and wingers. In addition to sharp skills and pure athleticism, the images portray soccer as a refuge from exodus.

1990s NBA Flashback is an action-packed chronicle of the NBA's greatest performers of the decade. Illustrated with 50 images, it features the exploits of Michael Jordan, the greatest player of all time, as he builds the Chicago Bulls into a six-time NBA champion. Hakeem Olajuwon's quest to bring a title to Houston is also spotlighted. Other superstars featured include Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Robert Horry, David Robinson and Dennis Rodman, plus Dream Team and All-Stars.

Three Block War is 21st Century warfare defined. A clash of highly-trained and motivated warriors equipped with modern weaponry, opposed by a brutal cornucopia of asymmetrical zealotry and international terrorism, thriving in a land saturated with Soviet munitions. Part I: Iraqi Freedom chronicles the war in 2003, from the fierce urban battles in southern Iraq at Nasiriyah and the Faw Peninsula, to the mechanized assault that captured Baghdad and toppled Saddam Hussein. Battle tactics and the strategies of highly-aggressive commanders such as 1st Marine Division's Maj. Gen. James Mattis and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines' Lt. Col. B.P. McCoy are also chronicled. Part II: Iraqi Jihad recounts 2004, the intensity, danger, courage, sacrifice and esprit de corps that U.S. Marines experienced fighting jihad in western Iraq's Anbar Province. From the Syrian border to Ramadi, Najaf and particularly Fallujah, the Marines fought legendary battles on desert sands, city streets and even inside the world's largest graveyard from April-December. Three Block War is illustrated with combat imagery by Marine and Navy combat photographers.

Michael Jordan's NBA is an action-packed chronicle of the NBA's greatest performers of the decade. Illustrated with 50 images, it features the exploits of Michael Jordan, the greatest player of all time, as he builds the Chicago Bulls into a six-time NBA champion. Hakeem Olajuwon's quest to bring a title to Houston is also spotlighted. Other superstars featured include Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Robert Horry, David Robinson and Dennis Rodman, plus Dream Team and All-Stars.