Category: Growing Up Making

  • #dorasmathchannel: Let’s talk math anxiety

    #dorasmathchannel: Let’s talk math anxiety

    What is math anxiety? Math anxiety is realized when engaging with math causes a mental shut down. It can show up as panic, stress, anger, the inability to talk about math from a fear of being wrong, negative associations, or a brain freeze, among others. Learn more from our resident Math Champion, Dora!

  • “Making is Caring”: An Interview with Bárbara Yarza

    “Making is Caring”: An Interview with Bárbara Yarza

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things they are making and doing! This is because youth of color deserve to see engineers, scientists, mathematicians, artists, creators, and makers of color! In this…

  • Learning to Be Brave and Breathe: An Interview with Reyna Hamilton

    Learning to Be Brave and Breathe: An Interview with Reyna Hamilton

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things they are making and doing! This is because youth of color deserve to see engineers, scientists, mathematicians, artists, creators, and makers of color! In this…

  • “Keep Your Inner Child Alive”: An Interview with Cassia Izaac

    “Keep Your Inner Child Alive”: An Interview with Cassia Izaac

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things […]

  • How Not to Give Up on Students: An Interview with Ariel Marchante Ortiz

    How Not to Give Up on Students: An Interview with Ariel Marchante Ortiz

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things […]

  • From the Creators of Learning in the Making: Live!

    From the Creators of Learning in the Making: Live!

    Maker Ed staff members Dora Medrano Ramos and Linda Le share why they created Learning in the Making: Live! as a powerful response to the persistent omission of youth of color and educators of color from the dominant narratives surrounding maker education. As many people across the United States come to grips with the violence…

  • Pandemic Proof: The Resilience of Aaliyah Coleman

    Pandemic Proof: The Resilience of Aaliyah Coleman

    To understand the power of a positive response to a pandemic, one must first understand an individual’s potential. On Saturday, March 3, 2020, Aaliyah Coleman, 5th-grade East Oakland Student, had just won the Silver Medal at a Youth Track Meet. She competed in the long jump against fourteen other 11- and 12-year-old girls and was…

  • Growing Up Making – Kennan Scott

    Welcome to Maker Ed’s “Growing up Making” community blog series that highlights how maker educators have been influenced by family and their community. By sharing stories of what inspires maker educators, […]

  • Growing Up Making – Jakki Spicer

    Growing Up Making – Jakki Spicer

    Welcome to Maker Ed’s “Growing up Making” community blog series that highlights how maker educators have been influenced by family and their community. By sharing stories of what inspires maker educators, […]

  • Growing Up Making – Sheryl Sotelo

    Welcome to Maker Ed’s “Growing up Making” community blog series that highlights how maker educators have been influenced by family and their community. By sharing stories of what inspires maker educators, […]