Search results for: “meetups”
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Virtual MakerEd Meetups: Virtual Maker-Ed Summer Camp Chats
Join other makers for a free virtual zoom chat to brainstorm ways to facilitate virtual camp options in maker topics including tinkering, computer science, digital design/fabrication, electronics, textile arts, VR/AR/MR, carpentry, physical computing, a/v production, and robotics. Participants can join breakout rooms to discuss ideas for specific age ranges and for virtual camp administration.
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Virtual MakerEd Meetups: Virtual Maker-Ed Summer Camp Chats
Join other makers for a free virtual zoom chat to brainstorm ways to facilitate virtual camp options in maker topics including tinkering, computer science, digital design/fabrication, electronics, textile arts, VR/AR/MR, carpentry, physical computing, a/v production, and robotics. Participants can join breakout rooms to discuss ideas for specific age ranges and for virtual camp administration.
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Maker Educator Meetups
A recent survey of maker educators conducted by Maker Ed found that a majority of educators liked the generosity, openness, and friendliness of the maker educator community. However, a lack of time and resources are key hurdles to engaging in face-to-face activities. Additionally, some survey responses also indicated that the wider community of maker educators is hard…
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Resources and Research
Publications Transforming public education with making and digital fabrication. Field Building Collaborative. The State of Maker Learning in collaboration with Digital Promise. Shaping Educator Learning Communities: A quick guide. Online Learning Module: Building a Maker-Centered Pathway to Invention, including Designing Learning Progressions, Approaches to Maker Education, and the Documentation Prompt Jar. Cultivating a Repair Mindset…
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Workshops and Events
Workshops Making Genius, Centering Joy (2022): We designed and led a six week course with an international cohort of 22 educators where we created culturally responsive, anti-racist maker-centered learning curricula. This blended learning experience included a series of six asynchronous self-paced learning modules and four synchronous two-hour workshops. Learn more. Virtual Workshops (2021): We offered…
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Reflections from Maker Ed Staff
Some of our current team members have written a reflection about their work at Maker Ed that they would like to share with the community. From Dora Medrano Ramos: While I am deeply saddened by the news of Maker Ed’s closure, I am also proud of the incredible work our team has been able to…
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Making Food and Memories at an East Bay Maker Educator Meetup
Our staff member Linda recently reminded us that “almost a year ago we did an intergenerational MEM around food and memories and never posted about it because life got so chaotic Do we still have photos? Is it too late to write about it?” Well, Linda, it’s never too late to celebrate joy and a…
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San Francisco Scratch Educator Virtual Meetup #2
Our first VIRTUAL Scratch educator meetup was a huge success, so we are back with one more before the school year ends! Our next, and best yet, meetup event will be hosted VIRTUALLY via Zoom on Wednesday, May 27th from 4:00-5:30pm Pacific time! Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu) is a programming language that makes it easy for learners…
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Bay Area Maker Educator Meetup
We are living in an unprecedented time, where teachers are being asked to completely shift their practices to a remote model. Whether we are designing activities to send home to students, teaching online via Zoom, filming videos for students to watch asynchronously (or all of the above!), we are all doing so while we ourselves…
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San Francisco Scratch Educator Virtual Meetup
Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu) is a programming language that makes it easy for learners to create their own interactive digital media. Scratch Educator Meetups are participatory professional learning experiences for teachers who want to learn more about teaching with Scratch. They are organized as unconferences. At the meetup, we will: * Explore a variety of ways to…