Author: jparker
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Empowering Young People to Shape their Worlds through Maker-Centered Learning
Edward P. Clapp, our guest author and a presenter at Maker Faire New York this weekend, is a principal investigator at Project Zero where he is a co-director of the Agency by Design initiative, an investigation of the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker-centered learning. Read more…
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Getting Started with Making: Three Back-To-School Project Ideas
It’s back-to-school time, and one of the best ways to get excited about the new school year is to engage colleagues and/or students in a making activity! Making is an awesome opportunity to get adults and youth excited, have them engage a “hands-on and mind-on” approach. Read more…
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Ask a Maker Educator – Administrator Edition
With principals Gina Silveira and Melissa Becker Melissa Becker, Principal at Meadow Elementary School, received the Petaluma Community Award for Excellence in Education in May 2014 for her charismatic leadership. She created the first elementary makerspace in Northern CA for students and strives to provide a progressive learning environment for all children. Gina Silveira is…
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Julian Waters on The Impact of Changing Minds
“So many in our society are quick to criticize the system that public school students learn under, but equally strong in number are those who strive actively to change it. By promoting student voice, self-directed learning, and passion-centered projects in school, we’re making a lasting difference for students in their secondary schooling and well into…
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The Hiccups and Hurdles of Makerspace Planning (and How to Avoid Them)
With all the great things about makerspaces, it can be easy to overlook some of the small hiccups and larger hurdles that might come up when making if educators and youth don’t make time for designing and planning. At the reMAKE education conference (#remakeedu) this past week, Stephanie Chang and I engaged educators in some…
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Growing Up Making – Jessica Parker
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, we’re excited to showcase the impactful and multigenerational human history of making. This post was written by Jessica Parker, Education Community Manager at Maker Ed. Share your…
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Meet Jessica, Maker Ed’s New Education Community Manager
I found myself on the floor of the Tinkering Studio in The Exploratorium on a Tuesday morning in autumn 2014, paired with a high school math teacher and armed with the task of making a marble go as slowly as possible. I was invigorated: I had a partner, I had a goal, and I had…