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Empowering Young People to Shape their Worlds through Maker-Centered Learning

September 22, 2017 by Jessica Parker 1 Comment

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.
 
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Filed Under: Events, Guest Post, Maker Faire

Getting Started with Making: Three Back-To-School Project Ideas

September 6, 2017 by Jessica Parker Leave a Comment

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.

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Filed Under: Resources Tagged With: Project Ideas, Schools

Ask a Maker Educator – Administrator Edition

February 1, 2017 by Jessica Parker Leave a Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator Tagged With: Administrators, Leadership, Making the Case

Julian Waters on The Impact of Changing Minds

October 7, 2016 by Jessica Parker Leave a Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Community, Events, Guest Post, Maker Faire Tagged With: Maker Faire

The Hiccups and Hurdles of Makerspace Planning (and How to Avoid Them)

August 10, 2016 by Jessica Parker 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Makerspaces, Resources

Growing Up Making – Jessica Parker

June 13, 2016 by Jessica Parker Leave a Comment

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, […]

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Meet Jessica, Maker Ed’s New Education Community Manager

March 1, 2016 by Jessica Parker 1 Comment

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 […]

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