During the five years that our Maker Corps program ran, we learned a lot! The program evolved each year to meet the ever-changing needs of maker educators across the country, and now, we’re excited to be launching a pilot year of MakerSphere, new effort that takes into account all that we’ve discovered.
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Maker Corps Ending After Five Inspiring Years
Over the past five years, our Maker Corps program has been a source of inspiration, community, and learning for us at Maker Ed. We have learned so much from our community parters, and after five wonderful years have made the difficult decision to close out the program.
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How to Make a School Maker Faire
How to Make a School Maker Faire School Maker Faire
Spotlight on Electronic Textiles
“Spotlight on…” is a blog series by Maker Corps. This edition features advice on using electronic textiles in makerspaces!
Spotlight on Creative Reuse
“Spotlight on…” is a blog series by Maker Corps. This edition is a Spotlight on Creative Reuse.
Maker Corps 2017 is here!
Introducing Our Network of Maker Corps Rockstars! A small microscope made out of wood and saved for decades. Memories of working in Grandma’s craft store. A tale of hoarding a favorite children’s book in the library makerspace to keep it out of circulation (and then getting a tattoo of the protagonist!). Toilet paper rolls that change […]
Maker Educator Meetup Playbook
Maker Educator Meetup Playbook https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F82NW5bZSSib76BwflZvrNXyoemXQuT5fpsR0kW_g04/edit
Youth Makerspace Playbook
Youth Makerspace Playbook https://makered.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Youth-Makerspace-Playbook_FINAL.pdf
All About Circuits: Part Search
All About Circuits: Part Search http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/electronic-components/
Introducing Maker Corps 2017
Applications for our Maker Corps program are open until January 23rd, 2017. This online professional development program provides training and a community of support to youth-serving organizations as they design and implement summer maker education programming. As Maker Corps heads into its 5th year, we’re continuing to make improvements and changes based on feedback from our amazing […]