Looking for something fun to make at home? Each week we are collecting and curating resources around a topic and this week is zines. We are focusing on making with what you have around the house. Here’s some inspiration to get you started! Read more…
Learning in the Making: Design
Looking for something fun to make at home? Each week we are collecting and curating resources around a topic and this week is design thinking. We are focusing on designing with what you have around the house. Here’s some inspiration to get you started! Read more…
What’s Next? When Learning Isn’t as Usual
Our mission is to transform teaching and learning, so what happens when the educators we serve are asked to facilitate remote learning with no notice? Or when parents are suddenly expected to provide engaging learning experiences while also juggling work, loss of income, anxiety, and uncertainty?
The public health crisis unfolding around COVID-19 has caused an atmosphere of stress, uncertainty, and fear in all of us. While emergency responses like school and shelter-in-place measures are necessary to keep communities healthy, they will also have a disproportionate impact on those who already struggle to make ends meet. This crisis has exposed what we’ve known for years: that there are deep-seated structural inequities in our education systems. Read more…
Building a Culture of Repair in Maker Education
Over the past few months Agency by Design Oakland and Maker Ed have partnered with The Culture of Repair Project to consider how to ignite an interest in repair within maker-centered learning and the broader K-12 landscape. Our working group recently had the opportunity to present our repair research at the annual Maker Ed Convening. Read more…
A Note on the Closure of Maker Media
We’ve heard the news too, and our thoughts go out to our friends and colleagues at Maker Media. Make: Magazine and Maker Faires have worked hard to shine a light on making, tinkering, and the DIY ethos for a wider audience over the last decade, and we are sad to hear that they have halted operations. Read more…
Photos from the Maker Ed Community Studio Launch Party
Thank you to everyone who made it out to our Launch Party on Saturday. We had a beautiful, sunny day filled with pancakes, making, and music. Read more…
Making Change & Taking Stock: How the Maker VISTA Program Impacted Schools & Communities
After five inspiring and challenging years, we have concluded our Americorps Maker VISTA program. Each of our VISTA members, working at various partner sites nationwide, came to this program with different perspectives, and focused on different projects—yet they all remain connected by a steadfast commitment to service and community. In the last two years, Maker VISTA members have radically evolved the environments of educational spaces across five states, thirteen schools, an entire school district, a university STEM department and six nonprofit organizations impacting over 8,800 students. We are proud of their accomplishments, and can’t wait to see what’s next! Read more…
We’re Moving! Introducing Our New East Bay Home
This December, the Maker Ed team will be moving to a new location in the East Bay, which will serve as a destination maker-centered training center and event space! We envision a place where we can continue to test and iterate on our learning, deepen our own practice, train and convene educators, and build a validated, professional field for maker education together. Read more…
Saying Goodbye to Maker VISTA: Salmon Public Library
Jesse Hunt, who recently completed his Americorps Maker VISTA year of service at a public library in Salmon, Idaho, reflects on the unique achievements and challenges of teaching making in a rural community. “Over the course of my VISTA year, what I have found in making is an antidote to helplessness, and a way to teach self-efficacy and self-sufficiency to the next generation.” Read more…
Maker Education is Timeless Learning
“What does Maker Education really mean? What does it really look like?
These are the questions that we asked ourselves repeatedly as we worked to shift the curriculum at Albemarle County Public Schools towards maker-infused learning.”
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