Author: makered
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Join us at Maker Camp!
Join us for 30 Days + 30 projects July 7th to August 16th, 2013 Six weeks of awesome projects (both low- and high-tech) and epic field trips (Pixar, NASA, America’s Cup Oracle Team, and more!) You can follow along from anywhere in the universe. Just follow MAKE on Google+ to join in for free: https://plus.google.com/+MAKE…
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Maker Ed Places 108 Corps Members in Maker Movement Organizations
Press Release Maker Corps Engages Thousands of Youth in Activities That Inspire Innovation & Entrepreneurship Oakland, CA, June 11, 2013: The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) will announce its first successful year of Maker Corps at the Clinton Global Initiative in Chicago, a gathering that includes NGO Leaders, CEOs, STEM Educators and top government officials.…
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Aaron Vanderwerff: Inspirational Teacher of the Year
We’re proud to share the news that PG&E named Aaron Vanderwerff of Lighthouse Community Charter School, which has been running a Young Makers club since late 2010 the Bright Ideas Inspirational Teacher of the Year this week. Oakland Robotics Teacher Named PG&E’s Bright Ideas Inspirational Teacher of the Year The video includes footage of some…
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Maker Ed Celebrates Anniversary at Maker Faire Bay Area
San Mateo, CA, May 15, 2013— The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) celebrates its one year anniversary at Maker Faire Bay Area with an event on Thursday, May 16, 2013 from 2-3 pm. Maker Ed was created by Dale Daugherty, CEO of Maker Media and founder of Maker Faire, as the non-profit, educational arm of the maker…
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Maker Education Initiative Announces Summer Campaign At the White House
By Paloma Garcia-Lopez, Executive Director Today at the White House Science Fair, I had the great pleasure of meeting President Obama whose enthusiasm and support for inspiring the next generation of innovators was truly contagious. While the President spoke with young scientists about their projects, including “Super Awesome Sylvia” who designed a drawing robot that…
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United Nations International School’s MakerSpace AKA CoLaboratory
By: Francesca Zammarano, Junior School Technology Integrator & Jacqueline Jenkins, Junior School Divisional Head, United Nations International School UNIS is in its first year of having a CoLaboratory, a room which is just that – an interactive, colorful and vibrant space. Here we allow students to generate and create visible, tangible and exciting products, which they then can…
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Electronics Prototyping Workshop
Kit contents 1 Solderless breadboard 6 alligator clips 1 motor 12 breadboard leads 1 4.5V AAA battery pack w/ switch 3 AAA batteries 3 100 Ohm resistors 2 100 K Ohm resistors 1 100 K Ohm potentiometer 2 momentary micro switches 2 three position switches 1 555 timer chip 1 10 micro Farad capacitor 1…
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Word Scrabble
Miranda Morgan describes a mix-and-match brainstorming workshop for getting the creative juices flowing.
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Make-To-Learn Symposium, and an opportunity for Young Makers
By AnnMarie Thomas Earlier this month, the Maker Education Initiative was a proud partner in the Make-to-Learn symposium, part of the Make-to-Learn thematic initiative of the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California, Irvine and supported by the MacArthur Foundation. It was a wonderful day aimed at educators, researchers, and makers…
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February Open Make @ The Tech: Flight!
Bridget Rigby reviews Open Make @ The Tech: Flight! on Saturday, February 16, 2013.