Author: makered
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Maker Corps at the Evanston Public Library
By Renee Neumeier, Young Adult Librarian, Evanston Public Library Evanston Public Library is thrilled to host two Maker Corps members this summer! Evanston Public Library is located in the diverse community of Evanston, Illinois. The library has one main branch downtown and two smaller branches on the north and south sides of town. The main branch of…
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Introducing The Works, a Maker Corps Host Site
By Guest Contributor Jessalyn Johnson, Education Programs Manager, The Works What is The Works? The Works is a hands-on museum in Bloomington Minnesota that makes learning about engineering, science, and technology fun. Our interactive exhibits, activities and make & take projects are designed for family fun and exploration, especially for kids in grades K…
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Tinkering with The Exploratory, a Maker Corps Host Site
By Guest Contributor Jean Kaneko, Exploratory Chief Tinkerer The Exploratory empowers children to be curious, take risks, make mistakes, explore and soar into adventure–or as we say, tinker, make, innovate! We are focused on creating programs that provide young people learning opportunities that foster the Innovator Mindset – embracing failure, frustration tolerance, communication, collaboration,…
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Introducing Maker Corps Host Site COSI
By Guest Contributor Jaclyn Reynolds, COSI’s Public Relations and Social Media Manager COSI (Center Of Science and Industry) is Columbus’ dynamic hands-on science center. Our mission is to inspire interest in science and encourage people to want to learn more about their world. We’ve been in the Columbus community for nearly 50 years and continue…
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The Maker Corps: Summer Jobs & Making Opportunities
By Steve Davee Are you a young adult? A maker? Seeking summer employment, and a chance to be a pioneer in maker education and leadership? The Maker Corps is now accepting applications from creative individuals who are passionate about sharing their love of learning and making with others. If accepted as a Maker Corps Member, you…
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Making and Maker Corps at the Newark Museum
By Guest Contributor Kim Robledo-Diga, Newark Museum Director for Innovation and Learning Since its beginning, in 1909, Newark Museum has been an institution of art, science, technology and history. Within those areas the Museum has been guided by the philosophy of constructivist learning – a focus on self-guided, hands-on, and interactive learning through the use of…
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Introducing The Digital Harbor Foundation
By Guest Contributor Margaret Roth Maker Ed is pleased to begin introducing our 2013 Maker Corps Host Sites, through a series of new blog posts from all of our Sites over the next few weeks. For a complete list of current Host Sites, see our Maker Corps Page. – Steve The Digital Harbor…
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Ideation and Sketching: The first meeting at The Bay School
The first-ever Young Makers meeting at The Bay School enjoyed a strong turnout and a variety of activities related to the theme of ideation and sketching.
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Make the Cities of Our Future: First meeting at The Hall
Lauren Frieband reviews The Lawrence Hall of Science’s first Open Make @ the Hall on January 19, 2013.
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Open Make and Young Makers @ The Tech Museum of Innovation
By Steve Davee On Saturday, January 11, Maker Ed Program Director Lisa Regalla, Maker Ed Founder and Chair of the Advisory Board Dale Dougherty, and I had the great privilege of attending Open Make at The Tech Museum of Innovation, held in their brand new space, The Tech Studio. For this Open…