Category: Learning in the Making: LIVE!

  • Meet Aáron! Artist, Healer, Maker, and Learning in the Making: LIVE! Co-host

    Meet Aáron! Artist, Healer, Maker, and Learning in the Making: LIVE! Co-host

    Aáron Heard joined the team at Maker Ed in September 2020 to support Learning in the Making: LIVE! as Host and organizer — we’re so excited to see what she creates! Learn more about her in her first blog post.

  • Searching for Non-verbal Language: An Interview with Carolina Simon-Pardo

    Searching for Non-verbal Language: An Interview with Carolina Simon-Pardo

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things […]

  • Learning in the Making: Observation Machines

    Learning in the Making: Observation Machines

    Looking for something fun to make at home? Each week we are collecting and curating resources around a topic and this week the topic is looking closely at nature. We’ll be building observation machines — from materials you have at home — to illuminate objects from nature in new and surprising ways. Read more…

  • “Making is Caring”: An Interview with Bárbara Yarza

    “Making is Caring”: An Interview with Bárbara Yarza

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things they are making and doing! This is because youth of color deserve to see engineers, scientists, mathematicians, artists, creators, and makers of color! In this…

  • Learning to Be Brave and Breathe: An Interview with Reyna Hamilton

    Learning to Be Brave and Breathe: An Interview with Reyna Hamilton

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things they are making and doing! This is because youth of color deserve to see engineers, scientists, mathematicians, artists, creators, and makers of color! In this…

  • “Keep Your Inner Child Alive”: An Interview with Cassia Izaac

    “Keep Your Inner Child Alive”: An Interview with Cassia Izaac

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things […]

  • How Not to Give Up on Students: An Interview with Ariel Marchante Ortiz

    How Not to Give Up on Students: An Interview with Ariel Marchante Ortiz

    Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things […]

  • Learning in the Making: Storytelling

    Learning in the Making: Storytelling

    Everyone has stories to tell. These stories could be true or could come entirely from your imagination. Who are the characters? What world do they live in? What challenges do they face? Authors have the power to share their vision of a different world. Storytelling also connects us to our history and our ancestors. By…

  • From the Creators of Learning in the Making: Live!

    From the Creators of Learning in the Making: Live!

    Maker Ed staff members Dora Medrano Ramos and Linda Le share why they created Learning in the Making: Live! as a powerful response to the persistent omission of youth of color and educators of color from the dominant narratives surrounding maker education. As many people across the United States come to grips with the violence…

  • Learning in the Making: Stop Motion Animation

    Learning in the Making: Stop Motion Animation

    Ever wonder how your favorite cartoon characters come to life? It is done through the process of animation. Stop motion is one style of animation, and it’s really simple! Instead of drawings, artists use objects to create their illustrations. This week our guest host Bárbara Yarza will teach us the basic principles of stop motion…