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10 Years of Learning: A Maker Ed Reflection

August 29, 2022 by Kyle Cornforth 2 Comments

10 Years of Learning: A Maker Ed Reflection

This post is to the community of dreamers, visionaries, and educators committed to using making as a liberatory practice in education. It’s for the people we have worked with to […]

Filed Under: Community, Company News, General News, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, News

A Reflection from Kathryn Nash

August 29, 2022 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

A Reflection from Kathryn Nash

I traveled to California this week to assist with the very hard step of moving out of the Maker Ed Community Studio. My reminiscing began as the Uber approached the […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed

Reflections from Maker Ed Staff

August 26, 2022 by Isabel Leave a Comment

Reflections from Maker Ed Staff

Some of our current team members have written a reflection about their work at Maker Ed that they would like to share with the community.  From Dora Medrano Ramos: While […]

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker, Uncategorized Tagged With: design thinking, Education, equity, for educators, Interviews, Staff

Maker Ed’s on Summer Break!

June 30, 2022 by Isabel Leave a Comment

Maker Ed’s on Summer Break!

Summer is here and we’re taking a much needed break. And while our office will be closed from July 1st until July 10th, we take the opportunity to uplift some […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed Staff, Professional Development Tagged With: community, Staff

Making as Healing: Reflecting On An In-Person Workshop for Oakland Educators

June 28, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

Making as Healing: Reflecting On An In-Person Workshop for Oakland Educators

The last several years have been incredibly difficult for educators. On June 4th, we celebrated a milestone by having our first in-person event since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

Filed Under: Community, Events, Meet a Maker, Meetups, Professional Development, Workshops Tagged With: design thinking, Education, equity, for educators, Leadership, Oakland, Schools, Teachers

Making Spaces Sip and See on June 28

June 1, 2022 by Raquel Trinidad Leave a Comment

Making Spaces Sip and See on June 28

Interested in learning more about Making Spaces, Maker Ed’s 33-month program that provides communities with the help they need to activate and sustain maker education through professional development, resources, and […]

Filed Under: Community, Events, Maker Moments, Making Spaces, Professional Development Tagged With: community, for educators

Calling All Oakland Educators: Making As Healing Workshop

May 5, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

Calling All Oakland Educators: Making As Healing Workshop

Are you looking for ways to revive, restore, and reset as you move into summer? Join Maker Ed and Agency by Design Oakland in this day-long, in-person workshop where we […]

Filed Under: Community, Events, Maker Moments, Meet a Maker, Meetups, Professional Development, Resources, Workshops Tagged With: community, Education, for educators, Programs, Schools, Teachers, Workshops

Meet Donaldo Almazan – Artist and Engineer Designing Maker Ed’s Online Community

April 26, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett 2 Comments

Meet Donaldo Almazan – Artist and Engineer Designing Maker Ed’s Online Community

In this post, we meet Donaldo Almazan (he/him), an artist and engineer helping to create Maker Ed’s online community for makers and educators, which is launching this summer! Tell us […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker, News Tagged With: Education, for educators, for youth, Tinkering, Young Makers

Meet Isabel Emmons — Designing for Human Happiness

March 24, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

Meet Isabel Emmons — Designing for Human Happiness

In this post, we meet Isabel, (she/her/hers) a positive and cognitive psychologist focused on bridging joy and play with community engagement and facilitation to build a fun, diverse, robust Maker […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker Tagged With: art, Education, meet a maker, Staff, Tinkering

We’re here, just slowing down our posting frequency.

March 4, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

We’re here,  just slowing down our  posting frequency.

The past two years have been challenging and transformative at Maker Ed. We’ve made internal shifts in our practice, adapted our trainings, resources, and programs to respond to the changing […]

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