Category: Community
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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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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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Maker Ed & Makers at EdVenture in Columbia, SC
By Steve Davee Last week Maker Ed, represented by AnnMarrie Thomas and me, had the great privilege of visiting EdVenture, the largest children’s museum in the South, for a few days of exploring and experiencing making with EdVenture Staff, visiting educators, and the public. Events included a monthly meeting of the STEM Conversations:…
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Desktop Factory Competition Winner Named
By AnnMarie Thomas As the costs of 3D printers drop, we are seeing more and more schools and informal education centers incorporating this technology into their youth programs in exciting and innovative ways. (See ‘Making It” in New York City Classrooms for an example, from our blog, of 3D printing being used in…
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The Free Library of Philadelphia: A Maker Corps Host Site Providing Meaningful Experiences for Teens
By K-Fai Steele, Free Library of Philadelphia How can the Library have a meaningful impact on a teen in Philadelphia? How can we leverage resources to democratize creative learning in every neighborhood in the city? What does it take to fulfill the Free Library’s mission—to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity—to teens? …
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The Maker Mindset: Albemarle County Public Schools & Maker Corps
By Chad Ratliff and Pam Moran, District Administrators, Albemarle County Public Schools (Charlottesville, VA) A few weeks ago, some of our young people reminded us that “making” is a mindset that can occur any time, any place. During a snow day, a group of kids were co-opted by a local teenage video “maker” into creating…
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Tinker, Hack, Invent at The Henry Ford
By Christopher Hemler, Curator of Education, The Henry Ford (Dearborn, MI) Founded in 1929 by Henry Ford as the Edison Institute Schools, The Henry Ford has grown into America’s Greatest History Attraction. A single destination with five distinct attractions, it includes Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre, the Ford Rouge Factory…
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Maker Space and Maker Corps at the NY Hall of Science
By David Wells, Manager of Creative Making & Learning, NYSCI The New York Hall of Science is very excited to be hosting five members of the Maker Corps team this summer! We launched our Maker Space last spring and have been designing and implementing a wide variety of programs for kids & adults of all…