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  • A MakerSpace & Maker Corps at The Great Falls Public Library

             By Sean Anderson, Great Falls Public Library Information Specialist     The Great Falls Public Library is excited to join the ranks of libraries offering a MakerSpace for children and young adults to learn and experiment in the dynamic worlds of robotics, electronics, and just about anything else we can come up with. …

  • Maker Corps Meets Mozilla Hive NYC

    By Leah Gilliam, Portfolio Strategist | Mozilla | Hive NYC Mozilla Hive NYC Learning Network or Hive NYC is a city-wide idea factory and learning laboratory with a focus on openness, innovation and opportunity for youth, educators and makers. The network is a coalition of 40 non-profit organizations—libraries, museums, media clubs and after-school programs—that create experiences for youth to explore their…

  • Maker Corps at The Science Museum of Minnesota’s Learning Technologies Center

    By Keith Braafladt, Director, Learning Technologies Center     The Science Museum of Minnesota’s Learning Technologies Center (LTC) is very excited to be able to host Maker Corps members this summer.   LTC’s approach to education research and development melds science, technology, art, design and engineering, encouraging individual and small-group learners to play, experiment and create their…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…