Category: Community
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Summer Camps in the Making
Summer Camp seems like a natural place to engage kids in making. We’ll take a look at a summer camp for young Makers in Sonoma County and then look at online Maker Camp on Google Plus. Comstock Summer Camp For the month of June, the Comstock Maker Camp in Santa Rosa offered 50 or…
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Introducing: Maker Corps
June 08, 2012, by AnnMarie Thomas The Maker Education Initiative is dedicated to the idea that every child can become a maker, given the opportunity. The Maker Education Initiative was established to help children and teens engage in making as a form of learning that can spark interest in science, technology, engineering, math, and the…
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Making is Learning
May 17, 2012, by Dale Dougherty To build, to make, to create is something that’s in all of us, but especially in every child. However, like creativity itself, children need the opportunity to explore making and develop their capabilities through practice. Young makers need access to tools, mentors and other people who enjoy making things.…