Category: Community
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Documenting our Open Portfolios Workshop in Pittsburgh
Thinking about spending a few inspiring fall days in Pittsburgh? We did! Along with approximately 60 other educators, administrators, practitioners, and even a few researchers—from K-12 and higher education, we offered a second Open Portfolios workshop last week on Nov 15–16, 2016 in the grand city of Pittsburgh. The sun was shining, and we gathered together…
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Exploring the Intersections of Making and Citizen Science
By Trey Lathe, Maker Ed’s Executive Director On October 27th, I had the privilege of attending the Citizen-Science Maker Summit hosted at Arizona State University and organized by the School for Future Innovation at ASU, and SciStarter. The summit was designed to explore the crossroads of citizen science and the maker movement, and I was…
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We are all Winners of the CTE Makeover Challenge: Free Makerspace and Career and Technical Education Resources for Everyone
By Steve Davee Maker Ed is honored to have been a part of the recent CTE Makeover Challenge provided by the US Department of Education and administered by Luminary Labs. The Challenge’s stated purpose was to call “on high schools to design makerspaces that strengthen next-generation career and technical skills.” By the numbers: 640+ Challenge…
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Facing the STEM Monster at Fablearn 2016
On October 14th-16th, Stanford held the 6th annual FabLearn conference on creativity and making in education. The FabLearn Conference, as their website describes, “aims to bring together award-winning academics and educators, learning sciences researchers, and policy-advisors to build a community interested in putting curiosity, innovation, and hands-on problem solving back into today’s schools.” FabLearn also…
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Photo Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire in NYC
World Maker Faire took place on Oct. 1-2 at the New York Hall of Science. We were lucky enough to have to opportunity to organize some amazing presentations at the Education Forum and Education Stage. We hope that you were able to make it! We’ve compiled some of our best photo highlights for those who weren’t able to be there. …
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Julian Waters on The Impact of Changing Minds
“So many in our society are quick to criticize the system that public school students learn under, but equally strong in number are those who strive actively to change it. By promoting student voice, self-directed learning, and passion-centered projects in school, we’re making a lasting difference for students in their secondary schooling and well into…
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Maker Ed Organizes Education Forum and Education Stage at World Maker Faire, Announces Launch of Professional Development Course Offerings and New Research Findings on the Needs of Maker Educators
PRESS RELEASE Maker Ed Organizes Education Forum and Education Stage at World Maker Faire, Announces Launch of Professional Development Course Offerings and New Research Findings on the Needs of Maker Educators New research findings indicate that there may be a trend towards incorporating making in K-12 settings. NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2016 The Maker Education…
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Growing Up Making – Kennan Scott
Welcome to Maker Ed’s “Growing up Making” community blog series that highlights how maker educators have been influenced by family and their community. By sharing stories of what inspires maker educators, we’re excited to showcase the impactful and multigenerational human history of making. This post was written by Kennan Scott, a former civil engineer, and current 7th…
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Makers of New York: Daniel Lanzilotta
Our Maker VISTA member, Karim Willens, was recently invited to participate in a three-day making seminar at the Dreamyard Institute in the Bronx, NY. There, he heard from and met some amazing makers and was inspired to interview a few of them as part of a “Makers of New York” series. In this post, Karim interviews Daniel…
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Makers of New York: Ezgi Ucar
Our Maker VISTA member, Karim Willens, was recently invited to participate in a three-day making seminar at the Dreamyard Institute in the Bronx, NY. There, he heard from and met some amazing makers and was inspired to interview a few of them as part of a “Makers of New York” series. In this post, Karim interviews Ezgi…