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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

Exploring Techno-Vernacular Creativity with Dr. Nettrice Gaskins

September 24, 2020 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Exploring Techno-Vernacular Creativity with Dr. Nettrice Gaskins

We’re delighted and grateful that Dr. Nettrice Gaskins will be taking the time to offer her wisdom and expertise to the community through the Maker Ed Convening! Dr. Gaskins will […]

Filed Under: Events, Maker Ed

Cultivating Genius and Joy with Dr. Gholnecsar Muhammad

September 21, 2020 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad will be a keynote speaker for this year’s Maker Ed Convening. We can’t wait for her to share her incredible work and thinking! Her keynote address […]

Filed Under: Events, Maker Ed

Earthquake Engineering and Cardboard Linkages at the CA STEAM Symposium

January 28, 2020 by Dora Medrano Ramos 3 Comments

Earthquake Engineering and Cardboard Linkages at the CA STEAM Symposium

We had a blast at the recent 2019 CA STEAM Symposium held in Anaheim, CA! We loved meeting so many educators over the course of two days in this year’s Makerspace. We hosted a drop-in Earthquake Engineering activity, as well as a Cardboard Linkages workshop session. Read more…

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: conferences, linkages

Photos from the Maker Ed Community Studio Launch Party

April 3, 2019 by Maker Ed Staff 1 Comment

Photos from the Maker Ed Community Studio Launch Party

Thank you to everyone who made it out to our Launch Party on Saturday. We had a beautiful, sunny day filled with pancakes, making, and music. Read more…

Filed Under: Community, Events, Maker Ed Tagged With: community studio

Empowering Young People to Shape their Worlds through Maker-Centered Learning

September 22, 2017 by Jessica Parker 1 Comment

Empowering Young People to Shape their Worlds through Maker-Centered Learning

Edward P. Clapp, our guest author and a presenter at Maker Faire New York this weekend, is a principal investigator at Project Zero where he is a co-director of the Agency by Design initiative, an investigation of the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker-centered learning.
 
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Filed Under: Events, Guest Post, Maker Faire

Reflections on our 3rd Maker Educator Convening

July 3, 2017 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Reflections on our 3rd Maker Educator Convening

We’re so pleased and thrilled that we’ve been able to continue offering maker educators a unique opportunity to connect in person, at an event focused on making and learning, and in May 2017, we hosted our 3rd annual Maker Educator Convening.

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Maker Educator Convening

Documenting our Open Portfolios Workshop in Pittsburgh

November 22, 2016 by Stephanie Chang 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Community, Events, Open Portfolio Project, Professional Development, Workshops

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