Category: Events

  • Maker Ed Launches Campaign To Create and Expand Nationwide Network of Youth-Oriented Makerspaces

    PRESS RELEASE Maker Ed Launches Campaign To Create and Expand Nationwide Network of Youth-Oriented Makerspaces Partners with Autodesk, Cognizant, FIRST, Intel, Maker Media, and US2020 to Support Access to Nearby Makerspaces for Every Child in America Oakland, CA, June 18, 2014: Announced at this week’s White House Maker Faire, the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) launches…

  • The new Maker Ed Google+ Community

    Our recent weekend at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014, along with the busy days and events leading up to it, was glorious, and we return from an eventful week sunburned but inspired. Many thanks to all of the wonderful educators, volunteers, and visitors who shared their time, stories, and energy with us — whether it…

  • Ed Café at Maker Faire Bay Area 2014

    Looking for us at Maker Faire? At Maker Faire – this Saturday and Sunday, May 17-18, 2014 from 10am-8pm & 10am-6pm respectively, Maker Ed will be hosting the Ed Café, an intimate gathering of venerable educators who will be sharing their stories and wisdom – all about making in education. From the start of Maker Faire on…

  • Maker Ed Presents First Annual Making Possibilities Workshop

    PRESS RELEASE Maker Ed Presents First Annual Making Possibilities Workshop Engages 100 Educators to Bring Innovative Learning Through Making to 1000s of Youth  Santa Clara, CA, May 2014: The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) is delighted to host the first annual Making Possibilities Workshop for educators on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Intel’s Headquarters in…

  • Maker Camp keeps on making!

    Even though camp ended officially two weeks ago, Maker Camp remains very active and is full of kids making great projects and sharing them with others.

  • Join us at Maker Camp!

    Join us for 30 Days + 30 projects July 7th to August 16th, 2013 Six weeks of awesome projects (both low- and high-tech) and epic field trips (Pixar, NASA, America’s Cup Oracle Team, and more!)  You can follow along from anywhere in the universe. Just follow MAKE on Google+ to join in for free: https://plus.google.com/+MAKE…

  • Ideation and Sketching: The first meeting at The Bay School

    The first-ever Young Makers meeting at The Bay School enjoyed a strong turnout and a variety of activities related to the theme of ideation and sketching.

  • Make the Cities of Our Future: First meeting at The Hall

    Lauren Frieband reviews The Lawrence Hall of Science’s first Open Make @ the Hall on January 19, 2013.