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10 Years of Learning: A Maker Ed Reflection

August 29, 2022 by Kyle Cornforth 2 Comments

10 Years of Learning: A Maker Ed Reflection

This post is to the community of dreamers, visionaries, and educators committed to using making as a liberatory practice in education. It’s for the people we have worked with to […]

Filed Under: Community, Company News, General News, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, News

Reflections from Maker Ed Staff

August 26, 2022 by Isabel Leave a Comment

Reflections from Maker Ed Staff

Some of our current team members have written a reflection about their work at Maker Ed that they would like to share with the community.  From Dora Medrano Ramos: While […]

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker, Uncategorized Tagged With: design thinking, Education, equity, for educators, Interviews, Staff

Maker Ed’s on Summer Break!

June 30, 2022 by Isabel Leave a Comment

Maker Ed’s on Summer Break!

Summer is here and we’re taking a much needed break. And while our office will be closed from July 1st until July 10th, we take the opportunity to uplift some […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed Staff, Professional Development Tagged With: community, Staff

Meet Zahra Syed – Weaving Light into Making

May 24, 2022 by Raquel Trinidad Leave a Comment

Meet Zahra Syed – Weaving Light into Making

In this post, we meet Zahra Syed, She/Her, and she is Maker Ed’s Operations Manager. Tell us a little more about you. Hi! I am Zahra. Telling stories, relationships and […]

Filed Under: Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker, Uncategorized Tagged With: Education, for educators, Interviews, Leadership, Staff, Tinkering

Meet Donaldo Almazan – Artist and Engineer Designing Maker Ed’s Online Community

April 26, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett 2 Comments

Meet Donaldo Almazan – Artist and Engineer Designing Maker Ed’s Online Community

In this post, we meet Donaldo Almazan (he/him), an artist and engineer helping to create Maker Ed’s online community for makers and educators, which is launching this summer! Tell us […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker, News Tagged With: Education, for educators, for youth, Tinkering, Young Makers

Meet Isabel Emmons — Designing for Human Happiness

March 24, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

Meet Isabel Emmons — Designing for Human Happiness

In this post, we meet Isabel, (she/her/hers) a positive and cognitive psychologist focused on bridging joy and play with community engagement and facilitation to build a fun, diverse, robust Maker […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker Tagged With: art, Education, meet a maker, Staff, Tinkering

Meet Tamekia Jackson — On Stories and Empathy

February 17, 2022 by Raquel Trinidad Leave a Comment

Meet Tamekia Jackson — On Stories and Empathy

Tell us a bit more about yourself… I am an actress turned writer and educator. As a traveler, reader, and storyteller with a theater maker’s foundation, I consider myself fortunate […]

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff Tagged With: Staff

A Reflection from Aaron Vanderwerff

January 28, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

A Reflection from Aaron Vanderwerff

As I transition into a new role at a different organization, I am reflecting on what I am grateful for and proud of from my time with this remarkable community. […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker Tagged With: Education, Interviews, Staff

Meet Dora Medrano Ramos – Building Capacity for Liberatory Defiance

May 5, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

Meet Dora Medrano Ramos – Building Capacity for Liberatory Defiance

This week, as we celebrate Learning in the Making’s first birthday, we have two incredibly special posts featuring Linda Le and Dora Medrano Ramos, who started Learning in the Making last year.

In this post, we chat with Dora: educator, math healer, undocumented immigrant, and big dreamer redefining who gets to be called a “maker” and what is considered “making.”

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Host Interviews, Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff Tagged With: #dorasmathchannel, math, Staff

Freedom Dreaming with Linda Le

May 5, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

Freedom Dreaming with Linda Le

This week, as we celebrate Learning in the Making’s first birthday, we have two incredibly special posts featuring Linda Le and Dora Medrano Ramos who started Learning in the Making last year.

In honor of a year’s worth of  amazing Learning in the Making episodes we talk with LITM co-creator, Linda Le: an educator, activist, eater, and maker of memories, meaning, and things. 

Filed Under: Community, Host Interviews, Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff

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