Category: Maker Ed
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Design Squad Spinner
Design Squad Spinner http://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/spinner/
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How to Incubate Creativity in School Through Making and Discovery
How to Incubate Creativity in School Through Making and Discovery http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/09/17/how-to-incubate-creativity-in-school-through-making-and-discovery/
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Introducing Justin Boner, Maker Ed’s Program Coordinator
Before joining the Maker Ed team in January, I had enveloped myself in the fascinating study of Greco-Roman antiquity through its languages, drawing insight and inspiration from its complex, disappearing cultures and its many, distinct but overlapping histories. This leap from the library of humanistic scholarship to the hands-on laboratory of making is not as far…
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Open Portfolios: Looking back on our first-ever Practitioner Workshop
In July and August 2015, we kicked off Phase 2 of the Open Portfolio Project. Having built a strong foundation of findings and insights from Phase 1, we are excited to continue deepening our work with the generous support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. In the months since, we have re-engaged with a…
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Digital Promise and Maker Ed Launch the Maker Promise
PRESS RELEASE Digital Promise and Maker Ed Launch the Maker Promise Washington, D.C., March 9, 2016 — Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating innovation in education, and Maker Ed, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering educators to facilitate meaningful learning experiences with youth, today launched the Maker Promise. Announced by the White House…
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Meet Jessica, Maker Ed’s New Education Community Manager
I found myself on the floor of the Tinkering Studio in The Exploratorium on a Tuesday morning in autumn 2014, paired with a high school math teacher and armed with the task of making a marble go as slowly as possible. I was invigorated: I had a partner, I had a goal, and I had…
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Guest Post: Makerspace College Admissions Essay
This guest post is a college admissions essay written by Will Pearson, a student completing his senior year at Friends’ Central School in Philadelphia, PA. The graphic images below were also created by Will. Makerspace College Admissions Essay For me, the best way to learn is by teaching myself, a fact I discovered in my…
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Maker Ed to Expand its Work on Building Maker Educator Community
PRESS RELEASE Maker Ed To Expand its Work on Building Maker Educator Community Maker Ed Receives Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Strengthen Connections Between Maker Educators Oakland, Calif., January 2016: Responding to an ever-present need among maker educators to connect and learn from one another, Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed), with…
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Guest Post: Taking the Time for Making
This guest post was written by Courtney Sears, a second grade teacher at Ephesus Road Elementary School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and a North Carolina Teacher Voice Fellow with Hope Street Group. You can follow her on Twitter @CourtSears1. Taking the Time for Making Four year olds like to paint. For some students,…
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Bourn Idea Lab at Castilleja School
Bourn Idea Lab at Castilleja School http://bournidealab.blogspot.com