Category: Maker Ed

November 28, 2012, by Jean Kaneko Tinker.Make.Innovate  As the Chief Tinkerer of The Exploratory, it’s been my pleasure to work with hundreds of children, educators and parents in Los Angeles to bring Tinkering and Making STEAM (Science,Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) related learning opportunities into Classrooms,  living rooms, parks, parties and community events. Our projects empower children to be…

November 21, 2012 by Steve Davee As we’ve mentioned in a previous post, The Wonders of Cardboard & Caine’s Arcade Global Cardboard Challenge! we at Maker Ed are very fond of cardboard. From Arlington, Ohio comes this wonderful story of preschool teacher Pete Kaser who,  inspired by his students,  removed all of the toys and standard classroom…

November 20, 2012 by Rob Van Nood “The having of wonderful ideas is what I consider the essence of intellectual development.”  —Eleanor Duckworth                                                     In February of 2012 my class…

November 19, 2012 by Steve Davee Kelvin Doe was one of the talented and inspiring “Meet the Young Makers” panelists for  September’s World Maker Faire (although the audio quality is poor, you can see the panel here). Kelvin was visiting the United States for the first time from Sierra Leone, where he was a finalist in the Innovate Salone…

November 16, 2012 by AnnMarie Thomas Recently, I had the chance to visit the MIT Media Media lab and Dr. Leah Buechley’s High-Low Tech group. One treat of this visit was seeing the innovative e-textile and painted circuitry techniques that Leah and her students are developing. Thus, it was great to see that a recent…

November 15, 2012, by Steve Davee   Welcome to the Makery from John Des Roches on Vimeo.   Makerspaces —places of invention, exploration and creation— are popping up everywhere,  as stand-alone venues, and places within establishments such as schools, libraries, museums, and community centers. They even in appear in mobile truck or bike trailer form.   For those with the drive to expand…

November 13, 2012 by Tony DeRose and Michelle Hlubinka     Photos © 2012 Young Makers Program The Young Makers Program (youngmakers.org)  connects  young people with adult mentors and fabricators to create opportunities for kids to dream up and develop projects for Maker Faire each year. We encourage kids to develop projects based on their own interests and ideas.…

Design Challenges at the Museum of Science November 9, 2012 by Lydia Beall Design Challenges invites visitors to think like engineers as they design, build, and test solutions to a “challenge of the day”. Housed in the Engineering Design Workshop at the Museum of Science, Boston, we’ve served over 350,000 visitors since 2003, and 52%…

Are you a Maker? Attending college? Announcing Cognizant’s Making the Future college scholarship program. Cognizant is committed to preparing the next generation with the skills they will need to be active participants in a rapidly changing world where new ideas, life-changing breakthroughs, and solutions to challenges yet to be determined, will depend on innovative and…

November 7, 2012, by Dara Olmsted Who are we? Iridescent is a team of engineers, scientists, anthropologists and educators who believe children need to be curious, courageous, and persistent to succeed in life. We believe that a technical training background and skill set is the door out of a life of poverty. We work with…