Category: Maker Ed

  • Happy International Dot Day! (September 15)

    September 15, 2012, By AnnMarie Thomas Shortly after joining Maker Ed, I was at the library with my four year old daughter, and came across “The Dot” by Peter H. […]

  • Ace Monster Toys Presents: Hacker Scouts

    Ace Monster Toys is a Hackerspace in the East San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to education, hacking, and maker culture. They are membership based group with regular free open-to-the-public classes […]

  • Meet Andrew Carle- Maker Teacher

    Andrew Carle is a technology educator at Flint Hill School in Northern Virginia, where he teaches a Maker elective for middle school students. He blogs about maker culture, teaching craft, […]

  • PDX Young Makers

    September 10, 2012, By Marie Bjerede In West Linn, Oregon, a group of kids and parents have established a Young Maker’s club that focuses on high-tech/low-tech Making such as e-textiles […]

  • Maker Teacher: Casey Shea

    The Maker Ed team had the great privilege of visiting last week with Math Teacher Casey Shea at Analy High School in Sebastopol California as he was preparing his Makerspace […]

  • MAKESHOP at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

    The Maker Ed blog is a place where we hope to highlight maker education work, in both formal and informal situations.  If you know of a program, place or person […]

  • Hello, and welcome!

    An introduction and an Invitation August 22, 2012, by Steve Davee It’s a privilege and a thrill to be announcing my role on the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) team […]

  • Summer Camps in the Making

    Summer Camp seems like a natural place to engage kids in making.   We’ll take a look at a summer camp for young Makers in Sonoma County and then look […]

  • Maker Corps Empowers The Next Generation of Innovators

    June 8, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: AnnMarie Thomas annmarie@MakerEd.org Chicago, IL: The Maker Education Initiative launched the new Maker Corps program after gathering with 750 stakeholders at the two-day […]

  • Introducing: Maker Corps

    June 08, 2012, by AnnMarie Thomas The Maker Education Initiative is dedicated to the idea that every child can become a maker, given the opportunity. The Maker Education Initiative was […]