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Calling All Oakland Educators: Making As Healing Workshop

May 5, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

Calling All Oakland Educators: Making As Healing Workshop

Are you looking for ways to revive, restore, and reset as you move into summer? Join Maker Ed and Agency by Design Oakland in this day-long, in-person workshop where we […]

Filed Under: Community, Events, Maker Moments, Meet a Maker, Meetups, Professional Development, Resources, Workshops Tagged With: community, Education, for educators, Programs, Schools, Teachers, Workshops

#dorasmathchannel: Let’s talk math anxiety

March 19, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

#dorasmathchannel: Let’s talk math anxiety

What is math anxiety?

Math anxiety is realized when engaging with math causes a mental shut down. It can show up as panic, stress, anger, the inability to talk about math from a fear of being wrong, negative associations, or a brain freeze, among others. Learn more from our resident Math Champion, Dora!

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator, Community, Growing Up Making, Resources Tagged With: #dorasmathchannel, math, STEM

Addressing white terrorism and anti-Asian hate

March 18, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

We are writing with broken hearts after eight individuals, six of whom were Asian women, were slain after another devastating event of white supremacy and white male rage in Atlanta […]

Filed Under: Community, News, Resources, Young Makers Tagged With: equity, Schools

FREE PRINTABLES: 2021 Calendars

January 4, 2021 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

FREE PRINTABLES: 2021 Calendars

Happy New Year! Remember last year how we made a bunch of plans and 2020 was like “I do not care about one plan you have!”? Yeah, well, us too, […]

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Supporting Interactive Youth Maker Programs in Public and School Libraries: Design Hypotheses and First Implementations

December 12, 2019 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Supporting Interactive Youth Maker Programs in Public and School Libraries: Design Hypotheses and First Implementations

Lee, V.R., Lewis, W., Searle, K.A.,Recker, M., Hansen, J., & Phillips, A.L. (2017, June). Supporting Interactive Youth Maker Programs in Public and School Libraries: Design Hypotheses and First Implementations. In […]

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Makeology: Makers as Learners (Volume 2)

December 12, 2019 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Peppler, K., Halverson, E., & Kafai, Y. B. (2016). Makeology: Makers as Learners (Volume 2). New York, NY: Routledge. Book available for purchase. Introduction from book Makeology introduces the emerging landscape of […]

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Open Portfolio Project

December 12, 2019 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Indiana University’s Creativity Labs and Maker Ed (2018). Open Portfolio Project.  Available at makered.org/opp Summary The Open Portfolio Project (OPP) aims to develop a common framework for documenting, sharing, and […]

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Beyond Rubrics: Moving towards embedded assessment in maker education

December 12, 2019 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

MIT Playful Journey Lab and Maker Ed (2019). Beyond Rubrics: Moving towards embedded assessment in maker education. Available at https://makered.org/beyondrubrics/ Summary: While there are many benefits of making and makerspaces, […]

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Reclaiming Digital Futures: Lessons to Help Youth Thrive Through Informal Learning with Technology

November 26, 2019 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Santo, R., Ahn, J. and Sarmiento, J. (2019). Reclaiming Digital Futures: Lessons to Help Youth Thrive Through Informal Learning with Technology. University of California-Irvine, Irvine, CA. Available at https://digitallearningpractices.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Reclaming_Digitial_Futures_Lessons_to_Help_Youth_Thrive_Through_Informal_Learning_with_Technology.pdf Overview […]

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Spotlight on Maker Education

November 26, 2019 by Stephanie Chang Leave a Comment

Spotlight on Maker Education. (2017). Education Week.  Available at https://www.edweek.org/ew/marketplace/products/spotlight-on-maker-education.html Summary The Spotlight on Maker Education article is a collection of Education Week articles packaged together, with an editor’s note: As the […]

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