Category: Resources

  • Wolfram Programming Lab

    Wolfram Programming Lab https://www.wolfram.com/programming-lab/

  • Start Making! A Guide to Engaging Young People in Maker Activities

    Start Making! A Guide to Engaging Young People in Maker Activities Making! @ Clubhouses

  • Maker Ed’s 2016 Holiday Reading List

    With maker education becoming increasingly prevalent in schools and learning environments across the country, more and more research, books, and posts are discussing the impacts, benefits, and challenges of making-centered learning. The team at Maker Ed has put together a reading list to highlight some of these amazing maker education books, articles, and papers that have inspired…

  • Building a Maker and Design Culture Within Schools

    Building a Maker and Design Culture Within Schools

    About the Author: Glenn Robbins is the proud superintendent of the Tabernacle Township School District, in Tabernacle, New Jersey. He is a NASSP Digital Principal of the Year, and SETDA Student Voice Award Winner. His passion is harnessing a school culture that thrives on design thinking skills, innovative digital spaces, BYOD/1to1, and Makerspaces. Here’s to…

  • Maker Ed Announces Launch of New “Professional Development” Category in Online Resource Library

    PRESS RELEASE Maker Ed Announces Launch of New “Professional Development” Category in Online Resource Library This offering of free resources, both curated and original, aims to fill the growing needs of maker educators seeking opportunities for further professional enrichment. Oakland, CA, October 31, 2016 Maker Ed’s online Resource Library, originally launched in 2014, serves as…

  • Ideas for Sparking Maker Support from Important K-12 Stakeholders

    By Scott Miller It’s an exciting time to be a maker! It is even more exciting to be an administrator that supports and fosters making in our school and community. I have had the opportunity to engage our school community over the past three years to grow our maker education program from a single design…

  • The Hiccups and Hurdles of Makerspace Planning (and How to Avoid Them)

    With all the great things about makerspaces, it can be easy to overlook some of the small hiccups and larger hurdles that might come up when making if educators and youth don’t make time for designing and planning.  At the reMAKE education conference (#remakeedu) this past week, Stephanie Chang and I engaged educators in some…

  • DHF Blueprint: Learn to Build Your Own Youth-Focused Makerspace

    DHF Blueprint: Learn to Build Your Own Youth-Focused Makerspace http://blueprint.digitalharbor.org/

  • The Maker Movement is about Making Meaning

    The Maker Movement is about Making Meaning https://medium.com/@wakeupsilver/the-maker-movement-is-about-freedom-25ef8a323022#.z6547xe5t

  • Making (in) History

    Making (in) History http://www.edutopia.org/blog/making-in-history-learning-by-reinvention-heather-pang