Category: Resources
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The Maker Movement and the Humanities: Giving Students A Larger Toolbox
The Maker Movement and the Humanities: Giving Students A Larger Toolbox http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christine-henseler/the-maker-movement-and-th_b_6349514.html
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Young Makers: Introduction to Physical Computing: Tinkering with Light, Sound, and Motion
Introduction to Physical Computing: Tinkering with Light, Sound, and Motion (for Young Makers mentors) https://makered.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Young-Makers-Physical-Computing-Workshop-Guide_final-March-2015.pdf
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DIY Girls YouTube Channel
DIY Girls YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/diygirlsLA/featured
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Copper Tape & Circuit Tutorial
Copper Tape & Circuit Tutorial https://chibitronics.com/how-to-page/
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Critical Making PDFs
Critical Making PDFs conceptlab.com/criticalmaking
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Open Portfolios: Full Research Brief Series
Maker Ed, in conjunction with Indiana University’s Creativity Labs and the National Working Group, along with the generous, unwavering support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, is thrilled to officially release the full Open Portfolio Project Research Brief Series. Since this stage of work began in October 2013, the research, visits, and discussions have uncovered…
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Open Portfolios: National Working Group Meeting Summary
Maker Ed’s ninth and final research brief of the Open Portfolio Project focuses on the November 2014 meeting of National Working Group members, hosted at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. In the National Working Group Meeting Summary, we highlight some of the discussion points and big questions that arose from the…
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Open Portfolios: Survey of Makerspaces, Part III
In our newest, eighth research brief, Survey of Makerspaces, Part III, we examine the data collected from Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project‘s maker site survey, specifically oriented around questions of portfolio and documentation practices at the site. All sites reported on the level of importance of portfolios, their existing practices and perspectives, their reflection and feedback norms,…
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Open Portfolios: Survey of Makerspaces, Part II
Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project‘s maker site survey was intended to gain a better understanding of the landscape of maker programs and makerspaces, specifically around their portfolio practices and goals. Our sixth research brief, Survey of Makerspaces, Part I, provides an overview of the surveyed educational spaces, including information on whom they serve and their maker programming. Our seventh and newest research…
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Open Portfolios: Survey of Makerspaces, Part I
As part of Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project, a maker site survey was developed to better understand how makerspaces — or any type of organization with youth-oriented maker programming, whether or not they identified themselves as “makerspaces” — are thinking about portfolios. In particular, we were seeking to uncover existing documentation and portfolios practices, as well…