The last several years have been incredibly difficult for educators. On June 4th, we celebrated a milestone by having our first in-person event since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
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 […]
Making Food and Memories at an East Bay Maker Educator Meetup
Our staff member Linda recently reminded us that “almost a year ago we did an intergenerational MEM around food and memories and never posted about it because life got so […]
Computational Thinking with micro:bit at an East Bay Maker Educator Meetup
As an opportunity to explore programming and computational thinking with a community of educators, we recently prototyped a physical computing with micro:bit activity at our kickoff East Bay Maker Educator Meetup (EBMEM). Read more…
Tinkering with Light and Shadow to Support Science Discovery
We recently hosted a Maker Educator Meetup for 30 K-8 science educators in collaboration with Community Resources for Science (CRS) as part of their Field Trip for Teachers program. Read on for an example of a learner-driven, inquiry-based activity that aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) practices, built on our Approaches to Maker Education workshop! Read more…
How My Meetup Community has Helped Make Meaning of Maker Integration
Maker Ed is excited to share this piece from Elizabeth Espinoza, a Technology Integrator at San Francisco Friends School, and the primary author of our brand new Maker Educator Meetup […]
Photo Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire in NYC
World Maker Faire took place on Oct. 1-2 at the New York Hall of Science. We were lucky enough to have to opportunity to organize some amazing presentations at the Education Forum and […]