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What’s Next? When Learning Isn’t as Usual

March 20, 2020 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

What’s Next? When Learning Isn’t as Usual

Our mission is to transform teaching and learning, so what happens when the educators we serve are asked to facilitate remote learning with no notice? Or when parents are suddenly expected to provide engaging learning experiences while also juggling work, loss of income, anxiety, and uncertainty?

The public health crisis unfolding around COVID-19 has caused an atmosphere of stress, uncertainty, and fear in all of us. While emergency responses like school and shelter-in-place measures are necessary to keep communities healthy, they will also have a disproportionate impact on those who already struggle to make ends meet. This crisis has exposed what we’ve known for years: that there are deep-seated structural inequities in our education systems. Read more…

Filed Under: News

An Update on COVID-19 and Maker Ed’s Programming

March 13, 2020 by Keyana Stevens Leave a Comment

Like many of you, we at Maker Ed have been monitoring the recent developments around the spread of COVID-19 in the United States. We are monitoring local public health recommendations (from the California State Department of Public Health, Alameda County Public Health Department, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) about group gatherings and assessing the situation on a daily basis. 

While at present, no Maker Ed staff is directly affected by the coronavirus, we are taking some precautionary measures to protect the health of our employees and to support our community in following social distancing recommendations. Here are some of the decisions we have made that immediately affect our work: Read more…

Filed Under: News

A Note on the Closure of Maker Media

June 10, 2019 by Maker Ed Staff 1 Comment

We’ve heard the news too, and our thoughts go out to our friends and colleagues at Maker Media. Make: Magazine and Maker Faires have worked hard to shine a light on making, tinkering, and the DIY ethos for a wider audience over the last decade, and we are sad to hear that they have halted operations. Read more…

Filed Under: Maker Faire, News Tagged With: Maker Faire

We’re Moving! Introducing Our New East Bay Home

November 13, 2018 by Maker Ed Staff 2 Comments

We’re Moving! Introducing Our New East Bay Home

This December, the Maker Ed team will be moving to a new location in the East Bay, which will serve as a destination maker-centered training center and event space! We envision a place where we can continue to test and iterate on our learning, deepen our own practice, train and convene educators, and build a validated, professional field for maker education together. Read more…

Filed Under: News, Workshops

Maker Ed and Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Welcome New Cohort of Hubs to “Making Spaces” to Sustain Maker Education

September 27, 2018 by Keyana Stevens Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: With continued support from Google, six new hubs join national network of regional hubs that sustainably integrate maker education across the country Oakland, Calif., September 2018 – Building on three years of foundational work, leading to sustained and community-oriented maker education efforts, and with continued support from Google, Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) and […]

Filed Under: Making Spaces, News, Press Tagged With: Cohort 3

Meet Kyle Cornforth, Maker Ed’s New Executive Director

March 14, 2018 by Maker Ed Staff 4 Comments

Meet Kyle Cornforth, Maker Ed’s New Executive Director

We’re thrilled to announce that Kyle Cornforth has joined Maker Ed as our new Executive Director. She comes to us from the Edible Schoolyard Project, where for two decades she has worked with teachers from all over the world to shift their educational practices and approach. Read more to learn more about Kyle and her approach towards educational transformation.

Filed Under: Maker Ed Staff, News Tagged With: Kyle, New Hires

Introducing: MakerSphere!

February 1, 2018 by Katie Barthelow 2 Comments

Introducing: MakerSphere!

During the five years that our Maker Corps program ran, we learned a lot! The program evolved each year to meet the ever-changing needs of maker educators across the country, and now, we’re excited to be launching a pilot year of MakerSphere, new effort that takes into account all that we’ve discovered.
Read more…

Filed Under: MakerSphere, News

Maker Ed to Address Assessments in Maker Education in Partnership with MIT Teaching Systems Lab

December 20, 2017 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

Maker Ed to Address Assessments in Maker Education in Partnership with MIT Teaching Systems Lab

Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, Maker Ed will collaborate with TSL, Albemarle County Public Schools, and the San Mateo County Office of Education to improve school-based assessment practices in maker-centered education.

Read more…

Filed Under: News, Press Tagged With: Assessment

Trey Lathe Leaves a Strong Maker Ed After Three Years of Service

October 20, 2017 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

After three years of service to our organization, Warren (Trey) Lathe has resigned from his position as Executive Director of Maker Ed. Maker Ed continues to evolve since its founding five years ago, and we are grateful for Trey’s guidance over the last three years.

Filed Under: News

How the SHOP CLASS Act Will Invest in Maker Education, Makerspaces, and Teacher Training

July 6, 2017 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

How the SHOP CLASS Act Will Invest in Maker Education, Makerspaces, and Teacher Training

Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, our guest author and a member of the bipartisan Maker Caucus, discusses the 21st Century SHOP CLASS Act and how it will invest in maker education, making, and teacher training.

Filed Under: Guest Post, News

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