Category: News
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Open Portfolios: Maker Portfolios in Informal Education
In our last research brief, Maker Portfolios in Schools, we drew some parallels between the portfolio practices of many different school settings, from large public high schools in suburbia to […]
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Open Portfolios: Maker Portfolios in Schools
The core team of Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project had the opportunity in the summer and fall of 2014 to embark on 10 exciting field site visits to youth-oriented makerspaces around the […]
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Open Portfolios: Bay Area Video Coalition’s Media Portfolios
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts about Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project work during the summer and fall 2014. These posts are also written in conjunction with the Research Briefs being released […]
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Introducing Maker VISTA Cohort III
Welcome our newest Maker VISTA cohort – Jessica Baggs, Lex Kennedy, Kelsey Leach, David Perlis and Chloe Umble, and learn a little more about them here. Our third cohort […]
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Open Portfolios: DIY Documentation Tools for Makers
As Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project concludes this phase of work, we are thrilled to share our third research brief: DIY Documentation Tools for Makers. This brief elaborates on some […]
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Open Portfolios: Ravenswood Makerspaces District-Wide
This is the seventh in a series of blog posts about Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project work during the summer and fall 2014. These posts are also written in conjunction with the Research Briefs being released […]
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Hi! I’m Chloe
I can’t tell you how many times my roommate of 5 years now has said to me, “You have too much time on your hands”. This is her default […]
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Seeking Young Makers 2015 Bay Area Regional Coordinators
Maker Ed is delighted to announce new opportunities related to our Young Makers program for 2015! As in past years, the Young Makers program brings together youth with adult and […]
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Introducing Trey Lathe, Maker Ed’s Executive Director
My first foray into making was in 3rd grade. As I was walking to school one morning, I noticed a spider jump out from a funnel-shaped web with a trap […]
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Open Portfolios: School-wide portfolios at Monticello High School
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts about Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project work during the summer and fall 2014. These posts are also written in conjunction with the Research Briefs being released […]