The Young Makers program is off to a new and exciting start this 2015 season! In the Bay Area, we have partnered with three fantastic organizations and key staff members within each organization to help reach more Young Makers, coordinate cohesive and exciting regional gatherings throughout the season, and bring together new and veteran communities, […]
Teachers Explore Possibilities at Maker Ed’s Workshop for Educators
On Monday, August 11th, with the generous support of The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and Google’s Bay Area Impact Challenge, the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) presented a making workshop for 40 middle and high-school educators from across the nation as part of USPTO’s National Summer Teacher Institute on Innovation, STEM, and […]
Maker Ed Presents First Annual Making Possibilities Workshop
PRESS RELEASE Maker Ed Presents First Annual Making Possibilities Workshop Engages 100 Educators to Bring Innovative Learning Through Making to 1000s of Youth Santa Clara, CA, May 2014: The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) is delighted to host the first annual Making Possibilities Workshop for educators on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Intel’s Headquarters in […]
Join us at Maker Camp!
Join us for 30 Days + 30 projects July 7th to August 16th, 2013 Six weeks of awesome projects (both low- and high-tech) and epic field trips (Pixar, NASA, America’s Cup Oracle Team, and more!) You can follow along from anywhere in the universe. Just follow MAKE on Google+ to join in for free: https://plus.google.com/+MAKE […]
Electronics Prototyping Workshop
Kit contents 1 Solderless breadboard 6 alligator clips 1 motor 12 breadboard leads 1 4.5V AAA battery pack w/ switch 3 AAA batteries 3 100 Ohm resistors 2 100 K Ohm resistors 1 100 K Ohm potentiometer 2 momentary micro switches 2 three position switches 1 555 timer chip 1 10 micro Farad capacitor 1 […]
Word Scrabble
Miranda Morgan describes a mix-and-match brainstorming workshop for getting the creative juices flowing.