Over the next two weeks we will be sharing posts related to presentations and workshops that will be happening at the World Maker Faire in NYC on September 29 and 30. “Making it in NYC Schools” will be presented in the Young Makers tent at 2:30 pm on Saturday 9/29/12. Ben and his colleagues will […]
Education Highlights at the Portland, Oregon Mini Maker Faire
September 18,2012, by Steve Davee This past weekend, the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) hosted Portland’s first Mini Maker Faire. I was fortunate to participate as a Maker, and to be able to observe and document some of the excitement surrounding an impressive variety of educational experiences. To explore the Faire, I hopped […]
Happy International Dot Day! (September 15)
September 15, 2012, By AnnMarie Thomas Shortly after joining Maker Ed, I was at the library with my four year old daughter, and came across “The Dot” by Peter H. Reynolds. This charming book tells the story of Vashti, who doesn’t like art class. She meets a teacher who convinces her to try making a […]
Ace Monster Toys Presents: Hacker Scouts
Ace Monster Toys is a Hackerspace in the East San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to education, hacking, and maker culture. They are membership based group with regular free open-to-the-public classes and events. The Maker Ed blog is a place where we hope to highlight maker education work, in both formal and informal situations. If you […]
Meet Andrew Carle- Maker Teacher
Andrew Carle is a technology educator at Flint Hill School in Northern Virginia, where he teaches a Maker elective for middle school students. He blogs about maker culture, teaching craft, and pinball at tieandjeans.com Maker Ed is dedicated to profiling a wide variety of people providing making experiences for childen. If you would like ot […]
PDX Young Makers
September 10, 2012, By Marie Bjerede In West Linn, Oregon, a group of kids and parents have established a Young Maker’s club that focuses on high-tech/low-tech Making such as e-textiles and soft circuits. In practice, what that means is moms and daughters (in our group the girls were 8-12 years old) sewing together, but with […]
Maker Teacher: Casey Shea
The Maker Ed team had the great privilege of visiting last week with Math Teacher Casey Shea at Analy High School in Sebastopol California as he was preparing his Makerspace for the school year. We asked him to tell us about the makerspace and share his goals for his class. Thanks Casey! Maker Ed […]
MAKESHOP at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
The Maker Ed blog is a place where we hope to highlight maker education work, in both formal and informal situations. If you know of a program, place or person we should profile, or have post, please email Steve@MakerEd.org September 05, 2012, by Lisa Brahms MAKESHOP is a rich and supportive informal learning environment for children […]
Hello, and welcome!
An introduction and an Invitation August 22, 2012, by Steve Davee It’s a privilege and a thrill to be announcing my role on the Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) team as the Blog and Video Coordinator. I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and invite your ideas and suggestions for what you’d like […]
Summer Camps in the Making
Summer Camp seems like a natural place to engage kids in making. We’ll take a look at a summer camp for young Makers in Sonoma County and then look at online Maker Camp on Google Plus. Comstock Summer Camp For the month of June, the Comstock Maker Camp in Santa Rosa offered 50 or […]