Stories from Maker Educators

November 13, 2012 by Tony DeRose and Michelle Hlubinka     Photos © 2012 Young Makers Program The Young Makers Program (youngmakers.org)  connects  young people with adult mentors and fabricators to create […]

Design Challenges at the Museum of Science November 9, 2012 by Lydia Beall Design Challenges invites visitors to think like engineers as they design, build, and test solutions to a […]

Are you a Maker? Attending college? Announcing Cognizant’s Making the Future college scholarship program. Cognizant is committed to preparing the next generation with the skills they will need to be […]

November 7, 2012, by Dara Olmsted Who are we? Iridescent is a team of engineers, scientists, anthropologists and educators who believe children need to be curious, courageous, and persistent to […]

November 5, 2012, by Gary Donahue In many K-12 schools “clubs” and “electives” are often great starting points for engaging more kids in Making. It’s challenging though (even for well […]

November 2, 2012, by AnnMarie Thomas This is the final part of three posts sharing stories from our panel of maker parents at this year’s World Maker Faire. Meet the […]

November 1, 2012 by Mark Greenlaw Today, Cognizant opened the 2013 application period for Making the Future After-School and Summer Program grants. Making the Future seeks to inspire young learners […]

November 1, 2012 by AnnMarie Thomas This is the second part of three posts sharing stories from our panel of maker parents at this year’s World Maker Faire. Meet the […]

 October 31, 2012, by AnnMarie Thomas A popular session in the Education Cafe at this year’s World Maker Faire was the Q&A with a panel of maker parents. Recently, we […]

Bringing cutting-edge research to K-12 students and parents October 30, 2012, by Dara Olmsted The Curiosity Machine is a website and mobile app that hosts a collection of exciting and challenging […]