Subject: Maker Education
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MakerEd Program Visioning Guide
These visioning activities were created in collaboration with educators across the country during our Making Spaces program (2016-2022). This package is now available to all folx working to integrate hands-on, learner-driven, equitable learning into their work. The 6 modules of activities are designed to support you throughout the program design journey, whether you are teaching…
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The Makerspace Playbook
Starting a makerspace can be daunting, whether it’s finding a facility and equipment, engaging community members, accessing funding, or dealing with liability, etc. The Makerspace Playbook aims to make it easier to launch a space and get a program up and running. The playbook covers various topics such as setting up a physical space, acquiring…
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Beyond Rubrics Toolkit
While there are many benefits of making and makerspaces, one of the greatest challenges of implementing making in K–12 schools is the question of how to assess collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and iterative making practices and outcomes. The Beyond Rubrics Toolkit has embedded tools to capture evidence of the process of making. This toolkit is our first…
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Cultivating a Repair Mindset Toolkit
The Repair Mindset Toolkit, which was developed and tested by educators, includes teaching and learning strategies, tactics, and classroom materials designed to develop students’ Repair Mindset. The toolkit presents new approaches to thinking routines, invites and complements discussions of the environment (e.g., Circular Economy), economics (e.g., extractive capitalism), politics (Right to Repair), ethics (e.g., social…
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Opportunities and Vignettes for Library Makerspaces
This white paper was informed by the participants of the National Forum on Research and Assessment in Library Makerspaces. The focus on research and assessment in library makerspaces came about from a collection of needs and problems of practice: 1) for practitioners to better access and incorporate research into their work; 2) for researchers to…
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Shaping Educator Learning Communities-A Quick Guide
This quick guide is produced for anyone invested in supporting teacher learning and development. Whether you’re an administrator or non-profit partner, the intention of this guide is to focus your attention as a prospective learning community leader on concrete needs of in-school educators.
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The State of Maker Learning Today
The State of Maker Learning Today is a collaborative report from Digital Promise and Maker Ed highlighting key insights from educators throughout the United States, spotlighting stories from the field, and offering recommendations for the future of maker learning.
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Transforming Public Education with Making and Digital Fabrication
The white paper, entitled Transforming Public Education with Making and Digital Fabrication, summarizes the history of the maker movement, the current status of maker education and projects a path forward to adoption, quality, and sustainability related to broadening participation in STEM, and more specifically digital fabrication and making. The paper is framed in equity-based story-telling…
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Spaces, Tools, and Materials: Reflecting on Design Approaches
Through this online learning module, you’ll reflect on and answer questions related storing, organizing, and maintaining tools and materials in your learning space.
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Approaches to Curriculum Integration
This online learning module will lead you through four different possibilities – “approaches” – for integrating maker-centered learning into your classroom or learning space.