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Meet Isabel Emmons — Designing for Human Happiness

March 24, 2022 by Jacqueline Garrett Leave a Comment

Meet Isabel Emmons — Designing for Human Happiness

In this post, we meet Isabel, (she/her/hers) a positive and cognitive psychologist focused on bridging joy and play with community engagement and facilitation to build a fun, diverse, robust Maker […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff, Meet a Maker Tagged With: art, Education, meet a maker, Staff, Tinkering

“Art is for EVERYONE!” – An Interview with Illustrator and Educator Bri James

December 7, 2020 by Maker Ed Leave a Comment

“Art is for EVERYONE!” – An Interview with Illustrator and Educator Bri James

Maker Ed chats with Bri James, Maker Ed’s Content and Communications Strategist and guest host on Learning in the Making: Stamps and Patterns.

Filed Under: Host Interviews, Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Maker Ed, Maker Ed Staff Tagged With: art, Staff

Learning in the Making: Stamps & Patterns

December 2, 2020 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

Learning in the Making: Stamps & Patterns

Patterns are all around us. Some are found in nature. Some are made by people. A pattern is a repeated decorative design. Patterns can tell stories and be used as a way of communicating. Since patterns repeat over and over again, it could be useful to have a tool that helps you easily recreate the same shape or image. That’s where stamps come in! A stamp is a tool that has an image on one end and a handle, or something to hold, on the other. The image on a stamp is not flat, but raised up. When you dip the image of the stamp into ink or paint and press it against a piece of paper, your image is transferred over. Patterns can be drawn out, but that would take a lot of time. Stamps give us a chance to play with making patterns.  

Filed Under: Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Videos + Project Guides Tagged With: art, patterns, Project Ideas

Learning in the Making: Natural Paints

November 12, 2020 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

Learning in the Making: Natural Paints

The natural world is filled with vibrant color! Our very own environments hold many valuable tools for creation. Would you believe me if I told you that in today’s project […]

Filed Under: Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Videos + Project Guides Tagged With: art, chemistry, science, STEAM

“Find Your Bright Spot” – An Interview with Science Educator Annalise Klein

November 4, 2020 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

“Find Your Bright Spot” – An Interview with Science Educator Annalise Klein

Learning in the Making: Live! invites guest hosts of color on as equal and valued partners and collaborators, so that they can tell their stories and showcase the amazing things they […]

Filed Under: Host Interviews, Learning in the Making: LIVE! Tagged With: art, chemistry, science, STEAM

Learning in the Making: Zines

April 3, 2020 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

Learning in the Making: Zines

Looking for something fun to make at home? Each week we are collecting and curating resources around a topic and this week is zines. We are focusing on making with what you have around the house. Here’s some inspiration to get you started! Read more…

Filed Under: Learning in the Making: LIVE!, Videos + Project Guides Tagged With: art, Project Ideas, zines

Zines as Expressions of Community Change

February 11, 2020 by Dora Medrano Ramos Leave a Comment

Zines as Expressions of Community Change

At Maker Ed, we believe that in order to have an impact across the country it is important to also partner with educators locally. One of our local connections is with Achieve Academy, a TK-6 public charter school in Oakland, CA. At our second workshop, we engaged in a Tinkering to Discover lesson focused on imagining change we would like to see in the community in which the school is located, Oakland. This lesson integrated zine-making, social justice themes, and English Language Arts content based on expressed educator need and interest from feedback at our first workshop. Read more…

Filed Under: Professional Development Tagged With: art, low tech, Project Ideas, zines

Agency by Design: Pictures of Practice

April 11, 2019 by Keyana Stevens Leave a Comment

Agency by Design Oakland – Pictures of Practice http://www.abdoakland.org/picturesofpractice  

Filed Under: Learning Approaches, Resources Tagged With: art, design thinking, history, low tech, social studies, STEAM

Creativity Lab Project Guides

August 21, 2017 by Keyana Stevens Leave a Comment

Creativity Labs Project Guides Project Guides

Filed Under: Project Ideas, Projects, Resources Tagged With: art, clubs, engineering, informal, low tech, STEAM, STEM

CLMOOC Make Bank

June 27, 2017 by Danny Kirk Leave a Comment

CLMOOC Make Bank Main menu

Filed Under: Projects, Resources Tagged With: art, high tech, low tech, multi-media, STEAM, STEM

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