Tag: for educators
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Reflections from Maker Ed Staff
Some of our current team members have written a reflection about their work at Maker Ed that they would like to share with the community. From Dora Medrano Ramos: While I am deeply saddened by the news of Maker Ed’s closure, I am also proud of the incredible work our team has been able to…
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Making as Healing: Reflecting On An In-Person Workshop for Oakland Educators
The last several years have been incredibly difficult for educators. On June 4th, we celebrated a milestone by having our first in-person event since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. For this event, we collaborated, co-designed, and co-facilitated with Agency by Design Oakland (AbDO), their Director Paula Mitchell and phenomenal Oakland Educator, Abdul-Haqq Khalifah. During…
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Making Spaces Sip and See on June 28
Interested in learning more about Making Spaces, Maker Ed’s 33-month program that provides communities with the help they need to activate and sustain maker education through professional development, resources, and community engagement? Join us on Wednesday, June 28, from 2:00-4:00 PT where you’ll have a chance to get a taste of the Making Spaces approach.…
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Meet Zahra Syed – Weaving Light into Making
In this post, we meet Zahra Syed, She/Her, and she is Maker Ed’s Operations Manager. Tell us a little more about you. Hi! I am Zahra. Telling stories, relationships and scrappy making are my positive obsessions. I love sharing food with family and community (my people) and indulging in joyful, fun, leisurely conversations. I love…
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Calling All Oakland Educators: Making As Healing Workshop
Are you looking for ways to revive, restore, and reset as you move into summer? Join Maker Ed and Agency by Design Oakland in this day-long, in-person workshop where we will create a space for educators to come together, practice individual and collective healing practices through making, and center community, care, and connection. We will…
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Meet Donaldo Almazan – Artist and Engineer Designing Maker Ed’s Online Community
In this post, we meet Donaldo Almazan (he/him), an artist and engineer helping to create Maker Ed’s online community for makers and educators, which is launching this summer! Tell us a little more about you. Hello! I’m Donaldo, a Community Engagement Co-lead at Maker Ed. I’m originally from South Texas (Rio Grande Valley ☀️ )…
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K-12 Outreach & Engagement in a Time of Distancing
Tuesday, Oct 13, 12:00 – 1:30 pm K-12 Outreach & Engagement in a Time of Distancing REGISTER HERE A Zoom link will be sent to registered participants a few days prior to the event. This forum will highlight examples, best practices, and lessons learned from the past 6 months of adapting in-person programs to distance-based…
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Equitable Math, Creating Conditions to Thrive
We’re excited to bring Creating Conditions To Thrive: A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction to the Lunch Bites Webinar Series today, Oct. 8th from 11:30-Noon PT. We will explore environments and practices that support students’ social, emotional and academic development.
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Picture a Scientist: Bringing Gender Equity in Science to the Big Screen
Join the National Girls Collaborative Project for a panel discussion with Picture a Scientist’s film makers, Sharon Shattuck and Ian Cheney, both award winning documentarians, and one of the featured scientists from the film, Dr. Raychelle Burks. Throughout the discussion we will learn more about the origins of the film, the important struggles and strides…
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Anti-Racist Education for Makers: You’re Too Comfortable
Ace is thrilled to introduce 4 workshops in October that explore how to be anti-racist in our maker communities. Working with an amazing peace activist and facilitator, Emily Bowen, these workshops have been crafted to be broadly relevant to the maker community and Ace Makerspace specifically. Schema of Makers Sunday, October 4th | Noon –…