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Maker Corps Host Sites in Miami, FL

March 6, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

A S.T.E.A.M.ing hot Maker Ed coalition is coming to Miami! Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, MIAMade at The LAB Miami, and REM Learning Center’s Play Make Share Program are proud to be teaming up with Maker Education Initiative to kickstart Maker Education in Miami-Dade County Florida. As hosts of the Maker Corps Summer […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Corps, News Tagged With: Education, Maker Corps, Maker Faire, Makerspace, Museums, Schools, STEAM, Teachers, Tinkering, VISTA

Making MAKING Journals

February 21, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff 11 Comments

By Jessica Gray Schipp, Maker AmeriCorps VISTA at the Lighthouse Community Charter School Creativity Lab Journal, sketchbook, notebook, blog, book, diary, scrapbook, daybook, log — no matter what you call these information collectors, they all do the same sort of something. They provide a way to document our experiences. They can be shared or private, written or […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker VISTA, News, Young Makers Tagged With: AmeriCorps, design thinking, documentation, Education, elementary, exploration, high school, journals, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Makerspace, making, middle school, Schools, STEAM, STEM, Teachers, VISTA, Yarn, Young Makers

Maker Corps at The Exploratory in Culver City, CA

February 18, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff 1 Comment

by Jean Kaneko, Chief Tinkerer The Exploratory is pumped and ready for our 2nd year as a Maker Corps Host Site. The Exploratory is located in Culver City CA and is an imagination space for children, an innovation space for adults and a maker space for the whole community. This is our 4th year of […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Maker Corps, Makerspace, Programs, STEAM, Tinkering

Introduction to Stephanie Chang

February 10, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff 3 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m Stephanie Chang, and I have the honor of being Maker Ed’s Director of Youth Engagement. I also have a confession to make: I am 4-5 months late writing this introduction because I got caught up in everything wonderful happening at Maker Ed, and like any project – whether a wooden desk, a […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed Staff, News Tagged With: Makerspace, Open Portfolios, Staff, Young Makers

EdVenture Children’s Museum – Maker Works

February 5, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

by Laura Ybarra | Education Services Coordinator Calling all makers!  It’s time to crank up your ingenuity and imagination in Maker Works – EdVenture’s new workshop for tinkerers, inventors, and artists alike.  Designed for ages 5 and older, Maker Works provides the space, materials, and tools.  You supply the ideas and the imagination! For the second year […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Maker Corps, Makerspace, Museums

Keene Public Library in Keene, NH

February 3, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

by Lyndsey Runyan, Teen Services Librarian Keene Public Library is excited to welcome two new Maker Corp Members to our library for a summer of awesome making, creating, and tinkering with kids and teens. Our library serves as an education, cultural, and social center where citizens of all walks of life come together and learn. Around four […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Libraries, Maker Corps, Makerspace, Tinkering

Millvale Community Library in Millvale, PA

February 3, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

by Lisa Seel, Millvale Community Library   Millvale Community Library (MCL) is excited to be a Maker Corps Host Site for Summer, 2014, and will be welcoming two Maker Corps Members to our family!  Millvale Community Library is a small, community-oriented library located just north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since opening our doors to the public in […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Libraries, Maker Corps, Makerspace

GEEKBUS in San Antonio, Texas

January 31, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

by Mark Barnett The San Antonio STEM connectory SASTEMIC is happy to announce that we will be continuing our Maker Camps this summer with support from the Maker Education Initiative and the Maker Corps. Last year we hosted 2 Maker Corps members in our pop-up makerspace and served over 250 students. This year we will […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Maker Corps, Makerspace

Maker Corps at the REM Learning Center in Miami, Florida

January 30, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

By Ryan Moreno and Jacqueline Moreno   REM Learning Center is proud to have been chosen as a 2014 Maker Corps Host Site! Our Play Make Share program investigates how the integration of methods such as design thinking, systems thinking, computational thinking, play, making, and tinkering within both formal and informal learning environments can be used to […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Makerspace, Schools

Maker Corps and Maker-Space at Omaha Children’s Museum

January 30, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

By Tyler Swain, Creative Arts and Maker-Space Lead       In June 2013 Omaha Children’s Museum embarked on a new chapter of engaging the imagination and creating an excitement about learning by opening Maker-Space, a hands-on permanent exhibit where guests are encouraged to use real tools, new technologies and an ever-changing lineup of materials to […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Maker Corps, Makerspace, Museums

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