Tag: Open Portfolios
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Open Portfolios: Maker Portfolios in Schools
The core team of Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project had the opportunity in the summer and fall of 2014 to embark on 10 exciting field site visits to youth-oriented makerspaces around the nation. We have shared a number of vignettes about these visits in our blog series, as well as a glimpse into a few sites in…
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Open Portfolios: DIY Documentation Tools for Makers
As Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project concludes this phase of work, we are thrilled to share our third research brief: DIY Documentation Tools for Makers. This brief elaborates on some of the unique challenges related to the digital tools and equipment used as part of the portfolio and documentation processes. As with all makers, these…
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Open Portfolios: School-wide portfolios at Monticello High School
This is the sixth in a series of blog posts about Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project work during the summer and fall 2014. These posts are also written in conjunction with the Research Briefs being released throughout the fall and winter of 2014. Nestled into the rolling hills of Charlottesville, VA, Monticello High School is a large, public, comprehensive high school…
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Open Portfolios: Making & Documenting at the Millvale Community Library
This is the fourth in a series of blog posts about Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project work during the summer and fall 2014. These posts are also written in conjunction with the Research Briefs being released throughout the fall and winter of 2014. by Anna Keune The Millvale Community Library, close to Pittsburgh, PA, is one of 10 field sites the…
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Maker Caucus Brings Attention to the Need for More Diversity in Making
On Thursday, November 18, 2014, I attended the Congressional Maker Caucus event on “Creating a Diverse & Inclusive Maker Movement,” which examined the role of women and underrepresented minorities in making and discussed how to broaden participation and diversify the makeup of makers. The Congressional Maker Caucus is a bi-partisan group of members of Congress,…
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Open Portfolios: The Importance of Portfolios for Makers
As our Open Portfolio Project closes out its field research component into October, we are excited to share the 2nd research brief in the series: The Importance of Portfolios for Makers. This second brief highlights three site visits (among many more to be showcased in later briefs) and their current portfolio practices, successes, and challenges. It attempts to address…
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Open Portfolios: A Networked Vision for Sharing and Documenting
Maker Ed is delighted to share widely the first of many research briefs that will be arising from the Open Portfolio Project: A Networked Vision for Sharing and Documenting. This initial research brief draws upon our literature review work and also elaborates on the intention and vision for this work. We’re in the midst of Phase 2 of…
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Open Portfolio Project: Moving into Phase 2
Earlier this week, Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project convened its core leadership team, along with five of its fantastic National Working Group members, at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN to meet in-person for a two-day workshop. The attending NWG members represented DIY.org, Project Zero’s Agency by Design under Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, the National…
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Introduction to Stephanie Chang
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…