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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

DIY Girls in Los Angeles, CA

February 7, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

by Luz Rivas, Founder and Executive Director DIY Girls: Making, Playing and Exploring DIY Girls’ mission is to increase girls’ interest in technology, engineering and making through innovative educational experiences. DIY Girls develops and implements educational programs designed to promote girls’ early engagement and exploration with technology, encourage self-confidence and support aspiration to technical careers. […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Education, Family, Libraries, Maker Corps, Programs, Schools, STEM

The Wonders of Cardboard & Caine’s Arcade Global Cardboard Challenge!

September 19, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff 1 Comment

      Opal School Preschool students building and playing with cardboard: Photos by Steve Davee. Caine’s Photo by Nirvan Mullick September 19, 2012, by Steve Davee The power of Cardboard Here at Maker Ed, we love cardboard. Personally, some of my earliest and fondest childhood memories of making involve creating cardboard box forts, robot […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Cardboard, Museums, Programs, Schools, Teachers

‘Making It’ in New York City Classrooms

September 18, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff 2 Comments

Over the next two weeks we will be sharing posts related to presentations and workshops that will be happening at the World Maker Faire  in NYC on September 29 and 30. “Making it in NYC Schools” will be presented in the Young Makers tent at 2:30 pm on Saturday 9/29/12. Ben and his colleagues will […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Programs

Education Highlights at the Portland, Oregon Mini Maker Faire

September 18, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff 3 Comments

September 18,2012, by Steve Davee This past weekend, the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) hosted Portland’s first Mini Maker Faire.  I was fortunate to participate as a Maker, and to be able to observe and document some of the excitement surrounding an impressive variety of educational experiences. To explore the Faire, I hopped […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Family, Maker Faire, Museums, Programs

Ace Monster Toys Presents: Hacker Scouts

September 13, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

Ace Monster Toys is a Hackerspace in the East San Francisco Bay Area dedicated to education, hacking, and maker culture. They are membership based group with regular free open-to-the-public classes and events.  The Maker Ed blog is a place where we hope to highlight maker education work, in both formal and informal situations.  If you […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Programs

PDX Young Makers

September 10, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

September 10, 2012, By Marie Bjerede In West Linn, Oregon, a group of kids and parents have established a Young Maker’s club that focuses on high-tech/low-tech Making such as e-textiles and soft circuits.  In practice, what that means is moms and daughters (in our group the girls were 8-12 years old) sewing together, but with […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Programs

MAKESHOP at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh

September 5, 2012 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

The Maker Ed blog is a place where we hope to highlight maker education work, in both formal and informal situations.  If you know of a program, place or person we should profile, or have post, please email Steve@MakerEd.org   September 05, 2012, by Lisa Brahms   MAKESHOP is a rich and supportive informal learning environment for children […]

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