Tag: Schools
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Maker Corps at Mamaroneck Union Free School District
by Margaret Kaufer Hommocks Middle School Co-Op Camp & Maker Corps: FROM STEM to STEAM The Mamaroneck Union Free School District is in its second year as a Maker Corps host site. In 2014, our program is one of only four Maker Corps host sites that serve youth through a public school summer program. This summer,…
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Maker Corps at the REM Learning Center in Miami, Florida
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…
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Maker Space at Silverton Public School, a 2014 Maker Corps Host Site
By Paul Joyce, STREAM Director, Silverton Public School Silverton is a unique location nestled at 9318’ elevation deep in the San Juan Mountains in beautiful Southwest Colorado. Spending the day in Silverton is a memorable experience, spending the summer here is a defining experience. Winters are for only the hardiest and most committed winter lovers, but the…
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Cognizant’s Making the Future U.S. College Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications For 2014
Cognizant has opened the application period for its U.S. College Scholarship program for makers. High school seniors and college makers interested in pursuing the STEM fields are invited to submit a 3-minute video of something they’ve made that illustrates both creativity and innovation to be eligible to earn a $5,000 college scholarship. The application period for…
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Celebrating Our Maker Corps Mentor Class of 2013
By Steve Davee, Director of Education and Communications 19 States. 34 Host Sites. 108 Maker Corps Mentors. As our pilot summer of Maker Corps winds down, we at Maker Ed would like to take this opportunity to thank and officially acknowledge our Maker Corps Members and their newly earned status as “Maker Corps Mentors.”…
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United Nations International School’s MakerSpace AKA CoLaboratory
By: Francesca Zammarano, Junior School Technology Integrator & Jacqueline Jenkins, Junior School Divisional Head, United Nations International School UNIS is in its first year of having a CoLaboratory, a room which is just that – an interactive, colorful and vibrant space. Here we allow students to generate and create visible, tangible and exciting products, which they then can…
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The Maker Mindset: Albemarle County Public Schools & Maker Corps
By Chad Ratliff and Pam Moran, District Administrators, Albemarle County Public Schools (Charlottesville, VA) A few weeks ago, some of our young people reminded us that “making” is a mindset that can occur any time, any place. During a snow day, a group of kids were co-opted by a local teenage video “maker” into creating…
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The Wonders of Cardboard & Caine’s Arcade Global Cardboard Challenge!
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…