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WICO Workshop: My Electric Valentine

February 14, 2019 by Keyana Stevens Leave a Comment

WICO Workshop: My Electric Valentine

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at this evening of tinkering with art, science and technology at the Maker Ed Community Studio as we explore LEDs, copper tape, soldering irons and a wide variety of craft materials. You’ll get an introduction to the basics of creating a light-up card that expresses your most (or least) romantic feelings thorugh […]

Tagged With: Tinkering, WICO

Ask a Maker Educator – Computational Tinkering

February 1, 2017 by Danny Kirk Leave a Comment

Ask a Maker Educator – Computational Tinkering

Filed Under: Ask a Maker Educator Tagged With: Ashanti Davis, Ryan Jenkins, Tinkering

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

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

Lighthouse Community Charter School in Oakland, CA

February 7, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

by Aaron Vanderwerff The Lighthouse Creativity Lab: Call for Makers  The Lighthouse Creativity Lab is excited to be able to host two Maker Corps Members as we embark on our first summer making program.  We believe that it is important to bring making into the lives of our students because they develop creative confidence, a broader […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Education, Maker Corps, Schools, STEM, Teachers, Tinkering

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

Tinker, Hack, Invent at The Henry Ford

February 26, 2013 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

By Christopher Hemler, Curator of Education, The Henry Ford (Dearborn, MI)   Founded in 1929 by Henry Ford as the Edison Institute Schools, The Henry Ford has grown into America’s Greatest History Attraction. A single destination with five distinct attractions, it includes Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, The Henry Ford IMAX Theatre, the Ford Rouge Factory […]

Filed Under: Community, News Tagged With: Maker Corps, Maker Faire, Museums, Tinkering

Tinkering with The Exploratory, a Maker Corps Host Site

February 19, 2013 by Maker Ed Staff 2 Comments

By Guest Contributor Jean Kaneko, Exploratory Chief Tinkerer   The Exploratory empowers children to be curious, take risks, make mistakes, explore and soar into adventure–or as we say, tinker, make, innovate! We are focused on creating programs that provide young people learning opportunities that foster the Innovator Mindset – embracing failure, frustration tolerance, communication, collaboration, […]

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

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