Topic: Maker-Centered Learning

  • MakerEd’s Youth Makerspace Playbook

    MakerEd’s Youth Makerspace Playbook

    This comprehensive handbook for educators in any setting offers practical suggestions on finding spaces to make, outfitting spaces with tools and materials, exploring the possible educational approaches within spaces, and […]

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    Maker Ed
  • Practical Guide to Open Portfolios

    Practical Guide to Open Portfolios

    This guide distills some of the best practices for documentation and portfolio creation as a means of assessment in maker-centered learning environments

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    Maker Ed
  • The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy

    The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy

    This comprehensive guide includes articles and teaching resources covering various hands-on approaches to computing pedagogy.

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    Raspberry Pi Foundation
  • Pedagogical Zines

    Pedagogical Zines

    This collection of pedagogical zines blends collaborative research and art to create public resources for just educational practice. Designed by and for educators working to sustain the dignity, imagination, and […]

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    Blue Dandelion
  • Makers in the Library Toolkit

    Makers in the Library Toolkit

    This robust visioning and planning toolkit offers resources for building community-driven makerspaces in library settings.

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    Makers in the Library
  • Supporting Making-Centered Experiences in Distance-Learning Contexts

    Supporting Making-Centered Experiences in Distance-Learning Contexts

    This research brief captures various approaches to creating distance maker-centered learning experiences. It outlines key components of making, design considerations for access, as well as snapshots of how organizations have […]

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    The Lawrence Hall of Science
  • The Tech Interactive: Activities

    This library of design challenges and science experiments cover topics like physics, chemistry, engineering, the environment and more! They include parent tips and are also available in both English and […]

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    The Tech Interactive
  • Whose Agency? Building Critical Consciousness through Maker-Centered Learning and Arts Integration

    Whose Agency? Building Critical Consciousness through Maker-Centered Learning and Arts Integration

    In this Ignite Talk, Kurt Kaaekuahiwi and his students explore how art and making can impact engagement within the course. Kurt asks, “How do we humanize using Arts and Making […]

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    Agency by Design Oakland
  • PBS SoCal Family Math

    PBS SoCal Family Math

    Early math skills can unlock powerful opportunities for children. This database offers insights, tools, and activities to support families to create joyful and authentic math experiences for children ages 2-5 […]

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    PBS SoCal
  • The Framework for Maker-Centered Learning

    The Framework for Maker-Centered Learning

    This framework describes three interrelated capacities that help learners develop a sensitivity to design and a set of observable “moves” that educators can use to help design maker-centered learning experiences, […]

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    Agency by Design