Maker Ed is offering a two-day intensive workshop for educators eager to integrate maker-centered learning into their own practice. Spend two days learning by doing and creating a maker-centered learning project to use in your own class, library, or workshop. Our coaching team will support you as you learn to integrate new tools into your […]
Join us for three days of intensive, hands-on, minds-on learning that culminates in the creation of your own maker-centered activity or lesson tailored to your learning environment. During this time, we will progressively deepen our understanding of key foundations of maker-centered learning by stepping into our learners’ shoes and experiencing activities from their perspective.
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How can documentation support assessment? In the first part of this two-day workshop, we will explore different ways to make learning visible. Using this experience, we will design an assessment or strategy tailored to your environment.
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Are you interested in getting started with physical programming, creative coding and tinkering with art science and technology? Join Wonderful Idea Co for a introduction to paper circuits, block-based programming and basic electronics. We’ll use the Chibitronics Chibi Chip as a micro-controller and Microsoft MakeCode web-based coding format to create personally meaningful projects. The workshop […]
How can one maker-centered activity build onto another to support a progressive unit or arc of learning over time? In this two-day workshop, we will wield the needle and thread necessary to weave maker-centered learning into a unit.
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Celebrate Pi Day with the Wonderful Idea Co. team with special guest facilitator Modesto Tamez. In this fun hands-on workshop you will create photograms or images created without a camera by placing objects on photographic paper, exposing it to light and then developing the print. We’ll provide a wide variety of pi-day themed materials […]
Join Wonderful Idea Co educators and special guest facilitator Modesto Tamez for a introduction to the physical properties of light, building pinhole cameras out of everyday materials and developing the photographic prints. This family-friendly workshop will give learners the chance to learn, make and tinker together. The price of admission includes one adult and one […]
Join special guest Leah Beuchley for a workshop that will introduce different ways that youth can integrate computation with craft, art, and design. These practices support personal expression and explorations of identity and culture through computing. We will examine research on the connections between art, culture, and engagement in education. We will play with programming, […]
The Maker Ed Summer Institute will bring together maker educators and advocates to build a community of practice in support of powerful maker education programs. Through a combination of workshops, discussions, skill sharing, break-outs, reflection and collaborative work time, we will deepen our practice, learn from each other, and design together for equity in our […]