Buy Our Books

Maker Ed is delighted to offer you the following books, as a way of extending the work we do and putting resources into your hands.

Every purchase and donation you make helps support the work of Maker Ed to offer training, resources and a community of support to empower educators and communities—particularly, those in underserved areas—to facilitate maker education experiences with youth.

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Youth Makerspace Playbook

$22.50

Created by Maker Ed with input from the wider maker education community, the Youth Makerspace Playbook provides context and support for those planning spaces for youth to make. Click here to learn more and to purchase a printed copy.

For a free PDF of the Playbook, visit MakerEd.org/makerspaces.
 

 

Setting Up and Facilitating Tinkering Workshops with Educators

$15.00

Created by Maker Ed with support from Infosys, our Tinkering Guide provides a framework for those hoping to facilitate tinkering workshops with educators. Click here to learn more and to purchase a printed copy.

For a free PDF of the Guide, visit our Resource Library.
 

 

Practical Guide to Open Portfolios

$22.50

Our Practical Guide draws from Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project findings and distills the information into a guide that aims to assist educators and practitioners in getting started – and digging deeper – with portfolios. Click here to learn more and to purchase a printed copy.

For a free PDF of the Practical Guide to Open Portfolios, visit MakerEd.org/opp/publications/.
 

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Open Portfolio Project: Research Brief Series Phase 2

Maker Ed is delighted to share a comprehensive series of research briefs under one cover. The briefs arose from the second phase of Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project.

For a free PDF of the OPP Research Brief Series, visit MakerEd.org/opp/publications/.
 

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Open Portfolio Project: Research Brief Series Phase 1

$22.50

Maker Ed is delighted to share a comprehensive series of research briefs under one cover. The briefs arose from the first phase of Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project from 2013 and 2014. Click here to learn more and to purchase a printed copy.

For a free PDF of the OPP Research Brief Series, visit MakerEd.org/opp/publications/.
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Make Ideas Notebook

$50 donation

With your $50 donation to Maker Ed, you will receive Make Ideas, a notebook for you to fill with your ideas, inspirations and prototypes. Lining its pages are quotes from participants in our Maker VISTA project and prompts designed to help you get your best thoughts down. Click here to learn more and to order Make Ideas.