Maker Faire Education Day and Educators’ Meetup

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Maker Faire Education Day and Educators’ Meetup

We have two terrific education events happening the Thursday before Maker Faire, May 17th.

Three girls interact with The Electric Giraffe

Brought to you by IntelMAKE and Intel provide a unique educational opportunity for grades K-12, a preview tour of Maker Faire Bay Area. Inspire your students at Education Day, a unique preview of Maker Faire Bay Area. On Thursday, May 17th, 2012, students get a sneak peek at some of our exhibits and workshops as Maker Faire is being set up for the weekend. Students meet and interact with selected makers, participate in activities, and get a glimpse of the setup process for this large-scale event. Learn more about Education Day field trips here. The event begins at 11:00am and ends at 2:00pm, with preview tours lasting 90 minutes.

Later that same day, Thursday, May 17th, from 4-7pm, we’re throwing an educators meetup. We’ll welcome teachers to the Maker Faire’s special pavilion showcasing some of the edtech ideas and tools that you can use to transform classrooms into 21st century hotbeds of learning by doing. It will be a grand opportunity to network with both educators and entrepreneurs exploring and celebrating learning in the digital classroom. We’ll have stations for building and exploring curriculum, kits and toys, and everyone will leave with a goodie bag. And it’s free! Tell us you’d like to come. (While your RSVP isn’t required, it will help us plan.)

Oh, and if you want a longer, professional development workshop experience, our colleagues at ISKME will be running their popular Teachers as Makers Academy June 26-27.

We’ll post updates to our educational offerings on our Maker Faire Education page.

4 thoughts on “Maker Faire Education Day and Educators’ Meetup

  1. Natalie, the Chickenblogger says:

    That will probably be our travel day.
    Sorry we are missing this great opportunity,
    but so excited that we are making the Faire.
    We have a good size group of Young Makers
    joining us.
    I know tonight is the deadline to apply for displaying at
    Maker Faire, but can you please let me know the details
    for Young Makers? We seem to have fallen out of the email
    loop. Thank you, Binka. We are eager to participate this year!

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Michelle, or Binka, makes . While at Maker Media, she oversaw publications, outreach, and programming for kids, families, and schools. Before joining Maker Media in 2007, she worked at the Exploratorium, in Mitchel Resnick’s Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, and as a curriculum designer for various publishers and educational researchers. When she’s not supporting future makers, including her two young sons, Binka does some making of her own, most often as a visual artist.

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