Student Makerspace

Teachers Can Fund Classroom Makerspaces with DonorsChoose

Teachers Can Fund Classroom Makerspaces with DonorsChoose

Chanae Williams

By Chanae Williams

Chanae Williams

As the Partnerships & Events Fellow at DonorsChoose.org, Chanae supports the Business Development team and the Partner Summit planning team as they coordinate and execute their annual partner-facing conference. She is also a New York native and recent graduate of Williams College.

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DonorsChoose is a great option for funding a makerspace in your classroom.

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No Makerspace No Problem: Maker Cart Takes Workshop Education to Go

No Makerspace No Problem: Maker Cart Takes Workshop Education to Go

By John Jefferys

John Jefferys

John is a sculptor, tinkerer, designer, father, and an educator who lives and works in Brooklyn. He is currently the Director of Alliance for Digital Fabrication Education.

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The ED Cart will be a great way to reach students without the cost of a full Makerspace and can seed the way for Maker learning for all.

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Making a Makerspace: Case Western’s think[box] and its great playbook

Making a Makerspace: Case Western’s think[box] and its great playbook

By Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka

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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We’ve known Ian Charnas as part of a team that built the wonderfully whimsical Waterfall Swing, which you may have seen at Maker Faire, on “The Today Show”, or on the roof of a museum in Linz, Austria. But Ian’s day job is welcoming about 3,000 visitors a month to through the doors of think[box] at Case Western Reserve University […]

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A Look Inside a Student-run Makerspace

A Look Inside a Student-run Makerspace

By Eric Weinhoffer

Eric Weinhoffer

Eric is a Mechanical Engineer with interests in machining, mass manufacturing, product design and kinetic art. While not building things, he enjoys skiing, cycling, and juggling.

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The Studio is a large, five-room makerspace full of tools, parts, and eager students. Everything (excluding high end 3d prints) is free for Georgia Tech students, faculty, and staff, and I think it’s a great model of what a college makerspace should be all about.

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