On Thursday, June 10, members of the Congressional Maker Caucus and IMLS organized the Capitol Hill Maker Faire. The day consisted of four panels on topics such as education and manufacturing followed by a group of 40 makers set up to do demos a room that normally serves as the cafeteria. Members of Congress and their staff along with the public attended the Capitol Hill Maker Faire and interacted with makers. I selected some of the tweets that highlight the conversations that took place on this day.
Mark Takano @RepMarkTakano kicks off #CHMakerFaire in Rayburn House Office Building #nationofmakers pic.twitter.com/W3fJWRTwRp
— Chad Ratliff (@csratliff) June 11, 2015
#CHMakerFaire today! What will future be like with a generation that has grown up with 3D design?
— Kenneth Wong (@dequantify) June 11, 2015
As a kid, @zachklein from @DIY learned how to the use the computer and create web pages at his local public library. #CHMakerFaire
— IMLS (@US_IMLS) June 11, 2015
"Persistence, curiosity, and playfulness [is] lifelong learning…" Stephanie Santoso @MakerCaucus #CHMakerFaire
— Sasha Says (@jezebelee) June 11, 2015
You don’t have to ask permission to be part of the maker movement #CHMakerFaire @makercaucus @US_IMLS
— Amelise Lane (@AdskLane) June 11, 2015
What is a maker? People can enter the world of #making from many different backgrounds: art, robotics, woodworking, technology #CHMakerFaire
— IMLS (@US_IMLS) June 11, 2015
Maker mindset: "sense of agency, being playful, sense of sharing…" says @dalepd @MakerCaucus #CHMakerFaire
— Sasha Says (@jezebelee) June 11, 2015
"Most of the things we don't do, we don't do because we don't feel we have permission" David Wells, NY Hall of Science #CHMakerFaire
— Sasha Says (@jezebelee) June 11, 2015
Re-making abandoned spaces into maker spaces? Promising idea. #CHMakerFaire
— Aesah Lew (@AesahJ) June 11, 2015
"The maker mindset and skills are incredibly important to the economy," Paul Roehrig, Cognizant #CHMakerFaire
— Sasha Says (@jezebelee) June 11, 2015
Your campus library is like Switzerland-where everyone from diff disciplines can work together #CHMakerFaire
— Amelise Lane (@AdskLane) June 11, 2015
Yes! Thank you! Tod Colegrove: "Scientists, engineers, and artists – they make things. That's what they do." #CHMakerFaire #imls
— Sandra Toro (@sandraatoro) June 11, 2015
"Tinker and fail"- can we bring this from making and into formal classrooms? #CHMakerFaire
— Katie Hendrickson (@HendricksonKA) June 11, 2015
RT @pammoran @Etsy has well over a million maker sellers – 85-90% women “democratizing biz” via makers #CHMakerFaire #imlsmakes @MakerCaucus
— Kristin Fontichiaro (@activelearning) June 11, 2015
Colegrove: "Fear of failure reduces ability to learn" Couldn't have said it better ourselves! #CHMakerFaire @natlmakerfaire @unevadareno
— America Makes (@AmericaMakes) June 11, 2015
Paul Roehrig @cognizant: "power of making is shaping environment thru personal creativity" @MakerCaucus #CHMakerFaire pic.twitter.com/bUXabLa2tl
— pammoran (@pammoran) June 11, 2015
.@kickstarter Aurora Thornhill "agency of making puts you in control of your future" #entrepreneurship #CHMakerFaire @US_IMLS @MakerCaucus
— pammoran (@pammoran) June 11, 2015
Complete chaos=wonderful learning environment says Tod Colegrove at #CHMakerfaire pic.twitter.com/5yfbDUrN13
— Giuliana Bullard (@gsbullard) June 11, 2015
How can small-scale manufacturing bring economic resilience to a city? Job diversity and buying local #CHMakerFaire
— Meg McGillivray (@MegMcGillivray3) June 11, 2015
There are sports stars. More important are #makerstars. They are our future #CHMakerFaire #3DPrinting #NationOfMakers pic.twitter.com/hXhfRarn1u
— Gene Sherman (@thegenesherman) June 11, 2015
Great vibe at the #CHMakerFaire on Capitol Hill with @US_IMLS and @MakerCaucus! Panel on Making and Community Development underway.
— Ben Kershaw (@Ben_Kershaw) June 11, 2015
Q for those at #chmakerfaire: How much should making come from bottom-up vs be supported by authority structures? Hearing multiple POVs 2day
— Kristin Fontichiaro (@activelearning) June 11, 2015
#Making is about getting people together and rebuilding community relationships. @jeffsturges from Detroit speaking at the #CHMakerFaire.
— IMLS (@US_IMLS) June 11, 2015
The most common thing to see is people helping each other to make their project happen, setting a standard for humanity #CHMakerFaire
— Meg McGillivray (@MegMcGillivray3) June 11, 2015
"It's not about the tools or the equipment…making brings people together," Sue Considine, FFL, #CHMakerFaire
— Sasha Says (@jezebelee) June 11, 2015
"At the center are the people. Find the burning souls and keep them burning!" Wise words @jeffsturges #CHMakerFaire @MakerEdOrg
— Lisa Regalla (@Regallium) June 11, 2015
We had fun at @ARealityEvent showing off @octoblu demos now come see us at #CHMakerFaire at the Rayburn bldg pic.twitter.com/UaKMFOUA1u
— Moheeb Zara (@virgilvox) June 11, 2015
The journey is what differentiates the maker mvmt from STEM – @RepMarkTakano #CHMakerFaire pic.twitter.com/AM34v8QaQT
— Ilana Preuss (@ilanapreuss) June 11, 2015
Shout out to Pam Moran & everyone @k12albemarle for their tireless dedication to the kids in their community! #CHMakerFaire
— Lisa Regalla (@Regallium) June 11, 2015
Making is getting kids to school and engaging them in their passion. -Pam Moran #CHMakerFaire
— CLP @ FCASD (@CLPFCASD) June 11, 2015
Can't measure the creative learning that the maker movement promotes with a standardized test #chmakerfaire
— Erica Wallstrom (@EricaWallstrom) June 11, 2015
It's not how intelligent you are its how you are intelligent -Gene Sherman #CHMakerfaire pic.twitter.com/NLKotXMTwU
— Laurel Hale (@laurelhale) June 11, 2015
"Makerspaces are night clubs for nerds!" @thegenesherman thegenesherman #chmakerfaire @Vocademy
— Yuri Beckelman (@YuriBeckelman) June 11, 2015
You know things are changing when a bunch of librarians are soldering. @BillDerry @US_IMLS #CHMakerFaire @MakerCaucus
— David Wells (@thenewspace) June 11, 2015
Yes @BillDerry librarians need to experience Imagination, ambiguity, and play #CHMakerFaire #Imlsmakes
— Sandra Toro (@sandraatoro) June 11, 2015
@billderry The maker movement is the doorway between school/closed system and library/open system! #CHMakerFaire #imlsmakes
— Sandra Toro (@sandraatoro) June 11, 2015
Powderbased 3D print material aerospace ready @MunseyClass @ebredder @AHS_MESA @wahsphysics #chmakerfaire @3dsystems pic.twitter.com/aTxbVe0wdx
— pammoran (@pammoran) June 11, 2015
@WhipHoyer at the #CHMakerFaire ! @US_IMLS pic.twitter.com/5Tg0tQf9FL
— Madison B (@ImaMadLibrarian) June 11, 2015
Audrey presenting to @RepMarkTakano at #CHMakerFaire. pic.twitter.com/F7JeFKzmAQ
— Joe Hale (@joehale) June 11, 2015
#HBCUMakers awesome pitches from our 11 teams! At the #CHMakerFaire #Nationofmakers #UNCF thx to @sparkfun ! pic.twitter.com/2tUMkZASlg
— Carita M ♡ (@CaritaMarr) June 11, 2015
Enjoyed checking out the amazing work from Makers all over the country at today's #CHMakerFaire pic.twitter.com/51py0Zb9tr
— Congressman Tim Ryan (@RepTimRyan) June 11, 2015
@shawng and Adam repping @dhfbaltimore at #CHMakerFaire cc: @MakerCaucus @ Rayburn House Office… https://t.co/OK9C0hFRqC
— Steph Grimes (@createdbysteph) June 11, 2015
@thenewspace at #CHMakerFaire, very cool! pic.twitter.com/8XufhinUT6
— ASME Future ME (@ASME_FutureME) June 11, 2015
Aaron & our @ncsulibraries table at #CHmakerfaire https://t.co/Fn7Q1Xg0tn
— Adam Rogers (@adrogersam) June 12, 2015
I got scanned at Capitol Hill, #CHMakerFaire for Week of Making… #NationofMakers #AlamanceMakers… https://t.co/LHbKiOSaMW
— Ilsa Spaan (@ispaan) June 12, 2015
Enjoyed seeing all the amazing exhibits at #CHMakerFaire, but NV's @DeLaMareLib @unevadareno project was my favorite! pic.twitter.com/KbN7aib1q6
— Dina Titus (@repdinatitus) June 11, 2015
Great panels, lots of ideas. #chmakerfaire Can't wait to see more tomorrow! https://t.co/VIhPk9dl3b
— Sasha Says (@jezebelee) June 11, 2015
"Kids needs to start thinking outside the box but first they need to make the box" Gene Sherman @Vocademy #CHMakerFaire #makerspace #makered
— Makerspaces.com (@Makerspaces_com) June 12, 2015
The #CHMakerFaire was a huge success! It was great to see so many of our partners there! pic.twitter.com/H2s66wNfbD
— Maker Ed (@MakerEdOrg) June 12, 2015
