Education

Maker Education is such a valuable role. These stories will bring you the latest information and tales of maker educators who area spreading the maker mindset. Help others learn how to make things or how to think like a maker at makerspaces, schools, universities, and local communities. The importance of maker education can not be understated. We appreciate our educators.

TechShop Hosts Young Makers Mixer on Sunday

This Sunday afternoon, November 6th, TechShop and the Young Makers program team up to co-host a meet-and-greet at TechShop San Francisco. Young Makers are coming to infiltrate … er … get acquainted with TechShop, recruit TechShop members to become mentors this season, start new clubs to build projects for next spring’s Maker Faire, and generally get to know one another. Autodesk will be there, too, to lead workshops on their new software Sketchbook (on the iPad) and 123D Make (on the PC).

Continue Reading November 3rd, 2011 Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka4

Mr. Dougherty Goes to Washington

We were thrilled to learn yesterday that Dale Dougherty, co-founder of O’Reilly Media, founder and publisher of MAKE, and creator of Maker Faire, has been summoned to the White House to receive recognition as a “Champion of Change.”

Continue Reading November 3rd, 2011 Gareth Branwyn2

All TOOOL Lock Diagrams Released as .PSD Files

For locksport fans who want to share their knowledge via presentations or classes, TOOOL has released their master diagrams as two layered Photoshop files — side view and front view — so you can modify them to create your own visuals, including cool animated gifs like the above. [Via @deviantollam]

Continue Reading November 1st, 2011 John Baichtal2

“The Making of Arduino”

Very cool feature from David Kushner over at IEEE Spectrum, here quoted on the etymology of “Arduino:” “The picturesque town of Ivrea, which straddles the blue-green Dora Baltea River in northern Italy, is famous for its underdog kings…”

Continue Reading October 27th, 2011 Sean Michael Ragan

Nail Polish Resistor Value Mnemonic

Redditor Quilbert painted her fingernails from left to right, zero to nine, black to white, to remind her of the resistor value color codes before a test (and, probably, forever afterward). No, she assures the predictable hecklers, it wasn’t cheating, as she was allowed a color code chart to refer to during the test, anyway. [via adafruit]

Continue Reading October 27th, 2011 Sean Michael Ragan10

Electric Plane Launcher

This kit’s great for office warfare but it’s really meant for flight-testing paper airplanes. Two DC motors spin rubber discs in opposite directions to grab your plane and propel it up to 30mph. There’s no soldering, just pre-cut wires and a screw terminal block. Intended for teaching kids ages 14 and up, it’s easily assembled in […]

Continue Reading October 26th, 2011March 10th, 2015 Keith Hammond2

Making Trouble — A Curriculum of Toys

Until our school system is reformed, I think the burden falls on parents, guardians, and friends to teach children the skills of life.

Continue Reading October 25th, 2011 Eekleinfeld

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