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.
This past Saturday, the latest Open MAKE/Young Makers program took place at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Lanny Smoot (above) showcased his incredible strobing zoetrope, Virginia Fleck (middle image) hosted a workshop on building inflatable meditation cushions made from recycled plastic bags, Shih Chieh Huang (bottom image) displayed and discussed his mind-bending multimedia art, and […]
For the past year, MAKE contributor James Floyd Kelly has been exhaustively performing every experiment in Charles Platt’s amazing Make: Electronics tome, and now he’s done. This is the book I WISH I had in high school – it may very well have changed the course of my studies. I’m happy with my chosen vocation, […]
For the past few years, we ran a column called “Ask MAKE,” where we attempted to answer reader-submitted questions about all things making.
As part of the Open MAKE/Young Makers program at the Exploratorium today, there will be a live webcast starting at 1pm. From the “MAKE at the Exploratorium” page: Open MAKE is a monthly program at the Exploratorium, in collaboration with MAKE magazine and Pixar Animation Studios, to highlight the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local […]
From Michelle Hlubinka, MAKE’s Education Director: Get a little pre-season Maker Faire appetizer at the Exploratorium this Saturday at the first Open MAKE of 2011. This year, each Open MAKE will center around a different material-centric theme. This month it’s PLASTICS. Open MAKE is a monthly program highlighting the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local […]
Over the last few years, our very own Collin Cunningham has authored a series of awesome videos called MAKE Presents. Each video covers an electronic component (and one fundamental law of electronics). Understanding how these components function, and that law, are important first steps in understanding electronics. Here are all of the MAKE Presents videos […]
I was one of a generation of American secondary school students who didn’t even have the option to take “industrial arts” classes. Fortunately, I got plenty of hands-on how-to training at home, from Dad, who had a workbench and a garage full of tools that he was patient enough to let me borrow, use, break, and lose while I figured out how to use them.
