Makers Love Cardboard: 8 Awesome Projects from Maker Faire Prove It
We love cardboard. It’s versatile and you can find it just about everywhere. Here are some awesome cardboard projects from Maker Faire.
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.
Facilitating Gender Parity: One Engineering School’s Journey
Joseph Helble, dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, talks diversity in engineering classes, and how to achieve it.
10 More Awesome Weeks: Fall into Maker Camp After School
Maker Camp is back with 10 more weeks of great making, exploring, sharing, and learning. Head over to makercamp.com to get started today!
School’s In Session: 39 Lessons from the Make: Education Forum
The five panels at the Make: Education Forum provided many quotable moments, and good lessons for parents or anyone working with students.
Dremel Takes Its 3D Printer to School
Dremel is targeting its 3D printer to teachers right down to providing professionally developed lesson plans.
This Makerspace Wants You to Fail
Steam Factory is a brand new Makerspace in Oakland, California, that pairs creative professionals with kids and encourages them to learn from failures.
3 Comics That Teach Kids to Be Makers
Comics are often full of superheroes and fantasy. But who says they can’t also teach us the principal concepts we need to make great stuff?