Fun, Thrills, (and Learning) at Maker Faire Education Day
Students from eleven different schools, ranging from elementary through high school grades, visited New York Hall of Science on Thursday for Maker Faire Education Day.
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.
A 99 Cent Name Game to Boost Young Self Esteem
A little fun and creativity can be just the thing for a down-in-the-dumps kid.
Transforming a School Library Into a Makerspace
Students at Grand Center Arts Academy (GCAA), a public charter school in St. Louis, have arrived to find a portion of their library transformed into a makerspace.
Maker Faire Loves Robots
Maker Faire loves robots. Don’t you? Here are just a fraction of the robotic exhibits, presenters and performers at World Maker Faire 2013. Robots for kids! Aerial Drones, Robotic Art, Humanoid Robots, and more.
Google’s Coder Teaches Web Basics with Raspberry Pi
The folks at Google’s Creative Lab took the wraps off of Coder this week. It’s a “free, open source project that turns a Raspberry Pi into a simple platform that educators and parents can use to teach the basics of building for the web.”
Autodesk Partners with Circuits.io to Create Free Electronics Design Tool
Autodesk today expanded its suite of free 3D tools by partnering with Circuits.io to launch an electronics design tool: 123D Circuits.
Enter the (Paper) Matrix
Math Mondays is back from summer vacation with a brief break from all of the goodies discovered at the Bridges conference (more later) to highlight another must-visit site in the world of making with a mathematical bent. Today’s shout-out goes to PaperMatrix, an incredible compendium of all things made by weaving paper. In the mix are spheres and ellipsoids and polyhedra galore
