Calling Maker Educators to Convene at The Crucible in Oakland
Renee Harmon, Vice President of Science Learning at the Science Center of Iowa (SCI) will be attending the 2016 Maker Educator Convening.
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Making to Learn at Maker Faire Orlando
Maker Faire Orlando is inviting educators to “Harness the Maker Movement in Your Classroom” with a special Educators session September 13th that will feature Dale Dougherty, Jay Silver, and Mark Greenlaw , all founding board members of the Maker Education Initiative (MakerEd) that seeks to create more opportunities for all young people to develop confidence, creativity, and interest in science, technology, engineering, math, art, and learning as a whole through making.
Maker Ed: Making Possibilities for Educators
The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) welcomed more than 100 educators to our first Making Possibilities Workshop, held Thursday, May 15 at Intel’s Santa Clara, Calif. Global Headquarters. In the spirit of making, we began the day with a full hour of tinkering and play. Attendees customized their badges, built and painted large cardboard creations, […]
Using Scooters and Go-Karts to Disrupt Engineering Education
Charles Guan has an “undying desire to create that which should not be created”, like his treaded skateboard (called LandBearShark). For the last two years, he has been sharing his fabrication knowledge with MIT engineering students as an instructor in a disruptive course that he created, which requires that they build and race a custom electric vehicle.
