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Making to Learn at Maker Faire Orlando

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.

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Where Are the Women in Makerspaces?

Where Are the Women in Makerspaces?

If you’ve been to your local hackerspace/makerspace and noticed there weren’t many woman, did you stop to wonder why? Unfortunately a common reaction is to think, โ€œI guess women just arenโ€™t into hacking or building stuff.โ€ As one of the few female directors of a U.S. makerspace, I know this just isnโ€™t true. Hereโ€™s my perspective on the problem and what can be done about it.

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Right to Repair

Right to Repair

Ten years ago, I started iFixit,ย the worldโ€™s free online repairย manual. Our goal is to teachย everyone how to fix the stuffย they own โ€” whether itโ€™s laptops,ย snowboards, toys, or clothes.ย And weโ€™re not alone. iFixit isย part of a global network of fixersย trying to make the stuff we ownย last forever.

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