Makes Tagged "maker"

I love the whole maker movement and have been thinking through ways to make it easier for more folks to get involved with it, especially in schools. One idea that’s gotten a lot of traction is maker spaces. There are some great resources for setting up a school maker space like Makerspace Play book from Maker Ed and this article from Edutopia. Maker ed activities vary wildly from digital activities like app creation or video making that require computers to specialized activities like 3D printing or robotics to more everyday making such as crafts, cooking, or design. While some environments… Read more »

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Exploring the idea of a virtual makerspace and how the digital can move to the corporeal, and visa versa. Mirroring a real life maker faire in Sept. I am looking at over coming the physical and financial barriers of integrating the maker ethos into a connected learning environment and providing a point of access for distance and disabled people. The particulars of making are really wide open within making the makerspace. For example the wine and food makers could share via hangouts their produce within the makersim so others could experience and learn about food and wine, etc. they share… Read more »

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