Maker Education

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Personalized Learning

A Maker Makeover for Public Education

Tom Vander Ark

MakerSpace team members are "die hard advocates of public education" and are completely immersed in a revolution from within. The MakerSpace ideas started flowing about four years ago when six 10th grade teachers were awarded an ARRA grant to create an integrated project-based block for 100 students.
Personalized Learning

Get Skills. Be Awesome. Bring DIY.org to Your Students.

Alison Anderson

Students from anywhere in the Portland area are able to come together at unique locations and create/master skills that are really never mentioned in a traditional school curriculum… mechanics, forestry, farming, beekeeping- just to name a very few! DIY.org provides the jumping off point, the direction, the organization but does not at all limit the possibilities of a local DIY club.
Leadership

How Many Educators Does it Take to Organize a Local Maker Faire?

Alison Anderson

If, perhaps, you are searching for a Maker event in your area but don’t see one planned anywhere close by- it might be time to plan your own! It’s really pretty easy and an ideal way to get conversations happening and relationships building between schools, parents, organizations and businesses in your community- and when you plan your own, it’s tailored to your area and customized for the students you are intending to reach.
Personalized Learning

Teachers, Did you Finish Your Summer Reading?!

Alison Anderson

Before you go headfirst back into the classroom and into “teaching mode,” we want to “assign” 5 great posts from our awesome teacher bloggers. Don’t worry, it won’t take long, but we sure don’t want you starting school without finishing your summer reading!
EdTech

DIY High

Tom Vander Ark

Here's a lunch napkin design for new competency-based high school where students create the job they want--they leave with a site, app, plan, and an LLC.