Category: Maker Education

Ideas for Integrating Science and Making

I have a confession. Growing up, I didn’t enjoy science. As an adult looking back on my science classes, I can see that I didn’t like it...

Equity in the Making: Designing Inclusive Makerspaces

The makerspace movement in K-12 schools emerged from the early 2000s DIY culture, which celebrated hands-on exploration and innovation....

Fun Maker Challenges for Summer Learning

Teaching summer school was typically my favorite time of the year. As one of the sixth-grade teachers in my building, I worked with...

TomeCon: Where Authors Are the Rockstars

“TomeCon…where authors are the rockstars.” That’s the tagline for a conference you may not have discovered yet, but for any literacy-loving...

Makerspace and the Reskilling Revolution

With the improvement in technology over the years, there is a reskilling revolution unfolding across industries. Over the next decade, 1.1 billion...

A Resource Roundup for Makerspace Support and Inspiration

Implementing a makerspace can feel overwhelming. There are a lot of hands-on learning material options available and once decisions are...

Collaborative Brilliance: The Impact of Media Specialist-Teacher Partnerships

Often, media specialists find themselves as solitary figures in our schools, but to effectively serve all our students, we must be master...

Ideas for Setting up Your Makerspace

When I first started to offer more opportunities for making, I discovered there were quite a few logistics and organization strategies...

Breaking the Rules to Explore Games in Learning

I’m a rule follower. I always have been. When I was a kid, I would get so nervous I would sweat when I thought someone wasn’t following...

Creating Connections to the Environment through Making

It may be more important than ever to give our students opportunities to learn about the environment, ways to protect it, and the effects of...

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