Category: Maker Education

Our Favorite Materials for Getting Started with Making

Starting to offer maker opportunities to students can feel overwhelming. And, finding the right tools for students to use can be...

Our Favorite Robotics for Your Classroom or Makerspace

Figuring out what robotics tools to get for your makerspace or classroom can be tricky. There are many options out there and they are typically a...

Three Myths of Making

Before I started facilitating regular maker experiences in my classroom, I had quite a few reasons in mind for not pursuing this type of...

3 Ways to Create a Maker Culture in Your School

One of the most important elements to operating a successful makerspace is creating a schoolwide culture of making. A maker culture is...

Ideas for Integrating Robotics and Coding into the Classroom

Robots are increasingly entangled in our lives, whether we realize it or not. If you’ve ever ordered from Amazon, chances are a robot...

5 Ideas For Low-Budget Making

One of the myths of making that I addressed last month was if you want a makerspace, you need expensive tools. Low-tech tools and...

A Few of My Favorite Things in the Makerspace (Part 2)

This is the second part in a series on my favorite tools to use in the makerspace.  There are many factors to consider when starting a...

A Few of My Favorite Things in the Makerspace (Part 1)

There are many factors to consider when starting a makerspace. Before implementing anything, some of the questions you will want to explore are:...

So, You’re Starting a Makerspace. Now What?

Starting a makerspace can feel overwhelming.  And, because maker education is still a relatively new concept (although the theory behind it has...

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...

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