Maker Education

Practical Guide to Open Portfolios

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Guide
Category 
Assessment

This guide distills some of the best practices for documentation and portfolio creation as a means of assessment in...

Equity Focused

Whose Agency? Reflections on Building Critical Consciousness

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Stories & Examples
Category 
Learning

In this Ignite Talk, Kurt Kaaekuahiwi and his students explore how art and making can impact engagement within the...

STEAM Trunks at Drew Charter

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Website/Database
Category 
Program Design,
Makerspace Management

​Learn about how Drew Charter School leverages mobile makerspaces to integrate STEAM into core classes and access...

Lighthouse Creativity Lab Project Guides

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Project Guides
Category 
Learning

This collection of 10 project guides offers vibrant snapshots of maker-centered learning in a formal K-12 school...

Learning to Be Brave and Breathe: An Interview with Reyna Hamilton

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Stories & Examples
Category 
Learning

In this interview, Maker Ed chats with Reyna Hamilton: a versatile educator, maker, and tinkerer; Manager of School...

Supporting Making-Centered Experiences in Distance-Learning Contexts

Format 
Research Publications
Category 
Learning

This research brief captures various approaches to creating distance maker-centered learning experiences. It...

The #MakerEd Manifesto

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Stories & Examples
Category 
Learning

Three teachers share why they chose to incorporate maker education in their classrooms, in this personal essay.

The Framework for Maker-Centered Learning

Format 
Guide
Category 
Assessment

This framework describes three interrelated capacities that help learners develop a sensitivity to design and a set...

Equity Focused

From the Creators of Learning in the Making: Live!

Format 
Stories & Examples
Category 
Learning

In this essay, Dora Medrano Ramos and Linda Le share why they created Learning in the Making, an online video series...

How Libraries Can Turn Stories Into Maker Projects

Format 
Stories & Examples
Category 
Learning

In this article, read about how maker program coordinator, Nora Peters, saw an opportunity to better connect the...

Incorporating Maker-Centered Learning at Van Ness

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Stories & Examples
Category 
Learning

In this video, you will learn how Maker-centered learning is integrated throughout students' work at Van Ness...

Makerspace Cookbook: Beta Sampler

Format 
Guide
Category 
Learning,
Program Design,
Makerspace Management

This comprehensive handbook documents maker-centered programming and activities for a drop-in museum context and...

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