Young Makers present 103 projects at Maker Faire Bay Area
You might be noticing that makers are getting shorter and more wrinkle-free these days. Their ideas and creations, though, are no less inventive or surprising. All children are makers, innately...
View ArticleIntel Launches Report on Engaging Women in Tech Through Making
Today, Intel launched a report entitled “MakerHers Engaging Girls and Women in Technology through Making, Creating, and Inventing.” I was a proud contributor to the piece and am thrilled to have this...
View ArticleMaker Caucus Brings Attention to the Need for More Diversity in Making
Maker Ed’s Director of Strategic Alliances Rachel Goldman Alper with Congressional Maker Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Mark Takano On Thursday, November 18, 2014, I attended the Congressional Maker...
View ArticleOpen Portfolios: Marymount’s Fab Lab
This is the third in a series of blog posts about Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project work during the summer and fall 2014. These posts are also written in conjunction with the Research Briefs being...
View ArticleOpen Portfolios: Bay Area Video Coalition’s Media Portfolios
This is the eighth in a series of blog posts about Maker Ed’s Open Portfolio Project work during the summer and fall 2014. These posts are also written in conjunction with the Research Briefs being...
View ArticleYoung Makers 2015: Welcome our Regional Coordinators!
The Young Makers program is off to a new and exciting start this 2015 season! In the Bay Area, we have partnered with three fantastic organizations and key staff members within each organization to...
View ArticleThe Buzz of Young Makers at Maker Faire 2015
Can you still feel the buzz? In addition to the shouts of joy and roaring bursts of gas-powered flames, there is always an energetic humming that surrounds Maker Faire Bay Area. This year, that buzz —...
View ArticleThe Future of the World in a Hot Air Balloon: Young Makers at Maker Faire Bay...
As I made my way through this year’s labyrinthine Maker Faire Bay Area, I wasn’t prepared for what would end up catching and keeping my attention. The size, complexity, and novelty of the literal...
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