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Maker education is a way of teaching and learning that focuses on giving students hands-on experiences to foster critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, perseverance, and many other [...]

I feel fortunate, overwhelmed, excited, and anxious about starting a makerspace from four white walls. I converted an old textbook room into a makerspace at my last school and for some reason [...]

Anyone who is familiar with my work knows that my focus is not on products or materials or supplies for a makerspace and that I have written extensively instead about the research, pedagogy, and [...]

Thanks for checking out my #MakerspacesAtoZ blog series.  In case you missed it, you can catch my previous posts here: A:  Aspirational B:  Boring C:  Combinatory D:  Disobedient E:  Enterprising [...]

I recently launched a new blog series, Makerspaces A to Z.  You can read all about the letter A, B, C and D. Thank you to all those who shared their thoughts about those posts using the [...]

What is a Maker? What does a Maker look like, sound like, or feel like? These are all questions I would ask young students when introducing the concept of Makerspace to get them thinking about [...]

In any industry, one gets accustomed to the lingo, acronyms, abbreviations, and their own way of speaking.  The education system is no stranger to this.  With so many phrases to remember and [...]