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Maker education is an offshoot of the maker movement, which Time magazine described as "the umbrella term for independent innovators, designers and tinkerers. A convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans, the niche is established enough to have its own magazine, Make, as well as hands-on Maker Faires that are catnip for DIYers who used to toil in solitude". [3]
Membership at the makerspace costs $80 per household, though students and members ages 65 and older can participate at a discounted monthly rate of $40. Students under age 18, however, need to be ...
A German hackerspace (RaumZeitLabor). A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab, hackspace, or makerspace) is a community-operated, often "not for profit" (501(c)(3) in the United States), workspace where people with common interests, such as computers, machining, technology, science, digital art, or electronic art, can meet, socialize, and collaborate. [1]
The Tesla CEO likened educators to vaudeville entertainers in small-town America. Before Hollywood professionalized the trade, amateur thespians were the best a backwater could hope for.
A makerspace in the College of San Mateo library. A library makerspace, also named Hackerspace or Hacklab, is an area and/or service that offers library patrons an opportunity to create intellectual and physical materials using resources such as computers, 3-D printers, audio and video capture and editing tools, and traditional arts and crafts supplies.
In 1903, Margaret Haley chided school administrators for failing to recognize teachers' hard work and a tendency toward "factory-izing education" and "making the teacher an automaton, a mere factory hand, whose duty it is to carry out mechanically and unquestioningly the ideas and orders of those clothed with the authority of position."
Port City Makerspace is a makerspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It has been running since 2012, when it was first founded by a group of three graduates from Green Mountain College . [ 1 ] Today it is a non-profit [ 2 ] with 8,000 square feet (740 m 2 ) of space dedicated to wood-working, welding, electronics work, textile arts, and ...
What's taught about sex and sexuality often comes down to the edicts of school districts, making for a U.S. patchwork of sex ed curricula that, say experts, is a recipe for disaster.