What does the future hold for American innovation? Ask someone who’s spent a little time in a makerspace, and you’re liable to get a very optimistic answer. Every day, new ideas are coming to fruition ...

Makerspaces in schools are a place where the normal rules of classroom learning are tossed aside in favor of just a couple — have fun, and don’t be afraid to make mistakes. As schools continue to ...

While conducting research for my recent graduate thesis to complete my Master's degree in Educational Technology from New Jersey City University, I uncovered the fact that the maker movement, a ...

The bottom floor of the Open Works space in Baltimore is home to the makerspace’s metal, wood and digital fabrication shops. (The Daily Record/File Photo) A bill that aims to support the development ...

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The makerspace isn't just a fixed space where kids come and go to complete busywork. It's an extension of a well-established approach to educating students that has applications and deep implications ...

In 2016, Anderson Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., started a journey from a traditional school and library to a place of wonder and innovation, inspired by the idea of creating makerspaces. That ...

Within the last decade the DIY movement has grown from projects in basements and garages to a collective movement of people gathering together in cities and across the country to something much larger ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Educators are finding that the new “makerspace” movement – a strategy to teach K-12 students science, math and ...

Makerspaces – the commercial venues where creative people gather to design and make their products – are under pressure to transform their business models or face closing shop. A growing number of ...

Don’t just focus on physical space. Prioritize strategies that build community, according to the creators behind Penn’s Bio-makerspace.