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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Amy McIntosh is the managing editor of EdTech: Focus on Higher Education and EdTech: Focus on K–12. Hamilton said that he uses the design cycle to get students to think about problems. For children in ...

Makerspaces in schools are giving educators new options to teach students core coding concepts. Learn why makerspaces could be right for your classroom. Eli has been eagerly pursuing a journalistic ...

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 ...

Even though Western Maryland Works, a 30,000 square foot makerspace in Allegany County, couldn’t open as planned in early 2020 due to the pandemic, the space, packed with high-tech machinery and ...

Coding and the rise of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) learning are the trends to watch in K-12 educational technology this year, and schools may be expanding robotics ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. 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 ...

In my last blog post, I wrote about the rebirth of career and technical education (CTE) in U.S. high schools. But I also bemoaned the lack of opportunities available to non-CTE students who wish to ...