What an amazing makerspace team we had for the CA STEM Symposium in Anaheim in late October! Folks from MakerEd, Autodesk, KQED, Sonoma COE, and the Maker Certificate Program created a makerspace at the Symposium for participants to engage with circuit stickers and conductive ink, laser cutting, 3D printing and design, soldering, and programming. There … Continue reading
My students and I discussed throughout this past spring semester how there seems to be this misconception that learning to use (and using) new media should afford a frustration-free and anger-free experience. Somehow the newness of technology and its user-friendly characteristics are supposed to make the learning process easier. Yet, for me, a meaningful aspect … Continue reading