Maker City Playbook – A project designed to help public, private, and city leaders understand the Maker Movement and the impact it is having on economic opportunity in cities.
Other Maker Links
National Youth Maker Summit: The Maker National Youth Summit is for the creative and curious young minds of the next generation of innovators. Participants make what they can with a variety of materials from a range of fields, utilizing their resourcefulness and creativity.
4-H Robotics Program: 4-H has developed a comprehensive robotics program to inspire young people and develop an early interest in robotics engineering and technology.
Utah State University Extension 4-H STEM Programs
Utah 4-H STEM activities and curriculum introduce youth to science, technology, engineering and math in an engaging, hands-on learning environment.
DixieTechs: The 4-H Maker Series
The Maker Movement embraces the idea of igniting the spark in young people to create, collaborate, and develop 4-H science abilities.
Play Make Share Studio: A Makerspace/School Fab Lab for the Play Make Share program at the REM Learning Center.
Design Make Play – Case Studies: Examples of innovative projects that offer a variety of ways for students and adults to get involved in design make play activities
Maker Ed: Maker Ed is a non-profit organization that supports and empowers educators and communities to facilitate meaningful making and learning experiences with youth.
Creating an Authentic Maker Education Rubric: To assess maker projects in your class, begin with a three-part rubric to guide students through process, understanding, and product.
Capture the Learning: Crafting the Maker Mindset: Plan a maker education program by identifying the content and skills you want to develop, and approach it as teaching creativity via PBL and design thinking.
Making Room for Making: To bring maker education to your school, find a space, purchase equipment and supplies carefully, budget and partner creatively, and encourage ongoing student involvement.
Dissecting the Un-Makerspace: Recycled Learning: Find a new dimension to maker education with an un-makerspace, a classroom set up for dismantling obsolete technology to investigate how it works.
Make the Most of the Maker Movement: How can we make the most of Maker education? Here’s some suggestions from early adopters who are making the most of this promising movement.
Makerspaces for Students With Special Needs: Students with special needs and neurological differences can benefit from the hands-on process, experimental nature, and visible results of maker education.
