by Meredith Martin | Jan 11, 2016 | Collaboration, hardware, How-To, MakerEd, STEM
I’ve been itching to do an Altoid tin project at some point, and at yesterday’s #HackSunday I finally had the chance! My buddy @danborghoff walked me through making an Altoid Tin Fume Extractor, a project from Make Magazine. This nifty little gadget uses...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 11, 2016 | Collaboration, MakerEd, professional development, Sharing, STEM
Yesterday was a ton of fun. My friend @kerszi and I drove up to visit @davezirk at the 5eBoard HQ. He was hosting #HackSunday, a maker day for our crazy band of maker educators. There was an open door policy and people were popping in and out all day. There was no...
by Meredith Martin | Jan 8, 2016 | General Update, MakerEd, STEM
Happy 2016! I decided to disconnect over the holiday break to spend time with family and friends, but now I’m back and catching up. I did have some Maker fun over the break as well – I spent a day at Maker Depot running a STEM Challenge day for their...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 14, 2015 | How-To, Just for Fun, MakerEd
This weekend I joined the folks at Maker Depot for a lightsaber class. It was tons of fun, and resulted in an awesome looking prop lightsaber. They are fun and easy to make with just a few items. Here’s how! Materials: Let’s Build...
by Meredith Martin | Dec 7, 2015 | 3D Printing, MakerEd, professional development, STEM
This Saturday I was back at Maker Depot for a 3D Design and Printing class led by the amazing Marcos Navas. This was a class specifically for educators to learn about how to use 3D design in the classroom. We had a great group of teachers join us, and spent several...
