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Maker education is an offshoot of the maker movement, which Time magazine described as "the umbrella term for independent innovators, designers and tinkerers. A convergence of computer hackers and traditional artisans, the niche is established enough to have its own magazine, Make, as well as hands-on Maker Faires that are catnip for DIYers who used to toil in solitude". [3]
High Tech High is a San Diego, California–based school-development organization that includes a network of charter schools, a teacher certification program, and a graduate school of education. [3] Students are admitted to the public elementary, middle, and high schools through a zip-code based lottery system in an effort to admit a ...
The 2008 Maker Faires occurred May 3-4 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds in San Mateo, California, and October 18-19 at the Travis County Expo Center in Austin, Texas. The 2009 Maker Faire Bay Area was held on May 30-31. In 2010, there were three Maker Faires: Bay Area on May 22-23, Detroit on July 31 and August 1, and New York on September 25-26.
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NewSchool of Architecture & Design (NewSchool or NSAD) is a for-profit college in East Village, San Diego, with approximately 300 students. [2]NewSchool has two schools: The School of Architecture and Construction Management houses the undergraduate and graduate architecture and construction management programs and the School of Design offers undergraduate design degrees.
Makers Empire is a NewSchools [21] portfolio company and has been favorably reviewed by Common Sense Education [22] [23] and 3D Insider, [24] amongst others. Makers Empire was also described as a "compelling example" of 3D printing in the 2015 Horizon Project report, [25] an initiative by the New Media Consortium.
Maker Faire 2008 was held on May 3–4, 2008, at the San Mateo County Event Center. Highlights of the Faire included a human-sized Mouse Trap board game, kinetic squid sculpture, 55' wingspan kinetic steel butterfly, bicycle-powered music stage, a solar-powered chariot pulled by an Arnold Schwarzenegger robot, [13] and over 500 other booths from different makers.