Don’t treat making as a sidebar to an already overtaxed curriculum. As you investigate the principles behind teaching STEAM via making, you’ll see sound research from many educators throughout history, including Jean Piaget who, in 1973, wrote: [S]tudents who are thus reputedly poor in mathematics show an entirely different attitude when the problem comes from a concrete situation and […]
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Raspberry PI B+ Released Today
Earlier today the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced an updated version of the Raspberry Pi B, the Raspberry Pi B+. It is not Raspberry PI 2.0, but rather a set of smart updates to the B model. Some of the notable changes include more USB ports, A/V port combined, power moved to the bottom, more power protection, micro […]
The Tesseract Experience
When art and engineering meet, beautiful things happen. One child of such a marriage is The Tesseract Experience. It’s creators describe it as “the world’s first and largest interactive fire cube. A public artwork, commanding one of the most elemental human tools – fire – using computer technologies that demonstrate milestones in creativity and innovation.”
Turn Plastic Bottles into Rope
During the Nation of Makers the question was asked “how do we get makers to focus on more diverse problems?” Maybe the answer is just find more makers who have more diverse problems. For example, here is a lawyer in Russia who is an outdoorsman and a maker who has made a way to turn […]
OK, Go Behind the scenes of The Writing’s On The Wall
Can we just make it official?! OK, Go IS the official band of the Maker Movement. How do we vote on this? Since 2006 with their “Here It Goes Again” hit video they have grown right along side the maker Movement and continue to create feel good, artistic videos that inspire and innovate. OK, Go has innovated […]
Arduino Project Handbook
Full Color. Exciting. 188 pages filled with 45 projects plus more for makers of all skill levels. Soldering Sunday is proud to be distributing the Arduino Project Handbook written and published by Mark Geddes. This book is perfect for groups, schools, libraries, makerspaces, families and individual makers alike. Mark wrote this book because, in his words: […]