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Maker Ed Convening

The Maker Educator Convening is an annual gathering of maker education practitioners from all over the world, organized by Maker Ed. This year, the event will take place in Pittsburgh, PA, in collaboration with MuseumLab at Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. We are committed to further exploring last year’s themes—equity, accessibility, and sustainability in maker education—over two full days of sharing, collaboration, and delicious food. We hope you will join us! To register and for more information, visit Maker Ed’s website.

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11:00am EDT

24 Hour Playwriting Challenge! Session 1 MuseumLab: Assembly HallJessica Mele • Marc Chun Arts Integration in the Classroom and Museum: Inspiration from Author and Illustrator Hervé Tullet MuseumLab: Gathering SpaceCarina Kooiman • Rachael Ragen FAB Lab for All: A K-5 School-wide Approach to Makerspace NOVA Place: CoLab 1Sara Milewski Library Makerspace Learning: Hands-on Assessment & Documentation Practices & Tools Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: ClassroomRebecca Millerjohn • Sam Abramovich Make Lit Interactive Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: AVLAimee DeFoe Making Accessibility Carnegie Science Center Fab LabJon Doctorick Making as an Act of Multicultural Representation in the Classroom MuseumLab: Learning Lab 1Sergio Ruiz • Yerko Sepulveda Making is How We Learn: Building MakerCulture in Public Education MuseumLab: Learning Lab 2Ira David Socol • Pamela Moran

1:30pm EDT

24 Hour Playwriting Challenge! Session 2 MuseumLab: Assembly HallJessica Mele • Marc Chun Art Activism: Sewing as a Medium to Amplify Youth Voices NOVA Place: Conference Room 2Sara Trail Cultivating Creativity in the Maker-Centered Classroom NOVA Place: CoLab 3Jodie Ricci Make Code You Can Touch MuseumLab: Learning Lab 1Steven Jones • Kellyanne Mahoney Making Culture MuseumLab: Learning Lab 2Aaron Vanderwerff • Dora Medrano • Kareem Edouard Playful Assessment for Maker-Centered Learning NOVA Place: CoLab 1Stephanie Chang • Yumiko Murai • Peter Kirschmann Telling the African American Story in the Makerspace Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: ClassroomAllison Ewing • Matt Zigler • Cathy Melanson The Learner or the System: Let’s Reimagine “What School is For” MuseumLab: Gathering SpaceJulie Rains • Erika Lusky

4:00pm EDT

Cultivating a Repair Mindset Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: ClassroomBrooke Toczylowski • Reina Cabezas Distributed Leadership as a Path to Making NOVA Place: Conference Room 1Julie Diana • Kim Walker • Margaret Powers Fandom Sandboxes: Community, Collaboration, and Code MuseumLab: Learning Lab 1Charlotte Own Probing Documentation Practices of Noticing, Reflection, Articulation, and Critique with Notional Prototypes NOVA Place: CoLab 1Marti Lowe • Daragh Byrne reDiscover Creative Reuse and Cardboard Play MuseumLab: Learning Lab 2Barb Noren This Color is Bugging Me! NOVA Place: Conference Room 2Elena Baca ¡Kokomania! NOVA Place: CoLab 3Barbara Yarza • Xcarett Sanchez • Joana Sevilla