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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.

Erica Compton

Idaho STEM Action Center
STEM Program Manager
Boise, Idaho

https://stem.idaho.gov

The Idaho STEM Action Center is an education and growth catalyst helping students, parents, educators, businesses, and communities create immediate and long-term paths to success. As an incubator, connector, and advocate of STEM thinking and initiatives, the center provides resources, support, and problem-solving that spark innovation, and offer paths to prosperity based on Idahoans' shared values of hard work, shared success, and commitment to community. Learn more at stem.idaho.gov.
https://stem.idaho.gov/about/stemteam/

7:30am EDT

Convening Registration NOVA Place: Main Concourse

8:00am EDT

Breakfast NOVA Place: Main Concourse

9:00am EDT

Opening and Welcome NOVA Place: Main Concourse

9:45am EDT

Maker Learning in Pittsburgh: Success of Access, Challenge of Equity NOVA Place: Main ConcourseSunanna Chand

10:15am EDT

Equity, Justice, and the Future of Teaching and Learning NOVA Place: Main ConcourseValerie Kinloch, Ph.D.

11:00am EDT

#BetterTogether: How Do We Facilitate Group Work? NOVA Place: Conference Room 1Katie Henry • Samantha Utley Schmitt • Lindsay Balfour • Christa Flores

12:30pm EDT

Lunch NOVA Place: Main Concourse

1:30pm EDT

Cultivating Creativity in the Maker-Centered Classroom NOVA Place: CoLab 3Jodie Ricci Make Code You Can Touch MuseumLab: Learning Lab 1Steven Jones • Kellyanne Mahoney

3:00pm EDT

Models for Deploying a Mobile Makerspace NOVA Place: Conference Room 1Katie Krummeck • Rob Rouse • DiMitri Higginbotham

4:00pm EDT

Probing Documentation Practices of Noticing, Reflection, Articulation, and Critique with Notional Prototypes NOVA Place: CoLab 1Marti Lowe • Daragh Byrne ¡Kokomania! NOVA Place: CoLab 3Barbara Yarza • Xcarett Sanchez • Joana Sevilla

5:30pm EDT

Maker Educator Happy Hour + Networking MuseumLab: Gathering Space

8:00am EDT

Breakfast NOVA Place: Main Concourse

9:15am EDT

Supporting Parents as Learners in Museum-Based Making and Tinkering Programs NOVA Place: Main ConcourseSusan Letourneau

9:40am EDT

Examining diversity through making or, how I came to love rural Wisconsin NOVA Place: Main ConcourseErica Halverson

10:10am EDT

Reclaiming Joy! NOVA Place: Main ConcourseMichelle King

11:00am EDT

Constructing Knowledge: Learners Defining Learning NOVA Place: CoLab 3Jayne Everson

12:30pm EDT

Lunch NOVA Place: Main Concourse

1:30pm EDT

Clowning Around: Forming Identity through Making Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: ClassroomWill Tolliver • Carolyn Myron • Molly Dickerson • Talia Stol

2:30pm EDT

World Premiere!! Maker Educator PLAYnary: Social Justice and Maker Education New Hazlett Theater

4:15pm EDT

Closing and Gratitude New Hazlett Theater