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The Art of  the School Makerspace

“We Want to Make Traps for St. Patrick’s Day!”

Geometry and Cross-Divisional Collaboration in the Makerspace

Apr 27, 2024

“We Want to Make Traps for St. Patrick’s Day!”

Apr 27, 2024

Digital Geology with Tinkercad

Much of my work over the past year has been adapting existing projects for remote or hybrid learning, but some project ideas will continue…

Mar 13, 2021

Digital Geology with Tinkercad

Mar 13, 2021

The Perfect Maker Portfolio

I was an art teacher for ten years, and now I run a school Makerspace and teach kids how to make and design objects, so portfolios are not…

Sep 26, 2020

The Perfect Maker Portfolio

Sep 26, 2020

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Digital Cycloramas

A cyclorama is the original 360 image. They were especially popular in the late 19th century, and in an age before movies, they were one…

May 15, 2020

Digital Cycloramas

May 15, 2020

Putting the Education in Maker Education

Maker Education is a still very much evolving thing, and it means different things in different schools, even to different teachers within…

Feb 23, 2020

Putting the Education in Maker Education

Feb 23, 2020

Teaching Digital Fabrication through #ProjectEgress

Fifty years ago the Apollo 11 mission to the moon took place. This is a technological feat that, considering how different manufacturing…

Aug 13, 2019

Teaching Digital Fabrication through #ProjectEgress

Aug 13, 2019

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Scanning for the Laser Cutter

At a recent conference I had a chance to see a Glowforge laser cutter in action. This is a wonderfully designed device with a particular…

Jul 8, 2019

Scanning for the Laser Cutter

Jul 8, 2019

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The Art of  the School Makerspace

BITlab Year in Review

27 Projects that add making to the whole School

Jun 23, 2019

BITlab Year in Review

Jun 23, 2019

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The Art of  the School Makerspace

Making Sense of History in the Makerspace

A typical school Makerspace is filled with tools and technology that make it a natural fit for STEM, but how can it serve other content? …

Mar 28, 2019

Making Sense of History in the Makerspace

Mar 28, 2019

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Making for Social Good

I’ve recently started teaching a new class in the Makerspace called Making for Social Good. It seems to me that often we surround our…

Dec 5, 2018

Making for Social Good

Dec 5, 2018

Matt Zigler

Matt Zigler

I am a teacher and author who designs and facilitates meaningful hands-on learning for kids from K-12. My book, 3 Modes of Making, will show you how I do it!

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