EdSurge & MAKE present
Makerspace Launch Event
- When
- Mon Sep 10, 2012
- Where
- College of San Mateo
- Time
- 4:00pm to 7:00pm
- Tags
- News, Education
Description
On Monday Sept. 10, the "MENTOR Makerspace” program will host a launch event for its ten pilot high schools in the Bay Area and jump start the U.S. Department of Education's third annual back-to-school bus tour. The event will highlight the importance of creating laboratories for innovation, or “Makerspaces” in education. Under Secretary for the Department of Education, Martha J. Kanter, and Director of the Office of Education Technology Karen Cator will inaugurate the event. Paul Eremenko, Deputy Director of Tactical Technology Office at DARPA, will also be there. With funding from DARPA, the MENTOR Makerspace program promotes the collaborative practices of making in high schools. The program's developers are O'Reilly Media's Make division, which produces Make Magazine and Maker Faire, and Otherlab, a developer of hardware and software design tools. The gathering will be held at the College of San Mateo, Sept. 10, from 4:00 - 7:00 pm. The event is organized by O'Reilly Media in conjunction with edtech news source, EdSurge. Tickets are free but you must register at EventBrite.More Info
- Link
- http://makerspacelaunch.eventbrite.com/
- Contact Form (account required)
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