How Do We KEEP Making?
World Maker Faire 2015
MAKERS
Danielle Martin
D coordinates knowledge-sharing strategy & activity development among local Clubhouses in the international Network & partners with MIT Media Lab, including community-building on ClubhouseVillage.org. She develops professional development materials & experiences for informal facilitators & youth. She holds a masters in city planning from MIT & also serves on the Maker Ed education advisory board
Alisha Panjwani
Alisha Panjwani is a Masters student interested in exploring experiential and experimental ways of integrating craft, wellness, play, aesthetics, and interactive technologies to create participatory learning practices.
For 3 years, Computer Clubhouses & other partners have engaged new makers with STEAM concepts, to become confident designers through Start Making! programs. But harder challenge is to to empower youth to KEEP making, to continue trying new tools, overcome roadblocks, and pursue long-term projects.
