A library of micro-documentaries highlighting maker-centered learning efforts and initiatives across ACPS. Be prepared to be inspired!
Woodbrook Elementary School Maker Space
The Creative Process of Making Music – Albemarle High School
Stone-Robinson Elementary School Maker Camp
Maker education in ACPS from Edutopia
Flexible classrooms in ACPS from Edutopia
Summer 2015 Maker Camps
Learning Through Music – Albemarle High School
La Academia: Southwood Makerspace
A3 House: A Albemarle High School Library Makerspace
Rethinking science instruction with engineering design and advanced manufacturing
We Make Makers recruitment video
World Maker Faire as professional development
Summer 2013 Maker Academies (the first year of summer school transition)
Our young makers and maker educators have been featured in numerous national media, journal, and local news articles. Check out what we’ve been up to!
National Media and Journal Articles
- How Makers Create Change, Santoso, Lassiter, Dougherty (3/9/16)
- Solutions for Stressed Out High School Students, Wall St. Journal (2/12/16)
- The Department of Education’s Plan to Go Open, Slate (11/12/15)
- From Class Clown to CEO: How Entrepreneurship Education Benefits K12 Students, Forbes (11/9/15)
- How Middle School Students Reinvented the First Text Message System, MAKE 6/29/15
- Makers Take Capitol Hill, MAKE (6/12/15)
- Making it Real, American School Board Journal (June 2015)
- 4 Ways Makers Are Changing the World, Huffington Post (5/15/15)
- The Lab in the Classroom, MAKE (9/19/14)
- Maker Movement Reinvents Education, Newsweek (9/8/14)
- Why Educators Love Maker Faire 2014 (+ their tips!), MAKE (9/8/14)
- What Does the Next-Generation School Library Look Like? KQED Mind/Shift (6/18/14)
- How to Subvert the K12 Classroom, EdSurge (5/19/2014)
- The Maker Movement Conquers the Classroom, THE Journal, 4/30/14
- Make Your Space: The Maker Movement in Education, NJEA Review (March ’14)
- Meet the Makers, Scholastic Administrator (Winter ’14)
- Why the ‘Maker Movement’ is Popular in Schools, Center for Digital Education (8/14/13)
Local News Stories
- Junior at Albemarle High School Chosen for Summit at White House, NBC29 (12/15/15)
- Albemarle County’s Maker Curriculum Studied for Use in Hungary, Daily Progress (11/15/15)
- Albemarle County Schools Get Visitors From Hungary, Roanoke Times (11/14/15)
- Hungarian Official Interested in Albemarle County Teaching Practices, NBC29 (11/12/15)
- Entrepreneurship Classes and Skills Invade Classrooms, CBS19 (10/30/15)
- Making Highlighted in Albemarle County, NPR WMRA (9/17/15)
- Local Alumni Getting in on the Maker Movement, UVA Today (7/1/15)
- Local Teachers Explain Why They Went to D.C. and Built a LEGO Rotunda, UVA Today (6/29/15)
- Maker Class at Stony Point Elementary, Daily Progress (6/10/15)
- Albemarle County Administrators Invited to Present Maker Curriculum, CBS19 (6/9/2015)
- Building Treehouses in the Cafeteria, CBS19 (5/1/2015)
- Educators Gather for Local Maker Education Conference, CBS19 (4/16/15)
- Monticello High School’s Learning Commons Wins National Award, NBC29 (3/17/15)
- Students Show Inventions at Innovation Expo, NBC29 (12/7/14)
- Education Innovation Expo, CBS19 (12/7/14)
- Startup Weekend EDU and Hackathon Innovates Education, CBS19 (11/19/14)
- Community Members Brainstorm at StartupWeekend EDU, NBC29 (11/14/14)
- MIT Professor Leads Unique Summer Program in Albemarle County, NBC29 (6/29/14)
- Local Schools Turn to ‘Making’ in the Classroom, Charlottesville Tomorrow (4/13/14)
- Students Show 3D Scanner at Tom Tom Fest, NBC29 (4/25/14)
- Innovations at Monticello High School Library Recognized, Charlottesville Tomorrow (4/1/14)
- Albemarle Schools’ Maker Spaces Program Gets National Attention, NBC29 (12/12/13)
- Albemarle Middle School Offers Mechatronics Class, NBC29 (10/4/13)
- Albemarle Maker Academies Kick Off, Charlottesville Tomorrow (7/9/13)
- Albemarle Program Preps Elementary Students for Engineering & Design, NBC29 (7/16/13)
- Albemarle Schools Among 20 in Country in Maker Movement Project, Daily Progress (7/8/13)
- Albemarle County Students Get Hands-On Tech Experience, CBS19 (8/25/13)
- Albemarle County Schools Maker Faire, Daily Progress (8/24/13)
- Albemarle Schools Among 20 in Country in Maker Movement Project, Daily Progress (6/8/13)
Articles and Blog Posts from the ACPS Community
- How Should We Assess Young Makers? Edutopia, Chad Ratliff and Stephanie Chang (Forthcoming)
- How Might We Provide Children the Agency to Practice Empathy? Chad Ratliff (August 2015)
- To Write is to Make. Pam Moran (August 2015)
- Getting to Making, Getting to Education Which Actually Works. Ira Socol (September 2014)
- Makers By Design. Pam Moran (May 2014)
- What Maker Leaders Make. SmartBlog on Education, Pam Moran (April 2014).
- ‘Makers’ Of Their Own Learning. edSurge. Pam Moran, Ira Socol, et al. (January 2014)
- The Maker Mindset. MakerEd Blog, Pam Moran and Chad Ratliff (February 2013)