Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. APPLETON — Running a makerspace is Cheyenne Fritsch’s passion. Cheyenne, 28, was elected as the president of the nonprofit ...

This article is part of the collection: What Personalized Learning Looks Like Across the Country: The 2017 Fifty States Project. I got my first taste of "making" in April 2015, when I attended a ...

It’s hard to believe that the destruction left by the May 16 tornadoes could produce anything beautiful, but as we’ve watched the community come together time and again, that perspective grows. Aiming ...

Excitement about school makerspaces has been in the air, but many educators eager to create hands-on learning spaces in their schools still aren’t sure how to get started or why it’s worth the effort.

UCLA students can build electronic skateboards, a robot that plays the piano and other electronics at a new engineering makerspace. The makerspace, which will open in Boelter Hall on Wednesday, will ...

UNC's Undergraduate Library has a new edition on the entry level floor: the Library MakerSpace. The Library MakerSpace is a dedicated area to providing tools, expert help and a creative outlet for ...

Makerspaces, where students, faculty and staff from diverse fields can come together to create, learn and work, are popping up on college and university campuses across the country. Here's how to ...

What first struck me about Incline Elementary School when I pulled up to the building is how a well-dressed man greeted every car, opening the door for the student and watching to make sure they made ...

In a city where art and industry have long worked side by side, a new kind of workshop is taking shape: a 22,000-square-foot makerspace aimed at becoming an incubator for budding entrepreneurs and ...

Visit the downtown branch of the Chattanooga Public Library and you'll find the usual stuff: rows of books, magazines, and computers. But walk up to the fourth floor and there's something unexpected.

Dumpster diving and dollar stores. Purse-shaped post-it's and animal lubricant. When you're building a makerspace on a budget, you learn that resources are everywhere—and they aren't always what you ...