Guest Post – The Case for a Campus Makerspace: St. Laurence College (Kingston)

Special thanks to Michael Clark for writing this special guest post about the case for campus makerspaces. If you would like to share your thoughts about making, get in touch (info@dhmakerbus.com) – we’d love to feature your work. (Click here to view a high resolution copy of the poster: Mike_MakerSpace_Poster_Final) For the past three years, I’ve […]

Maker Education – why teach children to pick locks?

Last Wednesday (March 15th) we ran a lock-picking for kids after school class (huge thanks to Matt for running the class). While we received a lot of amazing feedback about the class, we’ve also had some people in the comments section of the London Free Press questioning why we would teach children how to pick […]

Hack your garden tools with 6 cool maker projects

Spring has officially sprung here in London. If you’re starting to dust off old garden tools and wanting to breath new life into them, why not consider trying one of these 6 maker projects to hack your tools. Or, if you’re wanting to get rid of unwanted garden tools, why not donate them to the […]

Huge thanks to everyone who supports making in #LdnOnt

It has been a busy (and totally amazing) few weeks for the MakerBus. We wanted to write a quick email and thank a bunch of different awesome people in our community who have given us their support in the past weeks. We’ve always said that the MakerBus runs on community support and we’ve received an […]

Introduction to Scratch Part III: How do parents and teachers get started using Scratch?

At almost every event or workshop we attend, parents ask our team members the same question, “How do I encourage my child to learn about coding?” While there are a number of great learn-to-code resources available today, Scratch is our go-to suggestion. Each week we’ll be posting a new tip or tutorial for learning how […]

Introducing our newest team member – Safia

We are happy to announce a new addition to the MakerBus team. Safia has joined us as part of her College Boreal Professional Training Placement. During her placement Safia will be lending us her passion, organizational skills, and considerable artistic talents. Safia is an excellent cartoonist and has create a series of MakerBus cartoons that […]

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Month: April 2015