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A shifted sandbox on interactive and social technologies and education. From backyard dreaming to reality, The Makery. From launching paper rockets to being gifted huge red balloons which we turned into aerial photography contraption by hacking a camera and building a circuit to remotely control it, every day at The Makery has been an adventure. That paints a picture about the fun we had learning and our Flickr stream. An open, youth scientific community.

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I design play and sculpt circuits. Reflections of a Maker Educator. I wrote this for maker extraordinaire Becca Rose when she was leading an educator workshop on facilitation and making. Resharing in this space and original post is here, down a ways on the page.