Peter Wardrip

Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations The Joan Ganz Cooney Center Sandbox for Literacy Innovations aims to help developers incorporate evidence-based research and co-design methods with kids to create more effective literacy products. Wit...

Amazing opportunity:
Friends at @cooneycenter are opening applications for their Sandbox for Literacy Innovations. Tech and media companies focused on children’s literacy learning are invited to apply by 8/29. Learn more: cooneycenter.org/sandbox-literacy
@cooneycenter.bsky.social

On this point, Haeny, @lmv.bsky.social, and I recorded a short Pop & Play episode recently on the GOP & DOGE cuts to science funding. We hope you'll share with friends, family, neighbors, or whoever might not understand why cutting scientific research matters!

Come Play and Make with us in Wisconsin this summer. There are still spots to join other creative and inspiring educators, researchers and designers in preconference workshops. playmakelearn.org #makered #tinkering #museums #libraries #edusky

Come Play and Make with us in Wisconsin this summer. There are still spots to join other creative and inspiring educators, researchers and designers in preconference workshops. playmakelearn.org #makered #tinkering #museums #libraries #edusky

Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org

Great conference in Pittsburgh led by @jeffevancho.bsky.social and his partners at @projectzerohgse.bsky.social. Great opportunity for tinkering and documentation. #makered #edusky. @uwmadison.bsky.social

Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org

Examples of teacher-generated activity prompts today at AbDPGH. @jeffevancho.bsky.social @projectzerohgse.bsky.social

Bad weather can’t stop Agency by Design Pittsburgh. It’s happening now. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered #tinkering

Pre-conference Workshops for Play Make Learn are live! Take a deep dive with amazing colleagues in half-day workshops around games, maker-based learning and arts learning. We also have a full-day Makerspace workshop at a local school. playmakelearn.org Hope to see you in Madison, WI in August.

Save the Chicago Reader - Leor Galil's Fundraiser on Donorbox I published my first Reader story in the summer of 2010. It concerned a Logan Square DIY space called Strangelight, which operated out of a storefront in the Congress Theater. I was 24 at the time. Be...

We’re $101.72 away from $29k! donorbox.org/save-the-chi...

2025 Gee Learning Games Award The GEE! award recognizes excellence in educational game design. The award is judged by international leaders in the field. Winners are announced at the Play Make Learn conference in Madison, WI.

Submissions for the 2025 GEE! Awards are now open. There are categories for formal learning, informal learning, analog games, and games by small studios. I've judged the analog games in past years and love seeing the variety and experimentation that people develop.
www.geeawards.com

Thanks to Highland Middle School for hosting Agency By Design Pittsburgh. Fun to codesign new positive behavior policies with students. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered

Getting our swag ready for our Rust Belt Symposium at #ursulinecollege! Our bags are from Found Surface "Manufacturing eco-friendly soft goods in Cleveland, Ohio." Our event is sold out but you can learn more about our work: www.rustbeltlab.org. @katietrostel.bsky.social @valentinolzullo.bsky.social

Crack open the bubbly. The deadline has been extended by a week. Add your work to the amazing proposed sessions we already have. See you in Madison in August. #makered #tinkering

Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace

With @peterwardrip.bsky.social and others. Join us next month! go.wisc.edu/teacherstudio

Cover of single sheet zine titled "How to plan a dol." Dol is in bubble letters with colored stripes.

Grateful for monthly making with other educators at Teacher Studio. Here is my how-to zine from our February workshop.

Help improve literacy support! The Paraeducator Experience Project is conducting a research study (UNH IRB: IRB-FY2025-73) to better understand how paraeducators support learners & teachers. NH paras & educators, we'd love your input: ~10 mins. #EduSky

Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace

Educators and students worked together to build representations of thinking. @jeffevancho.bsky.social

Thanks to South Park School District for hosting Agency by Design Pittsburgh. We shared student work, looked for learning in the wild and worked with students. #remakelearning #makered. @jeffevancho.bsky.social

Call for Proposals is Still Open!
Join educators, designers, researchers, and funders exploring the intersection of play, making, and learning.
Share your creative work! #makered #tinkering #makerspace

Deadline: March 7, 2025
Submit proposal: go.wisc.edu/PMLsubmit

I forgot to mention the great work of @jeffevancho.bsky.social, too.

Thanks to @StephDeLuca16 & team for hosting @AbDPittsburgh today at Brentwood School District. So cool to learn about their partnerships and connection to community. Great to spend time looking at student work.

2025 AiiCE Instructors Summit

✨ Calling all #computing educators! ✨

Join us at the 2025 Instructors Summit hosted by #AiiCE and the University of Oregon! Connect, share ideas, and impact the future of computer science education. #AiiCEInnovates

🗓️ Apply now: bit.ly/iiices2025

Thanks to Lisa, Judy and Laura from Wayne RESA for leading January's Teacher Studio. Join us online or in person in the coming months. go.wisc.edu/teacherstudio #makered #tinkering

Just reupping this after the holidays. Hope to see you all in Madison, Wisconsin in August. Share your work with other inspiring educators, researchers, designers and leaders. playmakelearn.org

Call for Proposals Now Open!
Join educators, designers, developers, and innovators exploring the intersection of play, making, and learning.
Multiple presentation formats available - from workshops to demos. #makered #tinkering

Deadline: March 7, 2025
Submit proposal: go.wisc.edu/PMLsubmit