BPS Makers
BPS Makers is Boston Public Schools' maker group, committed to creating equitable opportunities for learning about and engaging in making across our district.
What does it mean to "make" or "tinker"?
"It's thinking with your hands and learning through doing. It's slowing down and getting curious about the mechanics and mysteries of the everyday stuff around you. It's whimsical, enjoyable, fraught with dead ends, frustrating, and ultimately about inquiry [...] you're questioning your assumptions about the way something works, and you're investigating it on your own terms." - from The Art of Tinkering
What is a "makerspace"?
Makerspaces are places for collaborative inquiry, making, and tinkering. Participants come together to learn, design, explore, and share using various low and high tech equipment and tools.
Makerspaces are places of learning. They can be housed in a stationary place, like a classroom, community center, or library, but they can also be mobile, popping up virtually anywhere, including parks and museums.
Join The Discussion
If you are a teacher, school leader, or maker in the Boston Public Schools, engage in conversations and share your work with other maker educators in our Workplace group, BPS Makers. To participate, you must have a BPS Workplace account.
Mapping Makerspaces
