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Peter Wardrip

@peterwardrip.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of STEAM Education at UW-Madison Design and Research in/with/for Museums, Libraries, Classrooms, Educator Professional Communities/Learning, Assessment Making and Tinkering Enjoy Euchre, Soccer, Hot Chocolate

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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just re-upping this. We're already building a great cohort for next year. We would love for you to join us. #makered #edusky #tinkering
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Registration for our Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program. Clarify what you value for learning and engagement. Apply new ideas directly in your school, library, museum, or community. Starts January 2027. makereducatorleadership.org #MakerEd #Edusky
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Home - Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program
Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program Become an educator who leads what learning can be. Registration Open Registration is now open for the 2027 Maker
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Natasha Pilkauskas @natashap.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
We are hiring a postdoctoral fellow to help with work on a project to study the Michigan school meals program (universal meals). Come work with me and Kathy Michelmore! @kmichelmore.bsky.social edpolicy.umich.edu/what-we-do/j...
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Join our team
The University of Michigan seeks candidates to become active members of the Education Policy Initiative. Our research group brings together a interdisciplinary set of scholars focused on the generatio...
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Maker MiniCon at the Oregon Public Library. #pml2026
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Brenda Baker cleverly distills scrappiness at the Play Make Learn conference this morning. #pml2026
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media archaeology lab @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
this is your two week reminder! applications for the 2026/27 Practitioner in Residence cohort are due July 22! Come misuse some things creatively with us! Read the full prompt: drive.google.com/file/d/16zB-... Fill out the application: forms.gle/KNfcAGBVCbyU...
a MISTY robotics robot appears via security camera on the screen of an Apple IIc computer. An explainer for the Apple IIc is under the screen.
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Ben Rock @benrock.com · 31/05/2026
The most amazing thing you’ll see today I guarantee is this frame-by-frame animated remake of “Sabotage”. youtu.be/lgXSDPmOWCE?...
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Stop Motion Sabotage - A Stop Motion Recreation of Beastie Boys "Sabotage" video
YouTube video by Corduroy Frames
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Thanks to South Fayette School District for hosting Agency by Design Pittsburgh today. Lots of fun discussions and making with students. And really cool student work everywhere. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered #tinkering #edusky
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Registration is open and call for proposals is open. Share your work with other creative educators in Madison, WI at the Play Make Learn conference, July 8-9. playmakelearn.org #makered #tinkering #edusky
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Registration is open and call for proposals is open. Share your work with other creative educators in Madison, WI at the Play Make Learn conference, July 8-9. playmakelearn.org #makered #tinkering #edusky
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Thanks to Northgate School District for hosting ABD Pittsburgh. Really inspiring teachers and principal. And the students started the day dancing to Dave Brubeck! @jeffevancho.bsky.social
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Nicole McNeil @nicolemmcneil.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
We invite apps for our postbac fellowship in educational research and action. Postbacs engage in research on learning & learning environments, receive close mentorship from scholars across disciplines, and gain hands-on experience through community-based programs. See cladlab.nd.edu/era-fellowsh...
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Era Postbac Fellowship | CLAD Lab | University of Notre Dame
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Last call to join our 2026 cohort. Join the amazing group of creative educators already registered. Learn and practice ways to build a culture of making with your learners, your colleagues and/or your partners. go.wisc.edu/makereducator #makered #tinkering #makerspace. @jeffevancho.bsky.social
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Great day for @AbDPittsburgh at Aliquippa Jr/Sr. High School. Thanks to Dr. Woods and his team for hosting. Great day sharing practice, looking at learning in their classrooms and designing with students. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered #remakelearning
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Know an educator passionate about fostering creativity and curiosity in their students? Learn how to design, document, and discuss meaningful maker-based learning with a supportive cohort of educators. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makereducator #makerspace #tinkering go.wisc.edu/makereducator
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Thanks to @jeffevancho.bsky.social and @projectzerohgse.bsky.social for a great conference yesterday in Pittsburgh. It’s energizing to be around creative and joyful educators. #makered
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
New year of Agency by Design Pittsburgh is starting at @carnegieart.bsky.social with @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Wisconsin Maker Summit is in full swing. A preconference workshop at the Play Make Learn conference
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Deborah Fields @stareyes.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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
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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...
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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 25/06/2025
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!
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The Impacts of Cutting Federal Funding For Research (Pop Off) | Pop and Play | Episode
Nathan and Haeny are back for another Pop Off about recent cuts to funding for federal research. And they brought in a special guest: Vice Dean for Digital Innovation at Teachers College, Managing Dir...
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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
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2025 Play Make Learn Conference.
The Play Make Learn Conference is a place for collaboration and discovery in the design, research and practice of playful learning, games for learning and positive s
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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
playmakelearn.org
2025 Play Make Learn Conference.
The Play Make Learn Conference is a place for collaboration and discovery in the design, research and practice of playful learning, games for learning and positive s
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Examples of teacher-generated activity prompts today at AbDPGH. @jeffevancho.bsky.social @projectzerohgse.bsky.social
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Bad weather can’t stop Agency by Design Pittsburgh. It’s happening now. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered #tinkering
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
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.
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Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
We’re $101.72 away from $29k! donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
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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...
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Peter McDonald @pdmcdonald.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
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
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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.
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks to Highland Middle School for hosting Agency By Design Pittsburgh. Fun to codesign new positive behavior policies with students. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered
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Rust Belt Lab @rustbeltlab.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace
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Peter Kirschmann @pkir.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
With @peterwardrip.bsky.social and others. Join us next month! go.wisc.edu/teacherstudio
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Peter Kirschmann @pkir.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Grateful for monthly making with other educators at Teacher Studio. Here is my how-to zine from our February workshop.
Cover of single sheet zine titled "How to plan a dol." Dol is in bubble letters with colored stripes.
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alecia 🍁🌿 @aleciamarie.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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_...
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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.
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The Alliance for Interdisciplinary Innovation in Computing Educ @aiiceinnovates.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
✨ 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
2025 AiiCE Instructors Summit
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Fun day at Pittsburgh Sci Tech Academy for Agency by Design Pittsburgh. Sharing practice and designing new activities for our learners #remakelearning #makered @jeffevancho.bsky.social
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Jeff Ellenbogen @jeffellenbogen.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
We are hosting a new workshop next summer in Colorado... Dawson #MakerEd Jam will be an opportunity to spend a week dreaming, collaborating, and building with other #maker educators in Dawson School’s Makerspace in Lafayette, Colorado. Find out more and register at sites.google.com/dawsonschool...
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Dawson Makerspace - Dawson MakerEd Jam
Dawson MakerEd Jam 2025
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Deadline to register is January 3rd! Become part of a cohort of creative educators from around the world working to build a culture of maker-based learning in their organizations and communities. go.wisc.edu/makereducator. @jeffevancho.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social #makered #tinkering #steam
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Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program
Through the Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program, classroom teachers and informal educators (e.g., museum, library, and after-school educators) engage in making, conversations and job-embedde...
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Today is #GivingTuesday. Consider supporting @AbDPittsburgh and a wonderful educator-empowered learning community. www.givebigpittsburgh.com/organization...
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Support Pittsburgh Teaching and Learning Collaborative | Give Big Pittsburgh 2024
I’m ready to support Pittsburgh Teaching and Learning Collaborative on December 3, 2024 during Give Big Pittsburgh 2024. Learn more about Pittsburgh Teaching and Learning Collaborative and all the...
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Peter Wardrip @peterwardrip.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Just re-upping this. The cohort is filling up, but we still have spots. Join with your team. Share with your partners. Hope to see you in January. go.wisc.edu/makereducator. @jeffevancho.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social
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Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program
Through the Maker Educator Leadership Certificate Program, classroom teachers and informal educators (e.g., museum, library, and after-school educators) engage in making, conversations and job-embedde...
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