Maker Riot

In this July bonus episode, I say goodbye to my longtime co-host Katelyn and I get to be the interviewee with a group from the Maker Educator Collective Bootcamp at Infosys Pathfinders conference.

We talk to Alex Bandar of the new Machyne Makerspace at the 16Tech Innovation District in Indianapolis. Alex has more than a decade of experience in building and growing makerspaces and shares some of his secret sauce with us.

Jessica Hornocker of Anderson Prep Academy talks about their detailed plan for building makerspaces at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Cool stuff includes SonicPi https://sonic-pi.net/ and the photography of John Smith https://wideeyedilluminations.wordpress.com/

Katelyn and Joel review the year in making and make some resolutions for the new year. Share what you will be making in 2021 on Instagram with us MakerRiot or on Twitter @makerriot1 or on Facebook we would love to hear your plans for 2021.

How do you make your space more sustainable? We have a conversation with Erin Riley @eeriley99 about how we can minimize the impact of our spaces. We also introduce a new segment called "Meet Your Maker." We had a short conversation with Craig of Hammerspace in Kansas City about his articulated character from the wildly popular game called Among Us. Check out hammerspace at https://hammerspacehobby.com/

Lots of new, and we hope, fun stuff for the launch of our new season. A new segment called "Watcha Makin'", the old standby of "Cool Things/Stuff," and an interview with Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology. We talk about his revolutionary ideas around open source hardware and creating a new operating system for civilization. Check out more at https://www.opensourceecology.org/. Go to www.makerriot.com for more information about the show or buy a t-shirt to show your love and support. Thanks for listening!

Staying creative while in quarantine is very important. We talk to Lisa Regalla of the Bay Area Discovery Museum and Erica Barrueto of the Tech Interactive about how they and their organizations are engaging in creativity while in "captivity". Bay Area Discovery Museum is at https://bayareadiscoverymuseum.org/The Tech Interactive is at https://www.thetech.org/

This month's episode is an interview that Kim Brand of 1st Makerspace (our sponsor) did for a local radio station. Kim talks about the importance of lessons in shop class and the changing nature of schools and innovation.

Christina Foust, the Clubs Program Manager for Raspberry Pi, joins us to talk about all the ways that Raspberry Pi supports making. We also talk to Joel Leonard, makerspace evangelist, who tells us about his "Maker Happen Tour" and "Hold My Beer" sessions that he does around the country to support makerspaces.

In this episode we talk to a patent attorney, a person seeking a patent, and someone from the US patent and trademark office.

Josh Miles (branding guru) talks with us about how to brand and market the maker movement.

We share the things that we learned, and the things we wish we would have learned sooner when we created our makerspaces. We share the mistakes that we made and the important lessons that we learned in the process. We finish with a segment on new tools that we have or want for our space.Show links Twitter: @MakerRiot1Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/makerriotEmail: joel@makerriot.com or katelyn@makerriot.comWebsite: www.makerriot.comShow Notes & Links:AdaBox a curated box of goodies by subscription from Adafruit. https://www.adafruit.com/adabox/Hub & Spoke is a new makerspace opening in Fishers in 2020. https://hubandspoke.works/Launch Fishers is a business incubator in Fishers https://launchfishers.com/Nickel Plate Arts is the arts organization for Hamilton County. https://nickelplatearts.org/Maker Educator Collective is the organization founded by Adam Maltese. https://www.makereducator.orgMore about the Fishers Maker Town Hall can be found at https://www.fishersmakertownhall.com/Cool Tools:Lightbox https://www.dickblick.com/products/gagne-porta-trace-led-light-boxes/Rabbet Cutter https://www.dickblick.com/products/foam-board-rabbet-cutter/Screen Printing Clamps https://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-deluxe-hinge-clamps/

Joel has a conversation with Jenn Deafenbaugh and Nan Braun about the 2019 Survey of Makerspaces which comes out on October 1. For more information go to https://makethedata.org/Get involved with the project: Contact Jenn @ ittybittyartist@gmail.comContact Nan @ nan@shakmakerspace.orgEngage with the Nation of Makers @https://nationofmakers.us/https://www.facebook.com/nationofmakers/

Joel reports back from the Infosys Pathfinders Institute at IU-Bloomington where he worked with educators to train in maker education as part of the Maker Educator Collective. Maker Educator Collective is https://www.makereducator.org/Infosys Pathfinders is at http://www.infosys.org/infosys-foundation-usa/pathfinders/

We discuss the Nation of Makers Conference & the American Library Association conference, and we interview two of Joel's former students, Trevor & Sharon.

In this episode, Joel takes on a maker challenge to build a graphics generating machine using a Raspberry Pi. The project uses the Processing Development Environment (PDE) which you can find and download here:https://processing.org/We also talk about Spoonflower, a site where you can submit patterns to have fabric or wallpaper made with your pattern. Check it out at: https://www.spoonflower.com/Don't forget to rate us on iTunes or write a review. It would really help us out.

In this 1st of a 2-part series, Katelyn takes on a low-tech maker challenge to create a Mars Colony Biome for the summer reading program "Universe of Stories." We listen along as she struggles through creating the biome. Find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/makerriotInstagram username makerriotpodcast Twitter @makerriot1Homepage is www.makerriot.comBe sure to check out the new blog post on the possible closing of the Bay Area MakerFaire. We would love to hear your thoughts about the show or ideas for future episodes. Let's connect!

We will not be releasing a new episode. Work schedules got in the way of completing our new episode. We will release as soon as we can. We are really excited about the new episode. We are going to be putting more effort into our social media presence over the next couple of months also. Find us on Instagram, Twitter (@MakerRiot1) and on Facebook. Give us a follow, leave us a message. Let us know you're listening. Check out www.makerriot.com while you are at it. Talk to you soon.

Dominic Senibaldi of Cat Head Press and Jeff Stevenson of the Imagination Station in Toledo join us for a discussion about creating programs for a makerspace. How do you identify your audience? What are programming highlights? What is on your bucket list of programs for the future? Check out Cat Head Press at http://www.catheadpress.com/aboutCheck out Imagination Station at https://www.imaginationstationtoledo.org/As always you can come to https://www.makerriot.com/ to listen to previous episodes.

In this episode, hosts Joel Bruns and Katelyn Coyne set out to answer the question "why makerspaces?" Why are they important in the world? What are the benefits of participation? A variety of guests are interviewed including Mike Senese of Make Magazine, Rebecca Grabman of Makeshop in Pittsburgh, Adam Maltese of IU Bloomington, Consuelo Poland of Ruckus Makerspace, and more. For more information about the show go to www.makerriot.com. Don't forget to like us on iTunes and Google Play. contact Joel Bruns at jlybruns@gmail.com or Katelyn Coyne at coynek@hepl.lib.in.us.

We have lots of changes coming in February for season 2 of Maker Riot. New logo, new theme song, new co-host. Lots of great things coming in season 2. Check out www.makerriot.com and like us on iTunes and Google Play. Talk to you soon.

This episode features a former student, Justin Mamaril, who is now an industrial design major at Purdue University. We talk about Justin's evolution as a maker as well as the evolution of the maker movement. Visit www.makerriot.com for more information and show extras.You may also want to visit www.cagefreeideas.com which is the Idea Farm web site.

Andrew Goodin of Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis talks about design thinking and education. Tooltip of the episode is the Glowforge laser cutter and engraver. Go to makerriot.com to join the discussion about incorporating maker activities into traditional classroom environments.

This episode features a discussion with Robert Mahar, a maker in Los Angeles and one of the contestants on NBC's "Making It", about his experience on the show and what he is working on now. Also, a brief discussion of gender equity in school makerspaces. Pocket Operators from Teenage Engineering are discussed in the Tool Talk section of the show.

Sponsored by 1st Makerspace of Indianapolis, IN. Check them out at http://www.1stmakerspace.com/. This episode is a conversation with Nan & David Braun of Shak Makerspace in Kokomo. We talk about the Nation of Makers Conference and the Detroit Maker Faire. Tool talk about the Silhouette Cameo vinyl cutter.

In this 1st Episode, I talk with Katelyn Coyne of the new Ignite Studio makerspace in Fishers, Indiana; recommend Micro:bit as a tool for makers, and discuss issues around makerspaces and maker culture.