by tmw2010 | Mar 27, 2015 | 3d printing, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, inventors, MakerCon, Young Makers
We’re excited about the wide range of exhibitors we have this year, including the diversity of inventors and product developers. Among our commercial makers this year is Ingocraft, which calls its product line “Modern Tools for Maker Kids.” We like...
by tmw2010 | Mar 26, 2015 | 3d printing, Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Young Makers
Educator Kyle Wright brings his great students from Oak Grove Middle School in Pinellas County, to Gulf Coast MakerCon this year. Long successful with their FIRST LEGO League program, Oak Grove is expanding their project based learning to include more maker-style...
by tmw2010 | Mar 23, 2015 | Education, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makerspace, Young Makers
School makerspaces are front and center at Gulf Coast MakerCon. Benito MakerSpace at Benito Middle School in Tampa is one of the newest, and Media Specialist Sundi Pierce took some time to tell us about it. _________ We’re excited about being a part of the Gulf...
by tmw2010 | Mar 18, 2015 | DIY, Fairs, Festivals, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Makerspace, Young Makers
Palm Harbor Library is home to the Hazel Incantalupe Makerspace, a unique arts space for children. We asked Kiki Durney, Head of Youth Services at the Library, to tell us more about their efforts there. GCMC: Who are you and what do you make? KD: We are the children...
by tmw2010 | Mar 1, 2015 | Electronics, Gulf Coast MakerCon, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Young Makers
We’re very excited to announce a collaborative partnership with Scrap on Spot for Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015. Scrap on Spot is an e-waste recycling company with a higher purpose, committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability through the recycling and...
by tmw2010 | Feb 9, 2015 | 3d printing, DIY, Education, Gaming, Gulf Coast Makers Festival, MakerCon, Makers, Makers Festival, Science, Young Makers
The year we held Tampa Bay’s first ever maker festival, Tampa Bay Mini Maker Faire, in 2012, the concept of “makerspaces” in the Tampa Bay area was just a fledgling idea. The Faulhaber FabLab , then at the GWIZ Science Museum in Sarasota, was the...
