Congrats to the OctoStudio & Lifelong Kindergarten Research Group team!

Save the date! See you July 18 and 19, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. Stay tuned for pre-conference dates and a call for proposals for this year’s conference! #pml2024 #maker #playfullearning #games #gameseducation #artseducation #embodiedlearning #makerspace

Let’s make this simple, everyone. Stop the bombing. Lots of ways to say it. None as effective in getting the message across. Stop. The. Bombing. According to PBS two days ago, 3,195 kids dead in Gaza, 33 in the West Bank, 29 in Israel. Every one of them unnecessary. No 💣. ☮️

Join the new cohort for the Maker Educator Leadership certificate. Learn to share maker educator practice through documentation, artifacts and routines. Be inspired. Laugh a lot. Deadline is early December. place.education.wisc.edu/k12-programs/m…

.President Donald J. Trump, the majority of the American people are not with you on this one. #CeasefireNow

We see Republican Legislators’ attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion at our universities for what they are — attempts to divide us and foment culture wars at the expense of the wellbeing of all of our students. Wisconsin Assembly Democrats’s full statement is below: ⬇️

Exchanging UW System building projects for DEI efforts is appalling and disgraceful. “As a caucus, a line must be drawn and the line is this, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is non-negotiable. Point. Blank. Period.” Make your voices are heard tomorrow. #PullUp

Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members sent a clear message to the UW Board of Regents — we must fight for campuses where everyone is welcomed and feels they belong. Thank you to the Board for rejecting the GOP’s deal. The work continues.

The call for proposals for is OPEN! Let’s have some fun! Send us your most exciting, playful, and engaging ideas. Proposals due February 18. go.wisc.edu/PMLcall

"The students ... shall have primary responsibility for advising the chancellor regarding the formulation and review of policies concerning student life, services, and interests" Wis. Stat. 36.09(5). I encourage Universities of Wisconsin (Old) to reconsider their processes to include student voices.

Our Wisconsin values dictate that we be steadfast in ensuring access to educational opportunities for everyone in our state. Capitulating to abhorrent & divisive political threats will ultimately result in a tremendous burden for both our current & future students, our staff, our

I am requesting that today’s session and vote be rescheduled. I agree with Governor Evers that these are conversations that should continue in the weeks ahead, and not be cut short due to an artificial, political deadline.

"If the Legislature is allowed to micromanage every program on campus for reasons of politics and ideology, the UW’s historic commitment to administrative independence and academic freedom will be steadily eroded." captimes.com/opinion/editor… Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin

I don’t know about you, but the BOR seems choreographed to me…

An urgent message to Irish America

The call for proposals closes Feb 18! Share your playful, creative, hands-on work with fabulous educators, researchers, designers, leaders and funders. See you on the terrace. go.wisc.edu/PMLcall #makered #tinkering

I am proud to be part of a broad coalition fighting to advance this historic bill. The fact that this bill made it to the Assembly is a huge victory, but we need the Senate Education Committee to advance this bill. We can do this Wisconsin!

If Mitch Landrieu Archived on NPR today is the Joe Biden message in the general election, they already lost. #ListenToMichigan 🇵🇸npr.org/2024/02/28/123…