Contributors

Teaches at the Learning Bus, a mobile outreach program of the Marin County Free Library, and has a dream that all children grow up with books.

Manages initiatives for the Tinkering Studio, leading teams to playfully collaborate while creating transformative learning experiences.

Explores learning and the future as an author and NPR correspondent.

Develops curriculum materials and professional development for teachers of children ages three years through second grade and teaches at the University of Northern Iowa.

Designs and illustrates across multimedia in Oakland, CA.

Works with early childhood educators in the Bay Area, supporting children and adults with tinkering, STEAM learning, home language, community, and identity.

Studies how the interactions children have with their parents can influence developmental changes in learning and remembering and teaches at Loyola University Chicago.

Develops learning experiences that are meaningful and joyful for children and adults, as a member of the Tinkering Studio team at the Exploratorium.

Diné faculty member at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, a tribal college located in Albuquerque, NM.

Designs and facilitates learning experiences at the Tinkering Studio that explore art, science, and technology.

Directs early childhood STEAM projects at the New York Hall of Science with teachers, families and students.

Advises, researches, and writes on education with a focus on family and out-of-school-time learning.

Supports Tinkering Studio programs and events by managing budgets, scheduling, logistics, and supplies.

Leads a preschool center in San Francisco and is a master teacher and coach specializing in early learners.

Creates content and experiences for families that center equity, engender a sense of belonging, and spark joy.

Believes tinkering broadens children’s minds and is an educator in the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation.

Teaches children through a play-based curriculum at her home-based business and describes tinkering as hands-on learning through fun.

Co-founded the Tinkering Studio and directs the tinkering-based educational programs at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA.

Directs and independently produces documentaries about arts, science and education.

Works to ensure that all youth, particularly girls and underrepresented youth, have access to opportunities in STEM.

Leads CraftStudies and has spent her career supporting people to learn through creative processes.

Designs, documents, and disseminates rich learning experiences, with the goal of creating physical, cultural, and social spaces that are safe for trying out tentative ideas and developing a sense of belonging.

Teaches children to learn through play-based curriculum as a business woman in the home child care field for over twenty-one years.

Conducts community outreach and teaches preschool children as a member of the mobile Learning Bus program at the Marin County Free Library.

Enjoys hand-on learning with children ages three to twelve in the Quartz Valley Indian Reservation and supports them to make discoveries for themselves.

Directs the Informal Learning Cluster and co-founded the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium in San Francisco CA.

Works as a Digital Content and Communication Specialist with the pre-K12 educator group at the Exploratorium.

Focuses on improving opportunities and outcomes for young people from historically underserved groups as an independent research, evaluation, and writing consultant.

Studies children's cognitive development, focusing primarily on the development of mathematical and scientific reasoning and serves as lead researcher at WestEd.

Researches children's understanding of computational ideas from a sociocultural perspective and studies ways to support educators to engage young people in learning through making.

Manages ten library branches and the two mobile vehicles, including the learning bus and a book mobile at the Marin County Free Library.

Advocates for project-based learning and serves as a STEAM instructional coach with the Sonoma County Office of Education.

Designs and facilitates learning experiences through the Tinkering Studio which explore art, science, and technology.

Coordinates the Makerspace at the New York Hall of Science.

Researches how the sociocultural contexts in which students live influence the ways they make sense of schooling in mathematics and science and serves as a lead researcher at WestEd.

Designs and facilitates museum education through tinkering activities with the Tinkering Studio team and has a background in science and art.

Works as a trilingual coach and trainer supporting family childcare educators and center-based teachers to promote children’s STEAM learning and development.