Peter Wardrip
@peterwardrip.bsky.social
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
Design and Research in/with/for Museums, Libraries, Classrooms,
Educator Professional Communities/Learning, Assessment
Making and Tinkering
Enjoy Euchre, Soccer, Hot Chocolate
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
October 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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
New year of Agency by Design Pittsburgh is starting at @carnegieart.bsky.social with @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered
September 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New year of Agency by Design Pittsburgh is starting at @carnegieart.bsky.social with @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered
Wisconsin Maker Summit is in full swing. A preconference workshop at the Play Make Learn conference
August 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Wisconsin Maker Summit is in full swing. A preconference workshop at the Play Make Learn conference
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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
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
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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July 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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
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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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!
June 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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!
Reposted by Peter Wardrip
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
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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
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
June 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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
Reposted by Peter Wardrip
Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org
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.
May 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org
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
May 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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
Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org
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.
May 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Registration for PML pre-conference workshops is filling up. Join other creative educators, researchers and designers. #makered #edusky #tinkering playmakelearn.org
Examples of teacher-generated activity prompts today at AbDPGH. @jeffevancho.bsky.social @projectzerohgse.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Examples of teacher-generated activity prompts today at AbDPGH. @jeffevancho.bsky.social @projectzerohgse.bsky.social
Bad weather can’t stop Agency by Design Pittsburgh. It’s happening now. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered #tinkering
April 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bad weather can’t stop Agency by Design Pittsburgh. It’s happening now. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered #tinkering
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.
April 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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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We’re $101.72 away from $29k! donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
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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April 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We’re $101.72 away from $29k! donorbox.org/save-the-chi...
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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
www.geeawards.com
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.
www.geeawards.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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
www.geeawards.com
Thanks to Highland Middle School for hosting Agency By Design Pittsburgh. Fun to codesign new positive behavior policies with students. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered
March 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Thanks to Highland Middle School for hosting Agency By Design Pittsburgh. Fun to codesign new positive behavior policies with students. @jeffevancho.bsky.social #makered
Reposted by Peter Wardrip
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
March 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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
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
Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace
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
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
March 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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
Reposted by Peter Wardrip
Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace
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
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
February 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace
Reposted by Peter Wardrip
With @peterwardrip.bsky.social and others. Join us next month! go.wisc.edu/teacherstudio
March 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
With @peterwardrip.bsky.social and others. Join us next month! go.wisc.edu/teacherstudio
Reposted by Peter Wardrip
Grateful for monthly making with other educators at Teacher Studio. Here is my how-to zine from our February workshop.
March 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Grateful for monthly making with other educators at Teacher Studio. Here is my how-to zine from our February workshop.
Reposted by Peter Wardrip
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_...
Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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_...
Link: unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace
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
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
February 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Deadline for workshop and presentations is Match 7th. Come for the inspiration. Stay for the cheese curds. Playmakelearn.org #makered #makerspace
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
February 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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
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
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
January 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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
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