29 min
Inside a Startup After-School STEAM Program The K12 Engineering Education Podcast
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Founding an education business comes with challenges and rewards, far beyond the
financials. Guest EJ Zain talks about this first-hand. EJ founded the startup
Maker Kids Lab, LLC, in Austin, Texas. Her very new startup runs after-school
programs for middle schoolers in science, technology, engineering, art, and math
(STEAM). In her lessons, Zain and her team of helper-teachers guide students of
different ages to work together on hands-on, creative projects. She discusses
her motivations for starting Maker Kids Lab as a parent, her strategies for
engaging kids, and her hopes for creating a business with a social impact.
Mentioned in this episode: • Maker Kids Lab on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Makerkidslab/ • Maker Kids Lab on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/makerkidslab/ • The 4 C's of Problem-Based Learning
(PBL):
https://www.bie.org/blog/the_power_of_the_4cs_the_foundation_for_creating_a_gold_standard_for_projec
• TechShop: http://www.techshop.ws/ • Hexbugs: https://www.hexbug.com/ • Small
Business Administration (SBA): https://www.sba.gov/ • InnovateHER, an SBA
business competition:
https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/wbo/resources/1465581 • Website of
Maker Kids Lab, LLC: https://www.makerkidslab.com/ Mentioned in the post-show
notes: • Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs •
Panelpicker for South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 (deadline July 21):
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ Our closing music is from "Late for School" by
Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast
information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education
Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Help Pios Labs
continue! You can donate at: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Also check out
these projects from Pios Labs: • Engineering Word Of The Day (EWOTD) podcast:
http://engineeringwordoftheday.com • Guidebook "Engineer's Guide to Improv and
Art Games" by Pius Wong, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers:
http://www.pioslabs.com/improv4design.html
Founding an education business comes with challenges and rewards, far beyond the
financials. Guest EJ Zain talks about this first-hand. EJ founded the startup
Maker Kids Lab, LLC, in Austin, Texas. Her very new startup runs after-school
programs for middle schoolers in science, technology, engineering, art, and math
(STEAM). In her lessons, Zain and her team of helper-teachers guide students of
different ages to work together on hands-on, creative projects. She discusses
her motivations for starting Maker Kids Lab as a parent, her strategies for
engaging kids, and her hopes for creating a business with a social impact.
Mentioned in this episode: • Maker Kids Lab on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Makerkidslab/ • Maker Kids Lab on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/makerkidslab/ • The 4 C's of Problem-Based Learning
(PBL):
https://www.bie.org/blog/the_power_of_the_4cs_the_foundation_for_creating_a_gold_standard_for_projec
• TechShop: http://www.techshop.ws/ • Hexbugs: https://www.hexbug.com/ • Small
Business Administration (SBA): https://www.sba.gov/ • InnovateHER, an SBA
business competition:
https://www.sba.gov/offices/headquarters/wbo/resources/1465581 • Website of
Maker Kids Lab, LLC: https://www.makerkidslab.com/ Mentioned in the post-show
notes: • Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs •
Panelpicker for South by Southwest (SXSW) 2018 (deadline July 21):
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ Our closing music is from "Late for School" by
Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast
information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education
Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Help Pios Labs
continue! You can donate at: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs Also check out
these projects from Pios Labs: • Engineering Word Of The Day (EWOTD) podcast:
http://engineeringwordoftheday.com • Guidebook "Engineer's Guide to Improv and
Art Games" by Pius Wong, on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers:
http://www.pioslabs.com/improv4design.html
29 min