James' Maker Ed Milestones

Four moments on the road to SteamHead, from a free Business English class at a Reebok factory in 2011 to a New Year's Eve conviction about open maker education.

Thurs, July 7 2011 6pm, James’ Office

SteamHead Business English Open Invite, any Reebok factory employee Fuluh Factory, Fuzhou, China Free

Want to improve your English? Study Business English with Reebok’s newest Industrial Engineer from the US!


Friday, August 29 2014 4pm, James’ Apartment

Weekend Maker Project! Open Invite, local parents I knew Garden City, Shekou, Shenzhen Free (bring your own lunch!)

DIY Electronic Toys

Want to learn what “Makers” do? Bring your kid and a 9v battery. We’ll learn about electricity and build some cool toys.


Wed, June 10 2015 07:51:16, cyberspace

Email: Makerspace Plan Beginning From James to Li Ting at Litchee Lab

Hey - should I say Li Ting or Ting? Here is the Excel file with the matrix templates. I made a new tab for what skills a student would learn at each age.


Sat, December 31 2016 10pm~ish

“MakerEd should be freely distributed, it’s an innovation industry, and that doesn’t grow unless people are sharing and copying ideas from each other quickly and freely.

In fact, just open sourcing isn’t enough. We need to do something to help people use it!”

Originally published on SteamHead’s Wix site on August 16, 2017. Restored from the site archive in 2026. The archived page dated the last entry December 31, 2017; that day was a Sunday, so it has been corrected to Saturday, December 31, 2016. The email’s addresses have been left out.