Author: hshabazz

  • Salmon Public Library

    Salmon Public Library

    Picture a room brimming with maker gadgets: LEGO robots, drones, cardboard cutting tools, circuit thread, codable toddler toys, DIY computer games, straws, play-Doh, toilet paper tubes, aluminum foil and more. […]

  • Lighthouse/ Lodestar

    Lighthouse/ Lodestar

    Maker VISTA members Claire Tiffany-Appleton and Anna Milada Grossi, serving at Lodestar and Lighthouse respectively, had the opportunity to kick off their service year together with a hands-on making activity. […]

  • ReCreate

    ReCreate

    September at ReCreate in Roseville, CA marked Maker VISTA member Trina Lafata’s first month of service – and Maker VISTA member Shubha Arehalli’s second-to-last month of service. Shubha’s greatest challenge […]

  • San Fernando Middle School

    San Fernando Middle School

    This month, Maker VISTA members Carey Habiger and Lyna Abal kicked off making with San Fernando Middle School’s first ever Maker Ed elective class for 7th and 8th graders! Over […]

  • CSUSM STEM Center

    CSUSM STEM Center

    This past month, making with California State University at San Marcos (CSUSM) STEM Center has kicked off successfully, in the form of the Community Service Learning (CSL) Program. In this […]

  • Drew Charter

    Drew Charter

    Making has taken off in a multitude of ways at Drew Charter School in Atlanta, GA. Maker VISTA member Khalil Pettway hit the ground running, namely with supporting teachers in […]

  • Snapshots of Making: A Scrapbook of Maker VISTA Reflections

    We asked Maker VISTA members at partner sites nationwide to share feedback and reflections from their communities, giving voice and shape to the impact of Maker VISTA. Here’s a look, site by site, at how our Maker VISTA members, supervisors, and the youth and educators they serve, have been affected by maker-centered learning and capacity…

  • Make & Share: Snapshots from Maker VISTA

    Our Maker VISTA program focuses on overcoming poverty through maker education. This month we asked Maker VISTA members at partner sites nationwide to share the shades and shapes of making at in […]

  • Make & Share: Snapshots from Maker VISTA

    Our Maker VISTA program focuses on overcoming poverty through maker education. This month we asked Maker VISTA members at partner sites nationwide to capture an “iconic” shot that symbolizes the essence of making […]

  • A Weekend of Making at Maker VISTA Partner Site Drew Charter: STEAM Day + DESIGNORAMA

    A Weekend of Making at Maker VISTA Partner Site Drew Charter: STEAM Day + DESIGNORAMA

    The holistic experience of making that is somehow able to integrate the learner’s mind and body, along with the efforts and energies of fellow learners and community members was undeniably achieved and excitingly evident during a recent STEAM extravaganza weekend held at Maker VISTA partner site, Drew Charter School, in Atlanta.