Tag: Maker VISTA

  • Building Capacity and Connections at Bethune Middle School Through Maker VISTA

    Building Capacity and Connections at Bethune Middle School Through Maker VISTA

    At Bethune Middle School VISTA members have worked to make making happen–and make making meaningful to makers. Find out how two years of Maker VISTA partnership has developed the maker community at this middle school. Read More…

  • Maker VISTA: Boosting Capacity at Drew Charter

    Maker VISTA: Boosting Capacity at Drew Charter

    Whether by building mobile STEAM Trunks, creating websites, or forging connections in the community, Maker VISTA member at Drew Charter School in Atlanta, Georgia have made an impact through service. They have also accelerated the integration of making at the innovative K-12 school. Read More…

  • Grass Valley + Maker VISTA: Accelerating Making and Impact

    Grass Valley + Maker VISTA: Accelerating Making and Impact

    Grass Valley was committed to integrating more making into students’ day-to-day learning, but needed a jolt of energy and effort to propel their small staff over initial starting speed bumps. Maker VISTA members, through Maker Ed’s Maker VISTa program, provided that accelerating boost. Read More…

  • Meet Amanda! – or – How to Break a Christmas Gift in Record Time

    Meet Amanda! – or – How to Break a Christmas Gift in Record Time

    One Christmas, I received the gift of my (then) dreams:  a see-through alarm clock!  I was always curious about what made things work and how they were assembled — and […]

  • What’s Happening, May & June 2015

    What’s Happening, May & June 2015

    Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each monthly post will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past […]

  • VISTAGrad, July 2015

    VISTAGrad, July 2015

    This July, seven of our Maker VISTA Members will be concluding their 365 days of service. Our Maker VISTA members have exhibited passion, commitment and hard work by confronting poverty […]

  • What’s Happening, April 2015

    What’s Happening, April 2015

    Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each monthly post will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past […]

  • What’s Happening, March 2015

    What’s Happening, March 2015

    Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each monthly post will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past […]

  • The Maker VISTA Project Expands

    The Maker VISTA Project Expands

    In May 2015, the Maker VISTA community will welcome four new sites and six VISTA members to join its vision in transforming education for poverty-stricken communities. The Maker VISTA Project […]

  • What’s Happening, February 2015

    What’s Happening, February 2015

    “What’s Happening” – an ongoing series that highlights the happenings at our Maker VISTA subsites. Each post provides a monthly update that includes a link for more information. In Brief […]