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Maker Moments: Snapshots from Maker VISTA

March 15, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

Maker Moments: Snapshots from Maker VISTA

Our Maker VISTA program focuses on overcoming poverty through maker education. Maker VISTA members serve at partner sites around the country to impact organizations and the wider community through partnership development, volunteer recruitment, and much more.

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CSUSM STEM Center

February 26, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

CSUSM STEM Center

Similar to his Maker VISTA colleague Jamera Jones in Atlanta, Maker VISTA member Alvin Heido has come up against some promotion- and buy-in building obstacles in his work at CSUSM STEM Center. In order to spread word and awareness of the Center’s programming, and to recruit undergraduate students to participate in the Community Service Learning […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-02, non-blog

Salmon Public Library

February 26, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

Salmon Public Library

January at Salmon Public Library was a big month for middle schoolers. Amidst adults-versus-kids dodgeball games (totally fair) and discovering that, 13 years later, Panic! At The Disco is still a preteen music phenomenon, the Salmon VISTA team has shared knowledge, built partnerships and developed new resources for making make happen. Lemhi’s After-School Promise (LASP), […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-02, non-blog

Lighthouse/ Lodestar

February 26, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

Lighthouse/ Lodestar

For the culmination of a month-long 3rd and 4th grade expedition on Natural Occurrences, Maker VISTA member Anna Grossi developed making projects based on Housing and Civil Engineering. Along with two classroom teachers, Anna created two design challenges relevant to the Bay Area and to the state of California for the students to explore, with […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-02, non-blog

ReCreate

February 26, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

ReCreate

ReCreate’s mission for the new year is to engage participating families, students, and teachers and build stronger connections. Maker VISTA member Trina Lafata thought working with students from ReCreate’s after-school programs would be a great place to start. Trina began sending out weekly emails to parents of the participating students, including a brief statement of what […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-02, non-blog

San Fernando Middle School

February 26, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

San Fernando Middle School

One of the goals of the Maker Education elective class at San Fernando Middle School this year was to get students involved in composting. Maker VISTA members Lyna Abal and Carey Habiger wanted to provide students with the opportunity to create their own composting bins, learn about the environmental benefits of composting, and to take […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-02, non-blog

STE(A)M Truck

February 26, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

STE(A)M Truck

At STE(A)M Truck in Atlanta, Maker VISTA member Jamera Jones has been in the throes of building an internship program from the ground up. To ensure that the organization obtains best-fit interns, Jamera began her process by building relationships with nearby colleges and universities, including Georgia State University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Emory University. Perhaps […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-02, non-blog

Drew Charter

February 26, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

Drew Charter

In January, Maker VISTA member Khalil Pettway helped facilitate a Maker Night for the Drew Charter School’s Elementary Academy. For the Maker Night, Khalil and staff members guided students and parents through a button-making activity. Though the activity was simple and straightforward, the event itself was a bit more stressful to manage, as it was the […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-02, non-blog

Maker Moments: Snapshots from Maker VISTA

January 17, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

Maker Moments: Snapshots from Maker VISTA

Our Maker VISTA program focuses on overcoming poverty through maker education. Maker VISTA members serve at partner sites around the country to impact organizations and the wider community through partnership development, volunteer recruitment, community building, resource creation, educator training, and much more.
Read more…

Filed Under: Maker Moments, Maker VISTA

Grass Valley

January 11, 2018 by Hadiyah Shabazz Leave a Comment

Grass Valley

In the final days of 2017, students, educators, and the Maker VISTA members of Grass Valley Elementary School in Oakland celebrated the culmination of their first-semester maker-centered learning unit with their very own ComiCon. As a marker of the impressive accomplishment of now having every classroom and student in the school engaged in making, the […]

Filed Under: MV 2018-01, non-blog

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