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Maker Corps Ending After Five Inspiring Years

January 19, 2018 by Katie Barthelow 1 Comment

Maker Corps Ending After Five Inspiring Years

Over the past five years, our Maker Corps program has been a source of inspiration, community, and learning for us at Maker Ed. We have learned so much from our community parters, and after five wonderful years have made the difficult decision to close out the program.
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2017 Highlights: Maker Corps Members Bring New Energy to Mayborn Museum’s Design Den

December 13, 2017 by Maker Ed Staff Leave a Comment

2017 Highlights: Maker Corps Members Bring New Energy to Mayborn Museum’s Design Den

Our work wouldn’t be possible without the dedication, passion, and inspiration that our partners bring to their schools and organizations each day, and we’re grateful to know and support each and every one of them. Let’s visit Waco, Texas where the Design Den at Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum was abuzz all summer with maker programming for local youth. Read more…

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Spotlight on Creative Reuse

July 12, 2017 by Katie Barthelow 1 Comment

Spotlight on Creative Reuse

“Spotlight on…” is a blog series by Maker Corps. This edition is a Spotlight on Creative Reuse.

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Building Meaningful Connections Between Making and Culture: An Interview with Former Maker Corps Member Julie Cardenas

May 24, 2017 by Justin Boner Leave a Comment

Building Meaningful Connections Between Making and Culture: An Interview with Former Maker Corps Member Julie Cardenas

Julie Cardenas is an early childhood educator and former Maker Corps Member. In this post, she speaks to Maker Ed program coordinator Justin about traditional ways of making, cardboard, tape, and empowering communities. If you’re interested in becoming a Maker Corps Member, applications are currently open! You can learn more here.   Justin Boner, Maker Ed: We […]

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Introducing Maker Corps 2017

January 18, 2017 by Katie Barthelow Leave a Comment

Applications for our Maker Corps program are open until January 23rd, 2017. This online professional development program provides training and a community of support to youth-serving organizations as they design and implement summer maker education programming. As Maker Corps heads into its 5th year, we’re continuing to make improvements and changes based on feedback from our amazing […]

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Maker Corps 2016: A Snapshot of Summer Making

July 13, 2016 by Katie Barthelow Leave a Comment

Maker Corps 2016: A Snapshot of Summer Making

We are full in the swing of things this 2016 Maker Corps season! We have 78 Maker Corps Members contributing to summer maker education programming at over 40 sites! Summer making opportunities for young people are underway at community centers, libraries, museums, science centers and so many places in between. One of my favorite things […]

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Introducing Katie Barthelow, our new Program Manager for Maker Corps!

July 13, 2016 by Katie Barthelow 1 Comment

Introducing Katie Barthelow, our new Program Manager for Maker Corps!

Hi all! I’m Katie, and I hail from a small island (think 2,000 residents) off the coast of Washington state where I took a ferry to school, and everyone I knew was a maker of some sort because there were few formalized jobs. I grew up with a best friend whose parents made a living blowing glass. […]

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Junk to Genius: An Interview with Donna Sangwin of Recreate

May 3, 2016 by Justin Boner 3 Comments

Junk to Genius: An Interview with Donna Sangwin of Recreate

Donna Sangwin, founder and director of ReCreate, speaks to Maker Ed program coordinator Justin about trash, tech, reuse, and education. ReCreate is a creative reuse non-profit based in Roseville, CA and has been committed to reducing waste “through art, education, and imagination” since 2009, offering a full menu of maker education programming, both in partnership […]

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Peanuts and Robots: Wilson County Public Libraries and Maker Education in Rural Texas

April 14, 2016 by Justin Boner Leave a Comment

Peanuts and Robots: Wilson County Public Libraries and Maker Education in Rural Texas

Linda Downs recently told me that you can see a giant peanut resting on the lawn of the Wilson County Courthouse in Floresville, Texas. The big civic peanut has become something of a town mascot and, in conjunction with the annual Floresville Peanut Festival, memorializes the rural region’s early 20th century role in peanut farming. […]

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Announcing Maker Corps 2016 Partner Sites

March 25, 2016 by Justin Boner 3 Comments

Announcing Maker Corps 2016 Partner Sites

We are thrilled to announce our Maker Corps Partner Sites for 2016! For the fourth year of Maker Corps, Maker Ed will collaborate with more than forty organizations across the globe to host Maker Corps Members throughout the summer to bring maker activities and approaches to the communities that they serve. Our Maker Corps 2016 Partner Sites […]

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