Category: Community
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Maker Ed Expands Reach of AmeriCorps VISTA Partnership
New VISTA Members will impact thousands in high poverty communities throughout the United States By Rachel Goldman Alper, Director of Strategic Alliances The Maker Education Initiative (Maker Ed) will expand its AmeriCorps VISTA project from its California focus to include five underserved communities throughout the United States. Ten new VISTA members and a VISTA leader…
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See SAM Grow: Saturdays at the Sanger SAM Academy
by Janet Miller and Victoria Cortez SAM’s doors opened in late September and her VISTAs, Janet and Victoria, arrived on November 25, 2013. While walls were still being painted, the show went on for “OSOT,” one of the thousand or so acronyms the VISTAs are still learning but “out-of-school-time” is what SAM is all…
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#40Forward: Maker Ed’s female-focused efforts for 2014
At Maker Ed, we believe that every child is a maker. We aim to celebrate the inclusivity of making, and this month in particular, we are highlighting our work with female makers, supported by a boost from Google for Entrepreneurs’ #40Forward campaign. Encouraging more women and girls to participate in the maker movement is part of…
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Who is Jeremy…
Hello Maker World, I’m Jeremy, the “middle child” of the three new staff members of the Maker Ed Family. I am truly happy to be joining Maker Ed as the first VISTA Leader. You may be thinking, what’s a VISTA? Good question! AmeriCorps VISTAs are individuals dedicated to eliminating poverty within the United States. We…
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Maker Corps Host Sites in Miami, FL
A S.T.E.A.M.ing hot Maker Ed coalition is coming to Miami! Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, MIAMade at The LAB Miami, and REM Learning Center’s Play Make Share Program are proud to be teaming up with Maker Education Initiative to kickstart Maker Education in Miami-Dade County Florida. As hosts of the Maker Corps Summer…
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#40Forward: Maker Ed rethinks women in making with Google for Entrepreneurs
Maker Ed is thrilled to announce that we are a part of the Google for Entrepreneurs #40Forward challenge. We are one of forty startup communities taking new approaches to increase the representation of women in our community by 25% in 2014. Through its core programs, Maker Ed will be working with organizations and educators, particularly female…
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OUSD CARES Show How Much They CARE About Students’ Futures
By Rachel Andres, Maker AmeriCorps VISTA at THINK Together On 30 January, the Orange Unified School District (OUSD) Centers for Afterschool Recreation, Enrichment & Safety (CARES) held its first annual OUSD CARES Science Fair. The turnout was far better than expected, with over 600 in attendance including students, families, staff, administration, and school board members.…
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MindSpark Tinkering with E-Textiles
March 3, 2014 co-authored by Jailyn Volok, Program Director and Maia Stone, Executive Director, at MindSpark Meet MindSpark. As an organization, we have set out to uncover the minds of engineers and mathematicians, architects and designers, scientists and tinkerers alike. Our after-school programs and camps encourage our merry band of innovators to employ technology…
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Maker Ed teams up with Rally.org in a Month of Making Money
By Rachel Goldman Alper, Director of Strategic Alliances March 3, 2014: It may be snowing outside as I write this, but March holds the promise of the big thaw and lots of exciting springtime growth. In that spirit, Maker Ed is partnering with Rally.org to promote the fundraising efforts of a selection of our Maker…
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A summer of Making and Maker Corps at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA
By Bridget Rigby, Learning Director, The Tech Museum of Innovation Summer is a great time for prototyping, learning, and making at The Tech! The Tech’s Maker Corps members will lead Maker prototyping sessions throughout the summer. Find them in The Tech Studio tinkering with favorite Maker technologies, from MaKey MaKey that turns bananas into pianos…