Category: Community
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Silverton School Maker Space Hiring Two Maker Corps Members for a Summer Internship in Colorado
By Paul Joyce, STREAM Director, Silverton Public School Silverton School Maker Space will be hiring two Maker interns to work between May 15th and August 31st, for between 20-35 hours a week for between $10 and $15 an hour depending on experience. If interested keep reading and call, text or email me with questions! Paul…
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EdVenture Children’s Museum – Maker Works
by Laura Ybarra | Education Services Coordinator Calling all makers! It’s time to crank up your ingenuity and imagination in Maker Works – EdVenture’s new workshop for tinkerers, inventors, and artists alike. Designed for ages 5 and older, Maker Works provides the space, materials, and tools. You supply the ideas and the imagination! For the second year…
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New Maker Annex and More at Returning Maker Corps Host Site Children’s Museum of Houston
By Cheryl McCallum, Director of Education, Children’s Museum of Houston For Summer 2014, three Maker Corps Members will help the Children’s Museum of Houston kick off their new Maker Annex this summer, developing new activities and implementing them with visitors to the Invention Convention exhibit. Our Corps Members will also work with students in the Museum’s Community Science…
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Maker Jawn at the Free Library of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA
by K-Fai Steele, Teen Programming Specialist Maker Jawn Initiative at the Free Library of Philadelphia The Free Library of Philadelphia is proud to be a returning Maker Ed Host Site for summer 2014, through its Maker Jawn Initiative. The mission of the Free Library is to advance literacy, guide learning, and inspire curiosity. Its vision…
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Maker Corps at Mamaroneck Union Free School District
by Margaret Kaufer Hommocks Middle School Co-Op Camp & Maker Corps: FROM STEM to STEAM The Mamaroneck Union Free School District is in its second year as a Maker Corps host site. In 2014, our program is one of only four Maker Corps host sites that serve youth through a public school summer program. This summer,…
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MIA Made in Miami, FL
Maker Corps at The LAB Miami, hosted by MIAMade MIAMade is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering a sustainable maker culture in the Great Miami area. Based out of The LAB Miami, an innovation campus in the heart of Miami’s cultural, artisanal, and technological core, MIAMade has established a diverse network of talent, capital and…
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Keene Public Library in Keene, NH
by Lyndsey Runyan, Teen Services Librarian Keene Public Library is excited to welcome two new Maker Corp Members to our library for a summer of awesome making, creating, and tinkering with kids and teens. Our library serves as an education, cultural, and social center where citizens of all walks of life come together and learn. Around four…
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Science Center of Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa
by Allison Schwanebeck, Director of Exhibits The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) is excited to be a 2014 Maker Corps site! SCI is fairly new to the Maker movement, but we believe making can be a great way of engaging new and existing audiences. The prototyping, testing, experimenting, invention and innovation that is present in Making…
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Millvale Community Library in Millvale, PA
by Lisa Seel, Millvale Community Library Millvale Community Library (MCL) is excited to be a Maker Corps Host Site for Summer, 2014, and will be welcoming two Maker Corps Members to our family! Millvale Community Library is a small, community-oriented library located just north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since opening our doors to the public in…
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Digital Harbor Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland
by Stephanie Grimes, Director of Curriculum At the Digital Harbor Foundation (DHF) we are so proud to have been chosen as a Maker Corps Host Site for the second year! We had an amazing experience with Maker Ed and our Maker Corps Members in 2013 and can’t wait to host four more Maker Corps Members this summer!…