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What’s Happening, May & June 2015

July 1, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

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 month (or two!), and include a link for more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, News, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, DHF, Digital Harbor Foundation, LCCS, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Maker VISTA, OC STEM, Ravenswood, VISTA

What’s Happening, April 2015

May 13, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

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 month, and include a link for more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities for all […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, DHF, Digital Harbor Foundation, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Maker VISTA

What’s Happening, March 2015

April 10, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

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 month, and include a link to more information. Maker VISTA is dedicated to eradicating poverty and supports Maker Ed’s mission to create more opportunities for all […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, DHF, Digital Harbor Foundation, Exploratory, LCCS, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Maker VISTA, MIAMade

#40Forward: Maker Ed’s female-focused efforts for 2014

March 25, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Community, News, Young Makers Tagged With: #40Forward, #GoogleForEntrep, #women, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Maker Corps, National Girls Collaborative Project, VISTA, Young Makers

Making MAKING Journals

February 21, 2014 by Maker Ed Staff 11 Comments

By Jessica Gray Schipp, Maker AmeriCorps VISTA at the Lighthouse Community Charter School Creativity Lab Journal, sketchbook, notebook, blog, book, diary, scrapbook, daybook, log — no matter what you call these information collectors, they all do the same sort of something. They provide a way to document our experiences. They can be shared or private, written or […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker VISTA, News, Young Makers Tagged With: AmeriCorps, design thinking, documentation, Education, elementary, exploration, high school, journals, Lighthouse Creativity Lab, Makerspace, making, middle school, Schools, STEAM, STEM, Teachers, VISTA, Yarn, Young Makers

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