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Meet Amanda! – or – How to Break a Christmas Gift in Record Time

October 6, 2015 by Maker Ed Staff 1 Comment

Meet Amanda! – or – How to Break a Christmas Gift in Record Time

One Christmas, I received the gift of my (then) dreams:  a see-through alarm clock!  I was always curious about what made things work and how they were assembled — and this clock was a perfect work of art!  With its different colored gears and hard exterior just begging to be cracked open, it was a […]

Filed Under: Maker Ed Staff, Maker VISTA Tagged With: Amanda, Maker VISTA, Staff

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

VISTAGrad, July 2015

June 26, 2015 by Chloe 1 Comment

VISTAGrad, July 2015

This July, seven of our Maker VISTA Members will be concluding their 365 days of service. Our Maker VISTA members have exhibited passion, commitment and hard work by confronting poverty through collaborative development of organizational, administrative and financial capacity for their host organizations. Maker VISTA members worked onsite with their partner organization to foster collective […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, News Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Maker VISTA, VISTA, VISTAGrad

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

The Maker VISTA Project Expands

April 2, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

The Maker VISTA Project Expands

In May 2015, the Maker VISTA community will welcome four new sites and six VISTA members to join its vision in transforming education for poverty-stricken communities. The Maker VISTA Project is transforming education nationwide for youth disadvantaged by poverty through Maker Education. The project’s ambitious mission will be strengthened in scale and reach with  the […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker VISTA, News Tagged With: AmeriCorps VISTA, Maker VISTA, VISTA

What’s Happening, February 2015

March 9, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

What’s Happening, February 2015

“What’s Happening” – an ongoing series that highlights the happenings at our Maker VISTA subsites. Each post provides a monthly update that includes a link for more information. In Brief – The Maker VISTA Project tackles poverty by propagating maker education into high-poverty communities across the US by providing capacity-building services to our partners. Our partners, […]

Filed Under: Maker VISTA, What's Happening Tagged With: AmeriCorps, Assemble, Exploratory, Maker VISTA, MIAMade, OC STEM

Hi! I’m Chloe

January 7, 2015 by Chloe Leave a Comment

Hi! I’m Chloe

  I can’t tell you how many times my roommate of 5 years now has said to me, “You have too much time on your hands”. This is her default response whenever she’s found me taking apart a computer monitor, frankenstiening whatever ingredients I could find in our kitchen into some kind of dessert, creating […]

Filed Under: Community, Maker Ed Staff, Maker VISTA, News Tagged With: Chloe, Maker VISTA, Staff, VISTA

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