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Maker VISTA: Looking Back at the East Bay Mini Maker Faire
Maker Faires have a growing reputation for providing memorable experiences that connect people through common ideas and practices. Even first-timers leave Maker Faires feeling a personal connection to...
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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...
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Behind Who I Am…
Hi this is Kelsey the new Maker Ed VISTA Leader. My passions for education and community stem from my childhood. As far back as 3 years old I remember offering my toys to my friends who liked them....
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Introducing Maker VISTA Cohort III
Welcome our newest Maker VISTA cohort – Jessica Baggs, Lex Kennedy, Kelsey Leach, David Perlis and Chloe Umble, and learn a little more about them here. Our third cohort of AmeriCorps Volunteers In...
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FabLab at Castlemont High
Shooting range turned aquaponics gardens Reusing comes in all shapes and forms. Cardboard boxes can become robot bodies, mason jars make great candle holders, and sometimes, old ROTC shooting ranges...
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Maker VISTA – 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...
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The Maker VISTA Project, in partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service and as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program, strives to create conditions that empower youth to learn and...
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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...
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What’s Happening March
Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog, posted monthly will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month,...
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What’s Happening April
Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog, posted monthly will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month,...
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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...
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What’s Happening, May & June
Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month (or two!), and...
View ArticleThank You Maker VISTA Cohort I & II
A Reflection by the Maker VISTA project director As year two of the Maker VISTA project comes to a close, it is imperative that I take time to recognize and salute Cohort I & II. These...
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What’s Happening, August 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!),...
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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...
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What’s Happening, September 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!),...
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What’s Happening, October 2015
Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month, and include a link...
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What’s Happening, November 2015
Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month, and include a link...
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What’s Happening, December 2015
Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month, and include a link...
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What’s Happening, January 2016
Welcome back to our ongoing series highlighting “What’s Happening” at our Maker VISTA sites. Each blog will quickly introduce what our subsites have been up to during the past month, and include a link...
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