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February 2018 - Laser-Cutter Workshop

Feb. 25, 2018

02-25-2018 Picture 1On Sunday February 25th, UTeach Maker held a Design. Make. Take. workshop for participants to learn how to custom design their own projects on the laser-cutter. It was great to see 12 of our UTeach Makers in attendance. Jason Harron lead the workshop, where he taught participants how to create a custom vector drawing in Inkscape and cut or engrave it into a piece of birch playwood.

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February 2018 - Tour of The Foundry

Feb. 13, 2018

02-13-2018 Picture 1Welcome back UTeach Makers! On Tuesday February 13th, seven new UTeach Makers joined our first cohort meeting of the Spring 2018 semester. We started out the evening by having our UTeach Maker Mentors travel from group-to-group so everybody could learn more about their interests and skills. UTeach Maker Fellows Aminadab Morales and Abdulkarim Bora were in attendance to give advice about completing the Maker Showcase before we all walked to the Fine Arts Library to visit The Foundry.

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December 2017 - Fall 2017 Maker Showcase

Dec. 5, 2017

12-05-2017 Picture 1It was standing room only on December 5th as we celebrated our Fall 2017 Maker Showcase. Our UTeach Makers, mentors, friends, and family were in attendance to listen to our seven new UTeach Maker Fellows share their growth as makers. Split into three rooms, our UTeach Makers presented how they developed their showcase website in terms of what they have learned about maker education, their philosophy behind making, how they have been involved in the maker community, and what they had created as a maker project.

Cohort Meeting - 11-07-2017 - Photo 1

November 2017 - Helium Balloon Airship Design Challenge

Nov. 7, 2017

11-07-2017 Picture 1On Tuesday November 7th, UTeach Maker mentor Oren Connell and UTeach Maker Susan McClain hosted our monthly cohort meeting at the Ann Richards MS makerspace. Keeping with the tradition of design challenges, this year they challenged students to tinker and make an airship that they could control and fly between the workbenches in the space.

Cohort Meeting - 10-03-2017 - Photo 1

October 2017 - Learning How to Laser-Cut

Oct. 3, 2017

10-03-2017 Picture 1Have you ever wanted to cut materials with light? On Tuesday October 3rd, UTeach Maker learned how to use UTeach's new laser-cutter. In small group, the UTeach Makers and their Mentors were introduced to the safety of using a laser-cutter and what materials are safe to cut with a laser, such as cardboard, plywood, and acrylic plastics.

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September 2017 - Lighting-Up UTeach Maker

Sept. 5, 2017

09-05-2017 Picture 1Welcome back! UTeach Maker officially kicked-off with our Fall 2017 cohort on 09/05/2017 with our makers and mentors in attendance. We learned about all of the exciting creative activities everybody had done over the summer, such as Lauren's Human Sundial, and welcomed our newest Maker Mentor, Rich LeGrand.

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April 2017 - Maker Showcase Presentations & Circuit Blocks

April 25, 2017

UTeach Maker Cohort Meeting 04-25-2017 - Photo 1After two semesters with UTeach Maker, Paige Arneson and Hannah Spock were excited to show everybody the progress they had made by presenting their Maker Showcases. Highlighting her passion for biology and sewing, Paige presented her e-textile circulatory system. Her design involved using conductive thread, fabric, sewable LEDs, and a Lilypad Arduino that would light-up to demonstrate circulation in the human body.

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April 2017 - A Night at Articulture Design

April 11, 2017

UTeach Maker Cohort Meeting 04-11-2017 - Photo 1Articulture Designs and UTeach Maker got together for a night celebrating the intersection of Making and the natural world. This was a chance for Makers and nature lovers to mingle. The night featured Articulture Designs founder and lead designer Monique Capanelli, who shared her own Maker journey. Dinner was served outdoors in the Articulture gardens.

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March 2017 - SXSW Create and New Spring 2017 Maker Cohort

March 11, 2017

UTeach Maker Cohort Meeting 03-11-2017 - Photo 0It is with great pleasure that we had the opportunity on March 11th to formally welcome our Spring 2017 UTeach Maker Cohort!

Cohort Meeting - 02-21-2017 - Photo 1

February 2017 - Visit to Ann Richards Makerspace - Part 2

Feb. 21, 2017

UTeach Maker Cohort Meeting 02-21-2017 - Photo 1Continuing on the "Six Inch Chop Saw Challenge", the UTeach Makers returned to Ann Richards Middle School for their second challenge: to built a perfect 8 foot x 8 foot x 8 foot cube. Using measuring tapes, pencils, squares, and the chop saw, Oren Connell gave the Makers the required specifications and left to themselves to determine how they would accomplish the task.