December 2021 - Maker Holiday Meeting

Dec. 10, 2021

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Tuesday, December 7th was the date of our Fall 2021 Maker Holiday Meeting. We had a wonderful turnout of makers, mentors, faculty, and friends.

November 2021 - Collaborative Sketching

Nov. 2, 2021

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Tuesday, November 2nd, marked our 3rd fall cohort meeting of 2021. We worked in teams to do a c-sketch, which is a way to spark creativity and ideas when collaborating with others.

December 2020 - Maker Showcase Presentations

Dec. 8, 2020

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Tuesday, December 8th was the date of our Fall 2020 Maker Showcase presentations. We had a wonderful turnout of makers, mentors, faculty, and friends.

November 2020- Maker Community Workshop

Nov. 14, 2020

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On Saturday, November 14th, UTeach Maker used Zoom to host a weekend workshop. Makers and mentors spent time working together to explore the concept of ambiguity as it applies to making and to life. There was also time to work on their Maker Showcases.

November 2020 - Remote Measurement Challenge

Nov. 10, 2020

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Tuesday, November 10th, marked our 3rd fall cohort meeting of 2020. We worked on teams to adapt a maker measurement challenge that we had done last year for a remote setting. A fun and creative demonstration for making in a remote context.

October 2020 - At-Home Making

Oct. 13, 2020

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Tuesday, October 13th, was our second fall cohort meeting. We had fun with a "Guess the Movie" emoji icebreaker, saw examples of at-home maker activities for students, and put together our own at-home maker kits.

September 2020 - Reconnect with Your Inner Maker

Sept. 1, 2020

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Tuesday, September 1st, marked our first fall cohort meeting of 2020. As in the summer, we met on Zoom and had a great time. We spent time reconnecting, had a visit from pi-top, and worked on maker vision boards to help us start the semester off right.

August 2020 - Summer Maker Meetup

Aug. 4, 2020

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Tuesday, August 8th was our final remote summer meetup. We talked about maker strategies for starting the school year and participated in a sensory team-building activity to highlight how physical materials can help bring concepts to life. A great August event!

July 2020 - Summer Maker Meetup

July 7, 2020

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Tuesday, July 7th, was a second remote meetup of the summer. At this meeting, one of our graduates led a Joy Scavenger Hunt and one of the master teachers from the UTeach program walked our makers through a tutorial on how to make and create classroom activities with Nearpod.

June 2020 - Summer Maker Meetup

June 2, 2020

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Tuesday, June 2nd, was the first UTeach Maker remote summer meetup. At this meeting, we set a summer agenda, shared resources for teaching with a social justice lens, and engaged in at home origami activities presented by our own Jean Feeser.