Source: Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers
If you want to evidence that the maker movement is creating positive change in education, if you want to see the benefit of makerspaces serving a diverse group of young people who truly value these learning experiences, if you want to see the power of students, faculty and community groups coming together to create and cooperate, then take a look at the California Community Colleges who participated in the CCC Maker program and watch the videos below. I’ve been proud to be involved in this effort. Please come meet students and faculty from many of these community colleges at Maker Faire Bay Area.
The following summary of the program was written by Karen Fraser-Middleton, Communications Director for CCC Maker
-Dale Dougherty
Could you make a surfboard out of shrimp shells? Can you grow pots for plants out of fungus? What kind of fashions can be created from recycled materials? What could you make to help a musician with cerebral palsy hit the desired keys on a keyboard? These are problems that California Community College students are exploring as a result of their colleges building makerspace communities with funding from the California Community College Chancellor’s Office.
Through the CCC Maker initiative, a network of 24 college makerspaces emerged in less than three years, each reflecting their unique local communities and responding to the diverse needs of the students, faculty members, makers, partners and employers. Now,…
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