Countdown to Maker Faire: 1 Day
Every day here has been packed with new issues arising from scheduling students, printing tickets, tweaking projects, ordering shirts, setting up booths, calling parents.
Catching Up Over Spring Break (Part 2)
Prototype Faire is our own miniature test-run of the Maker Faire. Students from each grade level showed off their own making projects that they’ve been working on, many of which they will take to the Maker Faire next month.
Catching Up Over Spring Break (Part 1)
I’m writing to you all from a lovely cafe in cloudy Portland, OR, a city that has welcomed me with its overcast skies, colorful parks, and nippy winds. It’s a nice change from good ole Hegenberger Road. With Lighthouse on Spring Break this week, I’ve taken it upon myself to settle in here with an Italian dark roast and…
Creativity Lab @ CISC Symposium
We went to Disney Land!—well, almost. Last week, the Curriculum & Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) held its Leadership Symposium in Anaheim, CA. Educational leaders from across California came together to talk about the latest directions in educational thinking—and that includes making.
Creativity Lab on BlogTalkRadio
You may recall that Aaron Vanderwerff, our Creativity Lab Director, was nominated in November for a SmartBrief Educator Award, for his article “Makers in the Classroom: A How-To Guide.” We’re happy to announce he won!
Hiring – Development and Networking VISTA!
Do you want to be part of a growing movement to improve the educational experience of low-income youth in Oakland through experiential, hands-on learning? The Lighthouse Creativity Lab has been integrating design and making into our school’s practice over the past four years giving students the opportunity to think through and create their own visions…
Help Us Win a SmartBrief Educators’ Content Award!
Our own Aaron Vanderwerff has been nominated for a piece he wrote for EdSurge, “Makers in the Classroom: A How-To Guide.”
Lighthouse Creativity Lab Featured in EdTech Magazine
The Creativity Lab was featured in EdTech’s Fall 2014 Magazine, the article, Making Sense of Makerspaces: Do-it-yourself ed tech opportunities abound for some schools, can be read here!
The Creativity Lab is Hiring – Americorps VISTAs!
For just under the past year, our Maker Ed VISTA volunteers have made a huge contribution to the Creativity Lab program. They made it possible for us to share our practices with interested educators, expand out outreach, and make our in school making program what it is today! And now, we are looking for a…
Intel Galileo Workshop
Last week a team of engineers from Intel Labs, the research department of Intel, visited Lighthouse to run a Galileo workshop with middle school maker students. The Galileo is a mini computer, that can be used to interact with things like lights and sensors. Students made robotic creatures flash eyes and move wings using photo…