<h1> = <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Overview</span></span></span><br /> </h1><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-3515-cd4f-e26a85cf33ce"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once known as the SparkTruck, MakerTruck of Southern Methodist University is here to make an impact. The project was started as SparkTruck by a team of graduate students at Stanford. The truck was created to hold the supplies needed to teach kids about thinking, designing, making, and presenting ideas in an dynamic environment. It is still involved in the same vision, though now with a new name and a new home.</span></span></p><p><img src="/images/8/80/SMU_Maker_Truck.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="SMU Maker Truck.jpg" alt="" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="Kids with" alt="" class="fck_mw_notfound" /><img src="/images/a/a7/Kids_with_Maker_Truck.png" _fck_mw_filename="Kids with Maker Truck.png" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="Kids with Maker Truck.png" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" /></p><span class="fck_mw_category" sort="">Pages with broken file links</span>
<h1> <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Overview</span></span></span><br /> </h1><p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-3515-cd4f-e26a85cf33ce"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once known as the SparkTruck, MakerTruck of Southern Methodist University is here to make an impact. The project was started as SparkTruck by a team of graduate students at Stanford. The truck was created to hold the supplies needed to teach kids about thinking, designing, making, and presenting ideas in an a dynamic environment. It is still involved in the same vision, though now with a new name and a new home.</span></span></p><p><img srcstyle="/images/8/80/SMU_Maker_Truck.jpg" _fck_mw_filename=text-align: center;">[[File:SMU Maker Truck.jpg" alt="" />]]</p><p><br /></p><p><img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="Kids with" alt="" class="fck_mw_notfound" /><img src="/images/a/a7/Kids_with_Maker_Truck.png" _fck_mw_filename="Kids with Maker Truck.png" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="Kids with Maker Truck.png" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" /></p><span class="fck_mw_category" sort="">Pages with broken file links</span>
= <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose</span></span></span><br/> =
= <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Impact for Students and Campus</span></span></span> =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The journey of the SparkTruck: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the end, 15,323 miles, 33 states, and 2,673 students add up to one thing: a whole a lot of stories.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, The MakerTruck is on track to make a huge impact in Texas as SMU uses it to show teachers how to impact their students through making. This is a huge step forward for the maker-movement.</span></span><p style="text-align: center;">[[File:Kids with Maker Truck.png]]</p><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the resources put together by the students behind SparkTruck is a how-to guide for making a SparkTruck. People everywhere are encouraged to use this idea to further maker-education around the world. Find the details in the link below:</span></span><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-60224701-e869-a4b0-757c-8ec5fff51e3a">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Z7kaBYsU90LmA8ozaXfqet6cNtDtORswRG3-Xzjbho/edit <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Z7kaBYsU90LmA8ozaXfqet6cNtDtORswRG3-Xzjbho/edit</span>]</span></div><div><br/></div>
= <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact Information</span></span></span><br/> =
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap;">Find more information on our project on our website:</span></span>[http://sparktruck.org/about http://sparktruck.org/about]</span>
<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5size:medium;"><span style="font-sizecolor: 11ptrgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variantarial, helvetica, sans-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baselineserif; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the resources put together by the students behind SparkTruck is a how-to guide to making a SparkTruck. People everywhere are encouraged to use this idea Follow us on social media to further maker-education around the world. Find the details in the link belowkeep up with our current projects:</span>[https://twitter.com/MakerEdSMU https://twitter.com/MakerEdSMU]</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline= Page Contributors font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Z7kaBYsU90LmA8ozaXfqet6cNtDtORswRG3-Xzjbho/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Z7kaBYsU90LmA8ozaXfqet6cNtDtORswRG3-Xzjbho/edit]</span></span><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>===
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<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<big>[mailto:hello@sparktruck.org hello@sparktruck.org[Sarah McLean|Sarah_McLean]]</big>'''</span></span>
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