<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></pstyle="text-align: center;">[[File:SMU Maker Truck.jpg]]</p>= <img src="/images/8/80/SMU_Maker_Truck.jpg" _fck_mw_filenamespan style="SMU Maker Truck.jpgfont-size:x-large;" alt><span style="" /></pfont-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><pspan style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose<br /span></pspan><p/span><img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="Kids with" alt="" class="fck_mw_notfound" br/>= <img srcspan id="/images/a/a7/Kids_with_Maker_Truck.pngdocs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-7380-afe7-5c7304e1cc3e" _fck_mw_filename><span style="Kids with Maker Truck.png" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="Kids with Maker Truck.png" class=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;"fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" /></p><h1> </h1><div><br /></div><h1> <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="fontThe MakerTruck is a tool used by the Southern Methodist University Maker Education Project. Though its end goal is the same, its focus is slightly different than the original SparkTruck. Where SparkTruck spent time directly working with kids, MakerTruck works with teachers. With the tools and guidance necessary, teachers are inspired and shown how to implement hands-family:arialon Maker Education into their schools,helveticaclassrooms,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Purposeand other places of influence. Curriculum is also available to aid teachers in this great venture. As quoted from an article about the project, the director Katie Krummeck stated, “t</span></span></span><br /> </h1><p><span id="docsstyle="font-internalsize: 11pt; font-guid-c5aec599-e777-7380-afe7-5c7304e1cc3e"><span style="font-size: 11ptfamily: Arial; font-family: Arial; backgroundvariant-colornumeric: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normalnormal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The MakerTruck his big truck is a tool used by kind of rolling ambassador for the Southern Methodist University Maker Education Projectmaker movement. Though its end goal is If you’re not familiar with it, the same, its focus maker movement is slightly all about sharing creative challenges with people from very different than the original SparkTruckbackgrounds to build things. Where SparkTruck spent time directly working with kids, MakerTruck works with teachers. With the The explosion in easily available digital tools and guidance necessary, teachers are inspired software is fueling the fire, and shown how to implement it turns out that this kind of hands-on Maker Education into their schools, classrooms, and other places of influence. Curriculum is also available maker-based instruction is a great way to aid teachers engage students in this great venturewhatever subject they are learning. As quoted from an article about the project, the director Katie Krummeck stated, “t”</span></span> = <span style="font-size: 11pt; fontx-family: Ariallarge; font-variant"><span id="docs-numeric: normal; fontinternal-variantguid-eastc5aec599-asian: normal; verticale777-align: baseline; whitec767-space: prec3b2-wrap;e258c7156cc5">his big truck is a kind of rolling ambassador for the maker movement. If you’re not familiar with it, the maker movement is all about sharing creative challenges with people from very different backgrounds to build things. The explosion in easily available digital tools and software is fueling the fire, and it turns out that this kind of hands<span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-on makerspace: pre-based instruction is a great way to engage students in whatever subject they are learning.”wrap;">History of the MakerTruck</span></span></pspan>= <h1> <span styleid="font-size:x-large;"><span id="docsdocs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; background-color: transparent11pt; font-weightfamily: 700Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">History As SparkTruck, this mobile makerspace was driven across the country over the course of the MakerTruck2 summers meeting with groups of kids and teaching them about making. </span></span></span> </h1><p><span idstyle="docsfont-internalsize: 11pt; font-guidfamily: Arial; font-c5aec599variant-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numericnumeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As SparkTruck, this mobile makerspace was driven across the country over the course of 2 summers meeting with groups of kids and teaching them about makingstarted as a thesis project by Stanford d.School graduate students who had a passion for hands-on learning. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SparkTruck This project was started as funded by a thesis project by Stanford d.School graduate Kickstarter campaign called SparkLab which helped the students who had a passion for hands-on learningpurchase the truck and the tools within to start their journey. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This project The SparkTruck team was funded by a Kickstarter campaign called SparkLab which helped the able to visit over 2,600 students purchase the truck and the tools within to start their journeyat 65 schools. </span></span> = <span style="font-size: 11ptx-large; font"><span id="docs-family: Arial; fontinternal-variantguid-numeric: normal; fontc5aec599-e777-c767-variantc3b2-easte258c7156cc5"><span style="font-asianfamily: normalArial; verticalbackground-aligncolor: baselinetransparent; whitefont-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The SparkTruck team was able to visit over 2,600 students at 65 schools.Impact for Students and Campus</span></span></pspan>= <h1> <span styleid="font-size:x-large;"><span id="docsdocs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="font-familysize: Arial; background-color: transparent11pt; font-weightfamily: 700Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Impact for Students and CampusThe journey of the SparkTruck: </span></span></span> </h1><p><span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><span style="font-size: size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The journey of In the SparkTruckend, 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;">In the endCurrently, 15,323 miles, 33 states, and 2,673 students add up The MakerTruck is on track to one thing: make a whole a lot of storieshuge impact in Texas as SMU uses it to show teachers how to impact their students through making. 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