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<~~span class="fck_mw_category" sort=""~~h1>~~Pages with broken file links~~ </~~span~~h1><div> </div><h1> ~~Overview~~Purpose </h1>~~Once known as~~ The MakerTruck is a tool used by the ~~SparkTruck, MakerTruck of~~ Southern Methodist University Maker Education Project. Though its end goal is the same, its focus is ~~here to make an impact~~slightly different than the original SparkTruck. ~~The project was started as~~ Where SparkTruck ~~by a team of graduate students at Stanford~~spent time directly working with kids, MakerTruck works with teachers. ~~The truck was created to hold~~ With the ~~supplies needed~~ tools and guidance necessary, teachers are inspired and shown how to ~~teach kids about thinking~~implement hands-on Maker Education into their schools, ~~designing, making~~classrooms, and ~~presenting ideas~~ other places of influence. Curriculum is also available to aid teachers in this great venture. As quoted from an ~~dynamic environment~~article about the project, the director Katie Krummeck stated, “this big truck is a kind of rolling ambassador for the maker movement. It If you’re not familiar with it, the maker movement is ~~still involved~~ 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 ~~same vision~~fire, ~~though now with a new name~~ and it turns out that this kind of hands-on maker-based instruction is a ~~new home~~great way to engage students in whatever subject they are learning.”<h1> <pspan id="docs-internal-guid-c5aec599-e777-c767-c3b2-e258c7156cc5"><~~img src~~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;">History of the MakerTruck</~~images~~span></8span></80span> </~~SMU_Maker_Truck~~h1>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 making.~~jpg~~SparkTruck was started as a thesis project by Stanford d.School graduate students who had a passion for hands-on learning. This project was funded by a Kickstarter campaign called SparkLab which helped the students purchase the truck and the tools within to start their journey.~~jpg~~The SparkTruck team was able to visit over 2,600 students at 65 schools.<h1> Impact for Students and Campus </h1>The journey of the SparkTruck: In the end, 15,323 miles, 33 states, and 2,673 students add up to one thing: a whole a lot of stories.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.

<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" />~~Pages with broken file links~~ ~~= Purpose =~~ The 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-on Maker Education into their schools, classrooms, and 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, “this 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-on maker-based instruction is a great way to engage students in whatever subject they are learning.” = History of the MakerTruck = 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 making. SparkTruck was started as a thesis project by Stanford d.School graduate students who had a passion for hands-on learning. This project was funded by a Kickstarter campaign called SparkLab which helped the students purchase the truck and the tools within to start their journey. The SparkTruck team was able to visit over 2,600 students at 65 schools. = Impact for Students and Campus = The journey of the SparkTruck: In the end, 15,323 miles, 33 states, and 2,673 students add up to one thing: a whole a lot of stories.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. 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 to further maker-education around the world. Find the details in the link below: <span style="text-decoration-line: underline; 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;">[<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Z7kaBYsU90LmA8ozaXfqet6cNtDtORswRG3-Xzjbho/edit ">https://docs.google.com/document/d/14Z7kaBYsU90LmA8ozaXfqet6cNtDtORswRG3-Xzjbho/edit]</a><div> </div><div> </div> = <h1> Contact Information =</h1>~~'''~~<big>[<a href="mailto:hello@sparktruck.org ">hello@sparktruck.org]</a></big>~~'''~~ ~~[[Category:~~Pages with broken file links Resources]]

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