I’m an educator, an immigrant, a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a new mom. I was raised and loved fiercely by a single mother. I’m ambitious, I have big dreams, and I care deeply about a lot of things. I care about healing math trauma and making math learning more culturally relevant, especially for people of color.
I’m an educator, an immigrant, a daughter, a sister, a wife, and a new mom. I was raised and loved fiercely by a single mother. I’m ambitious, I have big dreams, and I care deeply about a lot of things. I care about healing math trauma and making math learning more culturally relevant, especially for people of color.
Like so many other creative journeys, Jayla Patton’s began with a common muse: boredom. As a teenager without access to cable television, entertainment required a bit more ingenuity than plopping down on the couch to channel surf.
Makerspaces are central to the communities within which they reside. Ideally, a makerspace’s membership reflects the community, and its mission is responsive to the needs of its community. But what does it look like to truly commit to your community? Dorothy Jones-Davis interviewed Rachel Sadd, Executive Director of Ace Makerspace in Oakland, CA.
Aline plans and implements research-driven maker initiatives as a program manager at a university. In sharing her equity story, Aline reflected on the feelings of being supported in her work and communication with her core team along with instances of feeling marginalized in some interactions with the broader academic institutions in which her lab lives and has lived in.
João is a current graduate student participating in international maker initiatives and research. In sharing his equity story, João reflects on his feeling of belonging--extending to confidence in participation and ability to excel--in the different contexts from his days playing football in primary school, to studying computer engineering at university and now education as a graduate student.
Maker funds of knowledge come from a variety of sources, but for many of us, they come from our first experiences, those with our families. In particular, in resource-limited environments, making is more economically advantageous than consumerism.
The term minimalism is also used to describe a trend in design and architecture where in the subject is reduced to its necessary elements. Minimalist design has been highly influenced by Japanese traditional design and architecture. In addition, the work of De Stijl artists is a major source of reference for this kind of work.