News about California Community Colleges building makerspaces with support from the CCC Maker CCCCO grant under the Doing What Matters for Jobs and the Economy framework. 

Project Updates June 15, 2017
Recent CCC Maker project activities included:
  • 28 colleges presented their implementation plans at the culminating event on May 19
  • Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce & Economic Development Division, CA Community Colleges hosted a reception for participating colleges on the eve of the Culmination Celebration.
  • CCC Maker had a booth at the Bay Area Maker Faire and Carol Pepper-Kittredge, Statewide Project Manager, was on two panel presentations
  • Deborah Bird and Carol Pepper-Kittredge as well as several colleges participated in the Maker Ed 3rd Annual Maker Educator Convening in May and held a Higher Education meet-up at the event
  • Deborah Bird and Salomon Davila, CCC Maker TAP, have been meeting with colleges to refine their implementation plans and proposals due June 16
CCC Maker Celebrates - "We're all in this together!"

On May 19, the CCC Maker community celebrated completing the planning phase of the CCC Maker project.  Hilary Goodkind of College of San Mateo generously made the arrangements to host the event in the college theater.  Michael Claire, President, College of San Mateo, graciously welcomed participants. 

Dale Dougherty, Chairman & CEO, Maker Media and chair of the CCC Maker Advisory Committee provided context within the maker movement and shared his interest in learning how making is changing community colleges, and most importantly students. "I have seen the amazing things that people can do, often on their own," said Dougherty. "I started to wonder if it was possible for all of us to be amazing. If given the opportunity and a little support, and shared context like a makerspace, we could get a lot of amazing work from people. And they in turn, would see themselves as amazing which I think is the real goal here."

Dougherty compared the makerspaces to libraries that are a resource to the entire campus. "Makerspaces are about learning and the intersections of all disciplines, and the kinds of experiences that we can give students," said Dougherty. "In a makerspace, they learn not to live within comfortable boundaries but to take creative risk and try things."

Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce & Economic Development Division, California Community College Chancellor's Office told the college teams that they are doing what matters for jobs and the economy by building a strong workforce."California needs a million more middle skill workers with certificates, associates degrees and credentials," said Ton-Quinlivan. "College makerspaces are germinating skill sets in creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication --  the kinds of creative economy skills that are transferable and in demand."

Thank you to our Advisory Committee members who listened to the presentations, and gave personalized feedback to each college. Additionally, at the end of the celebration, they each provided overall comments on the colleges progress.
  • Amy Schultz, NAACE
  • Brie Lindsey, CCST
  • Brian McKeown, Kiva
  • Matthew Roberts, CA Community Colleges
  • Yen Marshall, AT&T
  • Van Ton-Quinlivan, CA Community Colleges
Congratulations to the 28 teams who participated in the culmination event by sharing what they'd learned during the makerspace planning process and what they are excited about moving forward.
Making Impacts Students 

Read the amazing stories that CCC Maker colleges have submitted on the CCC Maker website blog. College representatives explain about how they engaged students in making activities as part of the planning process to develop their implementation plans.
Save the Dates - August  17 & 18

The CCC Maker initiative is holding an interactive convening for Implementation Grant Awardees (2-3 representatives from each college), from 1 PM - 5 PM on Thursday, August 17 in Berkeley. This event will kick-off the implementation phase of the CCC Maker Initiative and provide practical information to college teams to help them move forward.

And then on Friday, California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) is holding a CCC Maker - sponsored symposium from 9 AM - 3 PM at the Jakobs Institute for Design Innovation on the UC Berkeley campus.  

Information on how to register will be available in mid-July. 
Important Dates

June 16 - CCC Maker Proposals are due and all materials must be in the dropbox by 5 PM PDT

June 28 10:30 PDT - NAACE Webinar -  Transforming Higher Education through Intrapreneurship and Innovations-at-Scale with Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, Workforce and Economic Development Division,  California Community Colleges

June 29 12 noon PDT - Eric Ullrich, Hacker Lab, will present a webinar on
Mid-July -- CCC Maker Grant recipients will be announced

July 27 12 noon PDT - NAACE Webinar California Community College Maker Leads Ecosystem Mapping with  Amy Schulz, Special Projects Consultant for NACCE

August 17 -- CCC Maker Kick-off Convening for Implementation Grant Awardees in Berkeley, CA

August 18 -- CCC Maker-sponsored CCST Symposium in Berkeley, CA

Details on these activities will be posted on the CCC Maker website events calendar.
Carol Pepper-Kittredge | CCC Maker | 916-660-7801 | Email Carol | CCC Maker Website

The CCC Maker initiative is funded by Grant # 16-203-001 awarded by the California Community College Chancellor'sOffice , Workforce and Economic Development Division, to Sierra Joint Community College District.
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