September 29, 2012 in Education, Opinion, Social Change, Technology, The Problem Project by Haile Shavers

Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences.

June 3, 2012 in Education, SMASHCast, Technology, Video by Denise Ramirez

Two weeks ago, a few of us SMASHcasters attended the Maker Faire Bay Area in San Mateo, an event dedicated to showcasing all types of technological advancements. SMASHcast had its own booth in the Do-IT-Yourself Learning tent at the fair. While there, we were responsible for interviewing both bystanders and the people running the booths about the role of technology in education.

May 26, 2012 in Community, Education, Science, Technology by Cindy

Last Sunday, Smashcasters were invited to document and interview attendees of Maker Faire in San Mateo. Maker Faire is an exhibition of various inventions in science and technology. It was held at the San Mateo Event Center, where exhibitions were classified into different locations by type of invention. The Smashcast team was stationed in the Do-It-Yourself Pavilion, where they explored their surroundings while taking the time to learn about the different projects and interview attendees and “Makers.” The “Makers” are the inventors of projects and were available to the public.

in Community, Current Affairs, Education, Technology by Haile Shavers

On Sunday May 20,2012 Smash Cast had the honor of the attending the innovative event of the year, Maker Faire in San Mateo, California.

in Education, Technology by Sergio Sandoval

Recently Smashcast has attended the Maker Faire wear we were asked to create a video with interviews to see what the Maker Faire do it your self pavilion is all about.We had gone to the Maker Fair this past Sunday and we had an amazing time. There wear many booths around us all with a different purpose and activity. Some of the most interesting included hands on activities. Some having simple materials

in Education, Featured, Social Change, Technology by Ben Johnson

Early Sunday morning, May 20th, the Smashcast team headed down to San Mateo where the Maker Faire was being held. The Maker Faire is an annual event where hundreds of creative inventors, known as the “Makers”, come together and show one another what they have to offer to the world.  Click read more for the full details…

May 12, 2012 in Design, Education by Haile Shavers

Recently in SMASHCast we embarked into the world of PhotoShop. Within this world I created a poster to show the importance of mathematics in sports. This poster influences young adults in high school who put sports before school.

January 21, 2012 in Assignments, Education, SMASHCast, Social Change by Juan Hernandez

Xavier is a senior in high school and hopes to make SMASH proud when he goes on to college this year.

December 17, 2011 in Challenge Projects, Community, Education by Juan Hernandez

I vote Mekahlo Medina’s video as being the best because I usually get the problem he mentions and his solution is simple and is also an entirely new social network that allows you to meet new people.

December 11, 2011 in Desmos, Education, SMASHCast, Technology by Leilani R.

Stand back, TI-84, the new generation of graphing calculator is on its way. DESMOS, developed by Eli Luberoff, started out its life as “Tutor Trove”, but later found its way to its current name, DESMOS. DESMOS is a revolutionary online calculator complete with the capabilities of a traditional TI-84 and additional features that surely surpass the superiority of the TI-84. The DESMOS interface allows you to easily embed images and videos and color-code your graphs and equations. It is also comprised of an embedded chat box where many people can virtually collaborate with what happens on the DESMOS interface.