Who gets to work in Hawaiʻi’s digital economy?
We’ve known for a long time that Hawaiʻi’s dependence on tourism and military defense is not sustainable. From the under-valued hospitality worker to the leaky
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We’ve known for a long time that Hawaiʻi’s dependence on tourism and military defense is not sustainable. From the under-valued hospitality worker to the leaky
Hi, my name is Kylyn Fernandez and I worked with Purple Maʻia, Maui Ocean Center, Kamehameha Schools and AlgorithmHub Inc. this past summer as a
Congratulations to the winners and all the competing teams in this year’s 2017 Purple Prize! We are so proud to share this impressive list of
Aloha mai! For this post we asked one of our instructors, David, to write about demo day. He teaches on Maui and was on the
This post is the next in Kelsey’s ongoing reflections on the Ethnomathematics and STEM Institute, in which she is participating. At Purple Maiʻa we (or at
As this year’s Ethnomathematics and STEM Institute continues, we’ve progressed into considering the themes of Community and Laulima. At last month’s workshop we spent the first part
It’s that time of year again–time to say mele kalikimaka and hauʻoli… pule kamepiula? It’s Computer Science Education Week which means that everyone is doing Hour of Code.
You can learn about the basics of coding at two workshops next month at the Sullivan Center at ʻIolani school. The first will run through basics
Purple Maiʻa is happy to announce that after a successful pilot year running after-school technology maker classes at Jarrett Middle School, we’ve received funding to
By Purple Maiʻa Board and Staff: Donavan Kealoha, Olin Lagon, Kelsey Amos, Kamuela Enos, Nāpali Souza, Forest Frizzell, and Marion Ano After watching kiaʻi mauna
What a journey we have been on in the last few months as we vision our way toward an indigenized, Hawaiian technology education pathway–a “Tech
We need women–and especially women of color–in our tech classrooms modeling a female way of being a tech maker to our little girls. We all