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Purple Prize demo day start

Purple Prize Demo Day

It’s not an easy thing to invest in your own ideas. After all, there are so many things competing for our time and attention. We’ve got to get to work

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Ethnomath and Roots

Aloha friends, this is Kelsey. Last month I had the privilege of attending the first two days of this year’s Ethnomathematics and STEM Institute. None of our instructors could attend this

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Planting taro

The Purple Prize

As we continue to envision and work to build a tech ʻauwai, we have to think about the state of things along the whole length of the stream. We are

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Hale

Technologies of Community

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 of the day learning about

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Hour of Code!

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. For real, everyone seems to

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Minecraft loʻi

Mahalo!

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 continue our work at Jarrett

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Mauna Kea, technology, and kuleana

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 maintain their protection of Mauna

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