[Chapter-delegates] Maker/DIY event

[Nadira Alaraj]

I second Satish opinion.



On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Satish Babu <sb at inapp.com> wrote:

> Thanks Joly. I enjoyed the video.
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> We've worked on Arduinos, Raspis & wearables, and got hold of a
> Makey-makey early on in Jan 2013 (but haven't got around to using Scratch).
> We see a lot of potential for using these to creatively engage students as
> well as teachers.
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> Perhaps ISOC should consider a program where chapters in different parts
> of the world can work together on some of these areas. For the next
> generation, programming would be an essential life skill (even in the
> developing world), and it is important to ensure they are exposed to
> alternative views of what programming is about.
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> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:32 AM, Satish Babu <sb at inapp.com> wrote:
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>>> Looks good, Glenn. Maybe we can borrow some ideas (and maybe a resource
>>> person or two) from this for a similar event in India under our Chapter.
>>>
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>> ​Yes, impressive.
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>> Just around the start of the year I posted a video of the December
>> Computer Science Education Meetup here in NYC ​which focused on making. A
>> group called Makery set a challenge - for attendees (mostly teachers) to
>> break out into teams and, in 40 minutes, produce a Rube Goldberg machine
>> that somehow included computing in its kinetic process. Elements such as
>> Lego WeDo motors, other sensors, even arduinos were supplied, and the
>> Scratch programming language, popular with kids, suggested.
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>> ​As can be seen in the video there were plenty of creative solutions.
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecM7JxD2M34
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