[Noisebridge-announce] Maker Educators Meetup - this Thursday 4/16 @ 6-8pm

[Angi Chau]

Btw, it looks like we will be using the Church classroom for this event
because the front-end web dev lab is cancelled tomorrow.

Thanks to all for welcoming us!

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Angi Chau <angichau at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Short version:*
> This Thursday 4/16 @ 6-8pm, a group of about 20 local Bay Area K-12
> educators interested in making/tinkering will be visiting Noisebridge (2169
> Mission St)! We will likely be gathering in the church in the back, if that
> space is available.
>
> If you think teachers are cool (hey, I know you do!) and have 30 min to
> spare on Thursday evening, please read on... would love your help showing
> off Noisebridge!
>
>
>
> *Longer version:*
> I am a Noisebridge newbie who is a teacher & director of a maker lab at an
> all-girls school in Palo Alto by day. Outside of my day job, I also
> co-organize a series of monthly meetups for Bay Area educators (mostly
> K-12) interested in bringing making/tinkering into their classrooms. We
> usually meet at the Exploratorium but every so often, we like to venture
> out to other cool maker spaces in SF. Please feel free to check out the
> Google+ page for Bay Area Maker Educators
> <https://plus.google.com/u/1/communities/112974120022463718222> for more
> info.
>
> A couple of weeks ago at a Noisebridge Tuesday weekly meeting, I brought
> up the idea to host the April meetup at Noisebridge and got the thumbs up
> from everyone present. I also met J Talavera, who graciously agreed to
> advise me in how to organize the event - thanks J!
>
>
>
> *Want to help show teachers around Noisebridge?*If anyone on this list
> will be at Noisebridge during this meetup time and would be willing to
> spend some time hanging out with awesome local teachers, please reply back
> and let me know. I'd love to find another 3-4 people to help show off the
> space and all the cool things happening here.
>
> We're thinking it might be cool to pair a small group of teachers up with
> a Noisebridge regular for an informal tour and maybe even do some
> show-and-tell of what you're currently working on. Open to other
> suggestions, of course.
>
>
> Thanks for reading and see some of you around this Thursday!
> Angi
>
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