[Noisebridge-discuss] Interest in an Arduino class?

[Sean Cusack]

Thursday would be pretty awesome with me. We're going to start this Thursday
(the 8th?)

Sean

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Looks like there is plenty of interest, and I'm happy to move forward.
>
> I'm thinking Thursday at 6PM. This would overlap with "Play games with
> geeks" which is on the calendar
> (https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Category:Events) for every Thursday at
> 7:30PM. I'm guessing the game session doesn't take place in a space that
> we would prefer. We'd like something more classroom like with a white
> board/screen/tables for working.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> I'm also thinking, before I over-commit, of doing this every other week,
> at least until we see how things go.
>
> M
> On 07/05/2010 10:43 AM, Michael Shiloh wrote:
> > I've finally quit my "day" job to make room for full time teaching and
> > leading workshops on tinkering, electronics, Arduino, and contraption
> > building.fields
> >
> > At a BBQ yesterday I mentioned this to a couple of fellows from NB, who
> > suggested I do some Arduino teaching at NB. I had presumed that Arduino
> > classes were being offered at NB, even though I couldn't recall hearing
> > about a regularly scheduled event.
> >
> > So I put this out to you: Would there be interest in a regular weekly
> > Arduino class?
> >
> > Here's what I have in mind:
> >
> > 2 hour Arduino class:
> >
> > First hour, aimed at beginners, is a crash course in basic electronics,
> > basic programming, and basic install of Arduino IDE on your laptop.
> >
> > Second hour presumes everyone knows the basics, and explores a more
> > advanced topic, such as I2C communication between two Arduinos,
> > interfacing to Processing and/or The Internet, or multitasking. Thus,
> > people who already know the basics can simply show up for the second
> hour.
> >
> > Of course as we see what the needs and interests are we can vary the
> > ratio of time as necessary.
> >
> > I could bring a couple of loaner laptops and Arduinos, and as we are an
> > official Arduino distributor I can also sell Arduinos.
> >
> > Would there be interest in this?
>
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