[Noisebridge-discuss] Interest in an Arduino class?

[Michael Shiloh]

That's my intention. I'm going to wait a couple of hours before 
declaring it in case there is a big conflict I'm not yet aware of.

On 07/05/2010 02:16 PM, Sean Cusack wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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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