[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Maker Faire Ed Day: will you be there for the kids?

[Mitch Altman]

Being there for Education Day is a lot of fun!  If anyone(s) want to show up Friday to show off some projects, you'll probably enjoy it a lot -- and it will also show off Noisebridge to all the parents and teachers who come along with their kids.
 
I'll be there showing off a bunch of my projects for the Hardware Hacking Area.  It would probably make sense for me to do that at the Noisebridge booth on Education Day.  Anyone else want to join in?  You can show off anything at all.
 
Cheers,
Mitch.

 


Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:38:40 -0700
From: emprameen at gmail.com
To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
Subject: [Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Maker Faire Ed Day: will you be there for the kids?

I may have checked some boxes in our Maker Faire application which indicated what we did was related to education and doing projects, but I don't remember signing up for a day of educational projects for children. If anyone has any plans for this, we've been invited-- otherwise I'm going to e-mail Michelle Hlubinka and let her know we didn't intend to be there on Friday. 





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From: Maker Faire Education (Michelle Hlubinka) <education at makerfaire.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 3:34 PM
Subject: Maker Faire Ed Day: will you be there for the kids?
To: Rameen Navid <emprameen at gmail.com>


Hello Rameen Navid,

We're starting to put together the program for this year's Maker Faire Education Day, a chance for school groups to get a sneak preview of Maker Faire on Friday, May 20th, 2011. From your project proposal I see that you were interested in being a part of the day, to exhibit your Maker Faire project, "Noisebridge."

This email is to confirm your participation and share our first sketch of the event.

Education Day is our opportunity to get some time interacting with hundreds of kids and inspire them to become Makers in disciplines they may never have imagined. Meeting you and learning about your Maker Faire project may pick up those students who have been trampled in the education machine and give them hope for what they could do--if not with their careers then with their *lives*. We really appreciate that Makers enthusiastically volunteer to work with the field trips every Maker Faire. It means that you share the Maker Faire crew's desire to help realize the future of making and Makers by giving a little extra time for the kids. Many of these kids can't come on the weekend with their families. We're lucky to have you and teachers who care about their kids making this event a reality.

We now have some more details about the event: The kids will be visiting on the Friday before Maker Faire, from 11am-2pm. That means that participating Makers should be set up and ready to interact with the students no later than 10:45am. We will have adult volunteers leading groups around to your exhibits, which will be in the safer areas of Maker Faire.

Expo Hall will be off-limits to kids on Friday for safety reasons. We will be working with the production team to identify if your exhibit will be placed in Expo Hall during the weekend event and to determine if it is feasible for your exhibit to be in a different temporary location on Friday. There is a possibility that in some cases it may not work for Makers to participate if your weekend location is in Expo Hall.

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Could you please confirm whether or not you can make it on
Friday, May 20th, by checking a box on our two-question form?
http://makezine.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b04519ce0dd616ddb0680ac0b&id=60616ec6f4&e=4ab09aab70
It asks for your 4-digit Maker # which is: 5036
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Or send a quick reply to me and Alicia in the next few days. Oh! Allow me to introduce her.... I'm delighted to tell you that Alicia Soliz--who provided wonderful energy and support to the Ed Day program last year--will be returning, now as the manager of the event, in place of Coral Clark who now works at NASA Ames. You can ask Alicia questions about the event too. Her email address is: lunalaugh at gmail.com

Thanks again for all you do for Maker Faire and inspiring the next generation of Makers!

:) mi

Michelle "Binka" Hlubinka
Education Director: Make & Maker Faire
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