Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - students http://sylviashow.com/tags/students en Maker Faire Education day http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2012/05/18/maker-faire-education-day <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>(Continued from <a href="/blog/techninja/2012/05/15/maker-faire-bay-area-2012">Maker Faire Kickoff</a>)</em> After a short snafu with a missing labcoat, we managed to find a brand new one at <a href="http://labproinc.com/">LabPro in Sunnyvale</a>, and with it we arrived in scientific style at Maker Faire Education Day. </p> <!--break--><p> <a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1977.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1977.JPG?itok=bRBomCwh" alt="Sylvia holding a signed Make Magazine Schools out Special Edition" title="Signed and ready, go get yours at newsstands after May 28th!" /></a></p> <p>When we arrived, we were amazed at how much everyone had worked to get there, and wanted to enlighten both kids and educators. With Intel making a <em>huge</em> presence volunteering to lead the huge troves of student groups, eagerly awaiting a glimpse at the wonders awaiting inside the gates.</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1975.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1975.JPG?itok=o1KYO_XV" alt="Sylvia signing magazines" title="Sylvia signed almost 100 magazines for eager students as they exited" /></a></p> <p>We found our way to the exit accidentally, and Sylvia hopped on board to sign about 100 of the special "School's Out" MAKE Magazines being handed out to students as they leave! Sylvia had a blast playing celebrity for the moment, then it has back to the cool stuff.</p> <p>What few makers were setup, still had lots to show off. From <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joylabs/makey-makey-an-invention-kit-for-everyone?ref=live">a kickstarter</a> we'd only seen last week was <a href="http://makeymakey.com/">Makey Makey</a>, an instant touch interface for makers to turn anything conductive into a keyboard key. With beach balls and bananas kids were amazed at how easy it was to turn every day objects into interfaces with just alligator clips and a simple little board.</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1986.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1986.JPG?itok=6aNsZugU" alt="Sylvia plays the banana piano via Makey Makey" title="You could actually play a tune on these Makey Makey powered piano bananas, just don&#039;t press too hard. " /></a></p> <p>After the students had all left, it was time for the teacher education portion of the day, and with us squarely in both categories, we stayed for the fun. <a href="http://makered.makezine.com/">MAKE: Education</a> was announced, with conversations by <a href="https://twitter.com/amptMN">AnnMarie Thomas</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/garystager">Gary Stager</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/sdavee">Steve Davee</a> and many more big personalities in real world hands on education.</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1979.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-c" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_large/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_1979.JPG?itok=lgI7GUaw" alt="Sylvia talks eagerly to a Motion-math representative" title="Motion-math Game Makers were out in force, and showed off some great educational software for the iPad" /></a></p> <p>After a fun romp talking to educators, signing magazines and eating pizza, we headed out to <a href="http://www.evilmadscientist.com">Evil mad Science</a> headquarters, for an impromptu tour and opportunity to try out their brand new industrial embroidery machine.</p> <p><a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_2059.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-r" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_small/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_2059.JPG?itok=VS1-Zp0V" width="200" height="200" alt="" title="Windell Oskay of Evil Mad Science labs shows off the shopbot and their Octolively kit" /></a> <a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_2086.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-r" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_small/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_2086.JPG?itok=L9p0k1Y-" width="200" height="200" alt="Everyone crowds around the embroidery machine" title="You&#039;d think something far more amazing was happening than simply a design being sewn onto a piece of fabric, but no." /></a> <a href="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_2094.JPG" class="yoxview_thumbnail"><img class="post-img-r" typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://sylviashow.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_small/public/post-images/Dadmin/IMG_2094.JPG?itok=gJhxlIgf" width="200" height="200" alt="Sylvia shows off her design embroidered onto her new labcoat in bright orange thread." title="Without any previous knowledge, Sylvia as able to figure out the strange software and created the dsign in less than 20 minutes." /></a></p> <p>And all this before the actual event! Friday is shaping up to be a lot of fun on its own, and maybe with a bit of luck and elbowgrease, we can find a time and place to remake our <a href="/dml2012">DML demo</a> for a new audience at Maker Faire 2012.</p> <p><em>(Continue the adventure with <a href="/blog/techninja/2012/05/19/maker-faire-bay-area-2012-day-0-recap">Maker Faire: Day 0</a>)</em></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"> <h3 class="field-label">Tags&nbsp;</h3> <span class="field-items"> <a href="/tags/maker-faire" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Maker Faire</a>, <a href="/tags/away" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">away</a>, <a href="/tags/electronics" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">electronics</a>, <a href="/tags/touch-interface" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">touch interface</a>, <a href="/tags/education" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">education</a>, <a href="/tags/makey-makey" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Makey Makey</a>, <a href="/tags/vacation" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Vacation</a>, <a href="/tags/banana" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">banana</a>, <a href="/tags/intel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Intel</a>, <a href="/tags/teachers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">teachers</a>, <a href="/tags/students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">students</a>, <a href="/tags/autograph" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">autograph</a> </span> </div> Fri, 18 May 2012 22:04:33 +0000 TechNinja 72 at http://sylviashow.com http://sylviashow.com/blog/techninja/2012/05/18/maker-faire-education-day#comments