Piedmont Makers 2014-2015 Kickoff

Kickoff 2014-2015 www.piedmontmakers.org

Welcome! •  Year in Review

•  Piedmont Makers Goals

•  PUSD Update – Stephanie Griffin, District Technology Coordinator

•  Piedmont Makerspace

•  2nd Annual Piedmont Mini Maker Faire

•  Lightning Round

PHS/PMS Maker Clubs – Kurt Fleischer PHS Mobile Apps Club – Vince Monical FIRST – Heather Meil / Dick Turney

Tech Socials – Dion Lim EducaEon Speaker Series East Bay Mini Maker Faire

First K-12 Mini Maker Faire in US

50+ Student & Community Makers

700+ attendees

PHS Student Center & Campus

2013-2014 Year in Review Summer Major district technology infrastructure improvements

December Hour of Code Week, over 1250 students in district participate.

January Piedmont Makers formed

Spring PMS Maker Club forms, exhibits at Maker Faire Spring Fling/APCP funding of Chromebooks for 1:1 pilots

May 1st Annual PUSD Mini Maker Faire

June K-12 Computer Science Standards adopted by School Board

Piedmont Makers Goals •  Promote & inspire STEAM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and

Math + Design) in Piedmont

•  Expand participation and “Maker” attitude, especially for younger ages and underrepresented groups (girls!)

•  Integrate with scope and sequence of district K-12 curriculum

•  Foster community around technology, innovation, and mentorship: –  Create Piedmont Makerspace –  Tech Parents mentor Students –  HS Students mentor MS & Elementary students (as community-service)

2014-2015 Goals Tri-School Middle School High School

PUSD Mini Maker Faire

PMS Maker Club PHS Maker Club

FIRST Lego League

Tech Socials

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FIRST RoboEcs

CSTA K-‐12 CS Standards + Common Core Math + Science

Science Fairs Course Projects

PUSD

ANer School Enrichment (e.g. DIY Makers Club, Programming from Scratch)

PUSD Makerspace

What’s Happening @PUSD?

Computer Science, Maker Mentality, Living in Beta

Monday, September 22, 14

Computer Science Standards

• Formally adopted by School Board May 28th

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High School Highlights

• CS enrollment increase at high schools-

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CS classes MCS classes F

• hired additional .8 teacher

• added a lab

• web applications/web coding addition

• gender balance about the same


•Adapting Computer Apps course to CSTA standards, utilizing some of UCLA’s Exploring Computer Science material•including some robitics•Adding Alice 3-D programming unit


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLi6WWKo73Y#t=215Summer School Test Lab


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Summer School Test Lab

• CS Fun- Elementary

• Game Design - Elementary

• Maker Mondays - Elementary

• Fundamentals of CS- Middle

• Scratch Game Design - Middle

• Artbotics- Middle

• Computer Apps adaptations- High

• Alice Unit- High

• Web Coding- High


Middle School Modulation

• 6th grade exploratory computer productivity class transformed into a two rotation CS class

• using units from a middle school adaptation of UCLA’s Exploring Computer Science course, Code.org and Scratch

• hands-on programming/robotics/design


more at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFa0k-fakkp9nN5b1UazKNw/videos


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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFa0k-fakkp9nN5b1UazKNw/videos

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Part of Exploratory Elective Wheel (17 day Cycle)• Computer Science Fundamentals• Maker Lab• Health• Art• Health• Green Team


Part of Exploratory Elective Wheel (17 day Cycle)• Computer Science Fundamentals• Maker Lab• Health• Art• Health• Green Team• Drama• Communications


Paper Tower Design Challenge

1 piece of paper12 inches scotch tapeusing scissors and cu3ng folding designing students make the tallest tower.

20 minutesmust be free standing and no anchors other than the paper base (may not tape down)

ENGINEERING CONCEPTS ~Ime and material constraints


Basic Electricity• flat cardboard• brads 6 +-‐• paperclips 6 +-‐• light(LED or Xmas tree lights)• 2 each AA baRery• resistor 300 Ohm +-‐ 200 ohms• tape for baRery-‐make own baRery holders• resistor-‐to limit current


Scribble Machine


Straw Structures



Living in Beta

• Commencement address

• Administration Retreat


PUSD Makerspace @ PMS Shop Learn new stuff!

Make cool stuff! Have fun!

•  Staffed by Parent and PHS student mentors

•  Teach + Meet: Minecraft mods, 3D Printing, Electronics, Design, FIRST etc. •  Sunday afternoons ~1-3pm

•  Young Makers affiliated club

2015 Schedule

Fall Open House Teach & Meet

January Teach & Meet Mentor sessions

February Teach & Meet Mentor sessions

March Call for Projects Mentor sessions

April Mentor sessions

May Final Maker Faire Prep Mentor sessions

Goals:

Double to 100+ Student & Community Makers

Showcase for Science, Math, CS PHS/PMS projects

Tri-School Science Fair “All Stars”

Young Makers / Makerspace projects

2nd annual – May 30

PHS / PMS Maker Clubs

PMS Maker Lunch Club

Learning by Making

Kurt Fleischer

On my summer vacation, I went to the White House

EastWingSelfie!

I’m listening to the president talk about the importance of the Maker movement in education.

Yes!

PMS Maker Lunch Club12 lunch meetings for 30 minutes1 afternoon meeting for 3 hours

Great support from PMS:● Teacher/mentor Anne Smith● Principal Ryan Fletcher● Vice Principal Karyn Shipp

Building Skills

Getting our feet wet.

Trying new things.

Finding leaders. Brainstorming

Choosing an idea.

We have a shop!

Execution.

Persistence.

Being a team.

What I really really hoped to see

FocusCuriosityPersistenceKids taking the lead

Showtime: Piedmont Maker Faireand Bay Area Maker Faire

Young Makers is anumbrella organizationfor Maker clubs.

Part of MakerEd.

Lessons LearnedHave at least two of each toy.Protect the novices from the “experts.”Get things moving, then get out of the way.Don’t answer questions if possible.Demonstrate tool use.Ask for help when needed.Balance skill-building with innovation.

The kids are asking for more

So let’s do it!

First Lego League and Junior First Lego League

•  FLL is a STEAM program designed to get children excited about science and technology.

•  It is based around a challenge and kids research the problem and come up with a solution. They use Legos/Lego Mindstorms to demonstrate their solution in a science fair-like presentation.

•  This year’s themes: “World Class Learning Unleashed” (FLL) and “Think Tank, Redefining Learning” (Junior FLL)

•  39 children/parent alread expressed interest in joining FLL or JFLL. One FLL team of 10 kids has already formed at PMS

•  Our goal is to integrate the program into the schools via Makerspace and enrichment programs.

Education Speaker Series

Preparing Students for the Age of Technology September 30, 7:30pm – Piedmont High School

•  Ali Partovi – Co-Founder of Code.org

•  Dion Lim – CEO of NextLesson

•  Kurt Fleischer – Senior Scientist at Pixar Animation Studios

•  Stephanie Griffin – PUSD Director of Instructional Technology

Tech Socials

Activities •  Board games

•  Informal tech sharing –  gadgets, apps, videos, resources

•  5m TEDx Talk ?

Food

–  Pizza –  BYOB (depending on venue)

Logistics TBD •  Friday or Saturday: 6-10pm

•  Monthly, bi-monthly or quarterly •  Veteran’s Hall, Rec Dept. or Beach

•  Cost per adult/child

Next Steps

–  Survey –  Build distro list

East Bay Mini Maker Faire – October 19th

Volunteers Needed!

•  Mini Maker Faire – Jane Lin

•  Makerspace / Mentors – Dave Ragones

•  PHS Makers – Kurt Fleischer / Vince Monical

•  PMS Makers – Sally Aldridge

•  FIRST – Heather Meil / Dick Turney