[SGVLUG] [Scale-planning] SCALE Next Generation (Youth Track) Playground - Call for Volunteers

[Lan Dang via SGVLUG]

It is Saturday, as Avni says quite clearly.  BTW they are open to other ideas, besides the 4 they listed. I think it just has to be well-defined enough for the kids to tackle on their own.
Lan


 
  On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 7:49 AM, Lan Dang<l.dang at ymail.com> wrote:   This is neat. They are setting up a kid's area at SCALE for Friday where they can explore things on their own.
They need help with some prep work and volunteers on the day-of,  so if this floats your boat, contact Avni.  Contact info and volunteer sign up form in the email below.
Lan

 
 
  On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 6:02 AM, Avni Khatri<avni at kidsoncomputers.org> wrote:   Hi all, 
We need your help for the SCALE Next Generation (TNG)/Youth Track!
We are putting together a "Playground" for the TNG track at SCALE this year that will run in parallel to the TNG talks on Saturday from 10am-6pm and consist of hands-on areas/pods where kids can come and go throughout the day. There is a room that is being finalized for the playground activities.
We are proposing that each pod have 4 stations with very concrete instructions printed out. Kids could be encouraged to pair up as they come to the Playground or they could do the activities on their own. The Playground would be 'staffed' by volunteers who sign-up for 1-hour or longer shifts - we would aim for 1 volunteer per pod at all times. 
There are 3 things that we need help with:    
   - Finalizing the pods and providing tutorials for youth to do. What we'd like is a beginner and advanced exercise at each pod that youth can do mostly independently. The proposed list of ideas is below, but if you have another idea that incorporates FOSS or open hardware, we'd love to hear it. Please contact me directly at avni at kidsoncomputers.org if you can help with critical piece!!
   - Volunteering the day of. Please sign up at: http://tinyurl.com/tngplaygroundsignup if you can help the day of for 1-hour or longer shift. Please also indicate in the signup sheet if you have a pod preference. 
   - Badge Creation - We'd like to create fun badges for kids to pickup/wear after they've completed a pod. We need one design per pod and would appreciate design skills. Please let me if you'd be willing to design the badges!
Proposed pods :    
   - Learn how to install Linux
   
   - Equipment: 4 laptops, 10 USB Drives   

   
   - Sonic Pi - Learn to program with a Raspberry Pi 3
   
   - Equipment:  4 x [Rasbperry Pi 3, Power, MicroSD, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse Headset]
   
   - Edison Robot - You're a Programmer
   
   - Equipment: 4 Edison Robots, Batteries, 4 laptops
   
   - Arduino Uno  - LED light exercise
   
   - Equipment: 4 laptops
   
   - Scratch / Scratch Jr. - Learn to Write your Name 
   
   - Equipment: 4 laptops



THANK YOU for considering. Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated.
Feel free to email me with any questions.

Avni KhatriPresident, Kids on Computersavni at kidsoncomputers.org

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