Jodi, Thanks for the encouragement. Audience is unknown since it will just depend on who registers. I had the good fortune to attend the "Make a Makerspace" conference and was exposed to Sparkfun's version of the Lillypad and was quite impressed. I am looking into funding.
Edward Iglesias On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Jodi Schneider <jschnei...@pobox.com>wrote: > Great news, Edward! > > Who is the audience of the workshop? > > Are you trying to convince administrators, or give ideas to tech people? > This will determine how "hands on" hands on is... > > Do you have a 3D printer? A demo would make sense -- 3D printing is on its > way to mainstream, but still impressive and unusual (even unthinkable!) to > people. > > What about a LilyPad project? > http://lilypadarduino.org/ > > Perhaps there's a small grant available for purchasing reusable > electronics? > > -Jodi > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Edward Iglesias > <edwardigles...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > I have the unlikely distinction of getting to offer a 1 day workshop on > > Makerspaces in libraries. I have a general idea of how it's going to go > > --morning theory afternoon hands on -- but am a little overwhelmed by the > > possibilities. My first thought was to show them how to use a Raspberry > Pi > > but that would require them all to buy a Raspberry Pi. I am open to > > suggestions on what would be worth learning that is hands on and > preferably > > cheap for a group of around 20. What would you teach/learn in an > afternoon > > given the chance? > > > > > > > > > > Edward Iglesias > > > > >
