On Thursday, November 07, 2013 12:44:00 Anne Rhodes wrote: > Hi Omar, > Thanks so much for getting back to me so quickly and for pitching my request > to your group. I know this seems really absurd, but in the library world > things are scheduled way in advance. I have to have all of my plans ready > for the summer library program by the end of January at the latest! > > If this can work for y'all and someone is willing to commit this far in > advance, I would really appreciate it. > > On the other hand, we are doing a kick off for SLP on Saturday April 26, > 2014. On that day we are having a giant science day at the library with all > kinds of demonstrations and hands on projects for all ages. If you or any > of your fellow hackers would like to come to that, it would be wonderful. I > would love for the kids in this area to see a 3D printer and some of the > other things that you had at the Akron Mini Faire. We are working on > putting this together right now, but if someone is interested in coming to > this they wouldn't have to commit right now. Also, I'm not sure what type > of compensation I could provide for this either. This is my first year in > this job and I am still trying to wrap my head around all the budget info. > > Sorry to be such a pest and so needy, but it's my job. I really want to get > kids pumped about science concepts this summer but the powers that be > require me to do everything waaaay in advance. I am typically a "let's do > it tomorrow" kind of person but that's not what I get paid for. > > Thanks again for your interest. > anne rhodes > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Omar Rassi" <[email protected]> > To: "SYN/HAK discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 1:11:23 PM > Subject: Re: [SH-Discuss] looking for presenter > > Hello Anne, > > I'm Omar, one of Syn/Hak's members, I brought up your email in yesterday's > meeting and we love the idea of doing this, one of the ideas we toyed with > in the past was making a portable mini hackerspace kit that we can take > with us to events. As a plus, the summer of 2014 is far enough in the > future that it gives us time to identify presenters, make gadgets, and come > up with safe activities for geek youth. We'll definitely keep this summer > program in a list of events we want to participate in. > > Thank you, > > Omar Rassi > > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Anne Rhodes < [email protected] > wrote: > > > Hi, > My name is Anne Rhodes and I am a teen librarian in Mansfield, OH. The theme > of the Summer Library Program (SLP) for 2014 is "Spark a Reaction"@ Your > Library. It is very Science oriented and I am hoping to do a program where > tweens and teens can learn about some science concepts. I am envisioning > some short presentations and some hands on things, (soldering, squishy > circuits, that cool vacuum thing that I saw at Akron Public library. I have > some info about making a simple motor and something like that might be good > too. The program would probably last 60 to 90 mins. Someone at the Akron > Maker Faire told me about your "young aristotle" program and I'm probably > looking for a mini version of that.
This sounds like the perfect pilot for us to figure out how to get Young Aristotles off the ground. > > What I am looking for is someone or two who would be willing to come here > one night or even several different nights and do something like this. We > can pay but do not have a huge budget. The SLP runs from the beginning of > June thru the end of July. If you know anyone who might want to do this, > can you please put them in touch with me? > > Just FYI: The summer library program is a big thing all over Ohio and anyone > who developed some type of tween/teen friendly program could probably stay > busy all summer presenting it at libraries. Even if you can't come here, > this would be a good opportunity for someone who has the time and > inclination. > > I enjoyed your booth at the mini maker faire. I wish I lived closer to > Akron. > > Thank you for your time. > > Sincerely, > anne rhodes, teen librarian > mrcpl.org > 419-524-3254 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
