Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-16 Thread Migell Acosta
Krista, Can you share the resource and activity documents with the group? Thanks. Migell Acosta County of LA Public Library www.colapublib.org

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-16 Thread Edward Iglesias
As soon as I have a something I will. Workshop is not until October. Edward Iglesias On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Migell Acosta maco...@library.lacounty.gov wrote: Krista, Can you share the resource and activity documents with the group? Thanks. Migell Acosta County of LA Public

[CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread Edward Iglesias
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread Jodi Schneider
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread K. Godfrey
I just did an afternoon makerspaces in libraries workshop for 20 yesterday. We had too much and didn't get through it all , but we had a 3d printer demo, an exercise for an arduino, a raspberry pi and a library box to look at, and we made bristlebots. We wanted to let folks explore thingiverse and

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread Edward Iglesias
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread Joe Hourcle
On May 15, 2013, at 8:30 AM, Edward Iglesias 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

Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp

2013-05-15 Thread Paul Butler (pbutler3)
. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward Iglesias Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:47 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] makerspaces in libraries workshp Jodi, Thanks for the encouragement. Audience is unknown