Maker Tech Hands On Learning for Educators, August 14-15 in West LA

We are helping the Windward School put together a two day conference in West Los Angeles (near the 10/405 intersection)  for educators on Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15, 2015.

The first day will be a lot of overview lectures, panels and exhibits. The second day will be hands-on demonstrations and training in 3D printing, Arduino, wearable tech, MaKey Makey, squishy circuits and more. Many of the topics will be presented at a couple of levels so that you can learn at the level that is right for you.

To register and more info: 
http://www.windwardschool.org/design2015

New book - The New Shop Class

Our new book publishes this week from Apress, and will be available as a paperback and ebook. You will be able to get one at Apress, Amazon and many other online stores.

 http://www.apress.com/9781484209059

Who else will be at San Mateo Makerfaire next weekend?  We will be at some of our friends' booths to talk about the book and show off a copy!

UPDATED 5/14 afternoon: 

11:00 Sat and Sunday, May 16-17: CRASH Space booth
In the Expo tent

3:00 Sat and Sunday, May 16-17: Booth #1144
IdeaPrinter booth in Make:Labs 

Joan and Rich teaching free one-hour class Thursday, April 2 at CoKreeate in Alhambra.

  

Our New Blog: Making At Windward

Rich and I have a new blog on the Windward School site. Check it out at http://ctl.windwardschool.org/

Nice piece in PCC magazine today

The Pasadena City College magazine had a nice piece about the students who created a map for the blind over the summer: 

http://www.pcccourier.com/2015/02/04/students-honored-tasked-with-3d-tactile-map-for-visually-impaired/

New book coming soon

 Our new book is out in "alpha" form now - that means people can buy it and they get periodic ebook updates as new sections are uploaded. Or you can wait till May and get the hardcopy paper book! We are enjoying writing it- description at the link: http://www.apress.com/the-new-shop-class