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Hi,
I'm involved with the LA Makerspace group, as well as a few others in town, such as Caine's Arcade. I'd be happy to make introductions and be part of the panel.
Let me know,
Ben
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On Dec 16, 2012, at 9:18 AM, Rachel Hellenga <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The LA Makerspace just launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund
> equipment and staffing and it has a collaboration with the Natural History
> Museum in LA. I don't think they get any funding from the museum--just
> expertise. The folks running the LA makerspace have quite a bit of
> experience in connecting informal education with research and they are
> well-connected in general. Someone from Make magazine is teaching an
> upcoming Arduino class for them. Let me know if you want me to introduce
> you via e-mail.
>
> A second possibility--thought not quite the direction you described: Some
> museums aren't helping to facilitate the external making so much as
> offering a venue for the kids' final products.I'm helping a couple of
> museums look into displaying kids' work (generated in onsite or external
> makerspaces) in exhibitions as a fresh way to illustrate science topics
> like sensors or electricity. We'll see how that plays out--it could serve
> as a nice motivator to elevate the kids' sense of accomplishment and also
> raise awareness among young museum visitors about the maker movement and
> availability and affordability of electronic components. The main barrier
> kids have mentioned to me is not knowing "where to find the stuff" so that
> would probably be part of the information shared in the displays.
>
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> AnnMarie Thomas and I are scheming an ASTC session about building the
>> maker network. we are looking for science center folks...though I know
>> many are doing maker activities, we are more interested in those who are
>> helping others create maker programming through outreach, after school
>> programming, technical assistance, etc.
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>> Eric
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