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SudoKids outdoor chapter tomorrow morning at 10AM

by Marina Kukso

Hi everyone, We'll be having SudoKids outdoor chapter tomorrow morning at 10AM. Want to do an outdoorsy activity with the kids? Bring it tomorrow or email me if you are not sure or have a question. Additionally, we'll be making brunch afterwards. Yay! And if you have kids that you think would like to do outdoor chapter, bring them! Best, Marina

13 years

Inspiration from other places

by Marina Kukso

Hi all, Wanted to share this with you: http://www.makerkids.ca/ Also, I am in a facebook group called Bay Area Youth and DIY Education<https://www.facebook.com/groups/286189014822596/>and someone just posted a call<https://www.facebook.com/groups/286189014822596/permalink/456764467765049/>for cool makery things going on in the bay area. I've added Sudo Kids, but there's other cool stuff listed as well. I'm interested in the work this person is doing mapping out the youth "Doing interesting things in education" scene in the bay area so that we can find out what everyone else is doing and see what we can learn from each other. what do you guys think? - marina

13 years

upcoming sudo kids: worms & food maps!

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, lots of new folks interested in sudo kids! i've copied a number of the new folks here. (new people: let me know if you'd like to be added to this wonderful virtually traffic-free list, or add yourself at http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/sudo-kids) here are a few updates about sudo kids: - updated wiki entry with a bit more info about who we are and what we do - feel free to add more/modify/etc.: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/SudoKids - more need for folks who want to lead activities and/or want to help coordinate. have an idea for a project or activity that you'd like to do? we've done calligraphy, radio, clay, art, mate-brewing, gardening, homestead-keeping, piano, book-binding, and more. if you have an idea, we should do it! feel free to reply all, reply just to me, or come chat on a tuesday about anything you'd like to do. and if have a vague idea or aren't sure what you'd like to do or want some help defining what you'd like to do, we'd be happy to flesh ideas out with you. - we have lots of stuff coming up! check out the schedule below: - *this sunday 8/11: worms!* judi will be bringing a worm project to sudo kids outdoor chapter which takes place every sunday at 10AM at my house (2429 adeline). if you have outdoorsy projects and/or kids you'd like to do outdoorsy projects with, let me know! - *next tues 8/13: food map!* beverly wanted to try out a food hack night and so we're tentatively planning on getting some local food from a goodeggs.com market that supposedly happens every tuesday near sudo room and mapping out where the food comes from and how it got to us. - *next sun 8/18*: *no plans yet!* want to do an activity? this slot is available! - *tues 8/20:* *tentative POSSE party!* the bay area community exchange timebank (http://timebank.sfbace.org/) has been meeting every other month at sudo and recently held a POSSE party (Potluck Orientation Skillshare Swapmeet Events). these are open community events that get people exchanging and sharing outside of the old ways. there will be food, skillshares, gift circles, and lots of families! we hope to get some cross pollination between SudoKids and the BACE communities. if you want to learn more about this, rick from BACE is copied on this email (rick(a)bace.org) and would be happy to chat. aaand that's the end of the wall of text. you are all awesome and i love you. yay, we are doing sudo kids! we're making it happen! yaaay! marina

13 years

sudo kids this evening!

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, we'll be sudo kid-ing this evening as usual. come bring your kids or come do things with kids! we will accept all activities you'd like to do. unfortunately our radio is down for maintenance, but we will have other things to do! best, marina

13 years

Part 2

by Marina Kukso

13 years

Sudo kids outdoor chapter duck herding success!

by Marina Kukso

13 years

help determine future direction of sudo kids

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, just a reminder that sudo kids is still looking for folks who want to be involved in determining and building the future of this program. we are growing (more kids will be coming this tuesday!) and there are actually limitless opportunities for trying out different activities and ideas (i just view the children as test subjects for experiments on learning...everyone does that right?). contact me or ray if you want to do one-off or regular activities or if you want to be a part of coordinating and helping shape the future of the program. best, marina On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso(a)gmail.com>wrote: > hi everyone, > > you are once again invited to come do things with the awesome sudo kids > tuesday from 6ish to 8:30ish. want to do a group activity? teach really > brilliant kids something awesome? build a thing with them? help them build > a thing? we've done calligraphy, clay, mate-brewing, piano, radio, and > more. kids have expressed an interest in 3d printing and making videos. if > you want to do either of those things with us (whether tomorrow or sometime > in the future), or have an idea for another thing you'd like to do, be in > touch! > > additionally, ray and i have started working on concrete goals and desired > outcomes for the sudo kids program. we are doing this because a hackerspace > without kids is like a diy electronics project without a blinky light - > extremely sad. kids are natural hackers and if our role is to provide the > physical and community infrastructure to encourage people to keep building > and making and learning and exploring things forever, then kids are > naturally part of that equation :) additionally, having activities for kids > is a proven strategy to expanding our community. yes, we are operating from > the principle that if you hook a kid on a thing, that you will eventually > have an opportunity to speak with their parent. the good news is that we > are not selling stuff but selling the idea of making stuff and being in a > community of makers. finally, if you've never done stuff with kids before, > you may find the experience to be really different than what you'd expect > (i know i have). i continue to be extremely impressed and more or less > constantly verklempt at the insight and intelligence of the children we > work with. > > so, if you want to help coordinate activities and be a part of the cool > sudo kids organizing/future direction/expanding the program crew, (or are > just interested in learning more about what "helping coordinate sudo kids" > involves - it's not a lot), be in touch via email or just come on a tuesday > night. > > - marina >

13 years

come do things with sudo kids tuesday at 6:00 + invitation to join sudo kids future direction team

by Marina Kukso

hi everyone, you are once again invited to come do things with the awesome sudo kids tuesday from 6ish to 8:30ish. want to do a group activity? teach really brilliant kids something awesome? build a thing with them? help them build a thing? we've done calligraphy, clay, mate-brewing, piano, radio, and more. kids have expressed an interest in 3d printing and making videos. if you want to do either of those things with us (whether tomorrow or sometime in the future), or have an idea for another thing you'd like to do, be in touch! additionally, ray and i have started working on concrete goals and desired outcomes for the sudo kids program. we are doing this because a hackerspace without kids is like a diy electronics project without a blinky light - extremely sad. kids are natural hackers and if our role is to provide the physical and community infrastructure to encourage people to keep building and making and learning and exploring things forever, then kids are naturally part of that equation :) additionally, having activities for kids is a proven strategy to expanding our community. yes, we are operating from the principle that if you hook a kid on a thing, that you will eventually have an opportunity to speak with their parent. the good news is that we are not selling stuff but selling the idea of making stuff and being in a community of makers. finally, if you've never done stuff with kids before, you may find the experience to be really different than what you'd expect (i know i have). i continue to be extremely impressed and more or less constantly verklempt at the insight and intelligence of the children we work with. so, if you want to help coordinate activities and be a part of the cool sudo kids organizing/future direction/expanding the program crew, (or are just interested in learning more about what "helping coordinate sudo kids" involves - it's not a lot), be in touch via email or just come on a tuesday night. - marina

13 years, 1 month

Youth engagement ideas via Ace Monster

by Vicky Knox

Hey people! During Oakland Wiki's hackerspaces-themed editathon last Sunday, I worked on the Ace Monster page, and through that discovered "Hacker Scouts", an amazing mentorship program for young people interested in hacking stuff. Today while lurking Ace Monster's discuss listserv, I ran into a great convo on it. If you are interested in developing a youth engagement program at Sudo Room, these people would definitely be great allies and provide good solid insight. There already seems to be a collaboration going between them and Mothership Hackermoms. (Message 10 is quite beautiful.) V 7. Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! (Samantha Cook) 8. Re: Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! (Al Jigong Billings) 9. Re: Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! (Christopher Cook) 10. Re: Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! (Samantha Cook) 11. Re: Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! (Lyra) Message: 7 Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 14:44:22 -0800 From: Samantha Cook <sam(a)hackermoms.org> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: [AMTD] Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! Message-ID: <CANqT_TeD+Q7fxfvA7CpseFmFw9sVZbeT9SE+HkrMUGp0-Fug9A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear Friends, We have an amazing teen at Hacker Scouts who is trying to fund his ambitious and amazing project for this year's Maker Faire. Cameron is a 17 year old, homeschooled guy that paints, plays with lightning, makes electronic mechanical contraptions, writes computer programs, and builds/fixes computers.His project, the TARDIS tesla is very cool and ingenious in it's design and entertainment capabilities. We are proud to be helping Cam reach his Maker Faire goal. As a member of our Hacker Scouts Guild 001 in Oakland, we have the privilege of seeing him work on a variety of projects with precision, ingenuity and passion. He also mentors the younger members of the Guild with compassion and a cool ability to share knowledge. Between the Hacker Scouts mentors and his mentors at Arc Attack, he has the support to achieve his dream. We believe in him and his TARDIS Tesla, and ask you to contribute to his campaign<http://www.gofundme.com/TARDIS-Tesla>. You can find his fundraising page here<http://www.gofundme.com/TARDIS-Tesla >, and our article about it on the Hacker Scouts Website<http://hackerscouts.acemonstertoys.org/?p=530>. Even if you can't contribute, will you help out by sharing this? Thank you so much for your time, Samantha Cook, homeschooling mom of 3 and Executive Director, Hacker Scouts -- web: http://mothership.hackermoms.org email: info(a)hackermoms.org twitter: @hackermoms eavesdrop: mothershiphackermoms(a)googlegroups.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MothershipHackerMoms ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:40:38 -0800 From: Al Jigong Billings <albill(a)openbuddha.com> To: AMT General Discussion <discuss(a)lists.acemonstertoys.org> Subject: Re: [AMTD] Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! Message-ID: <A3A6AE14-8A6F-4DCE-9CFE-3E949ACA758E(a)openbuddha.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I contributed. I encourage others to do the same. ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:56:15 -0800 From: Christopher Cook <ccook(a)dirtylittlemonkey.com> To: AMT General Discussion <discuss(a)lists.acemonstertoys.org> Subject: Re: [AMTD] Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! Message-ID: <CAMDVYoYJmdEZCkxXA1cG7Ro7VT=aFQa10FTU_cRaUh9HbPrAbQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Yeah Cam has brought his Tesla coil into the space a few times to show it off, impressive stuff. I think he and Costa worked together on the laser cutter to build the control panel for it. -------- Message: 10 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:58:52 -0800 From: Samantha Cook <sam(a)hackermoms.org> To: AMT General Discussion <discuss(a)lists.acemonstertoys.org> Subject: Re: [AMTD] Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! Message-ID: <CANqT_TcpoN2azsv3X5TFn+9Xc22umEGSDBW6EXOEby7wvs_rTg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thank you! Last night he was speaking so enthusiastically about his project; I hope we can help him achieve his goal! If anyone is interested in the current Tesla Coils he has, he will be bringing them to the next Open Lab on 2/17. Sam -- web: http://mothership.hackermoms.org email: info(a)hackermoms.org twitter: @hackermoms eavesdrop: mothershiphackermoms(a)googlegroups.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MothershipHackerMoms ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 10:24:44 -0800 From: Lyra <elevin(a)MIT.EDU> To: AMT General Discussion <discuss(a)lists.acemonstertoys.org> Subject: Re: [AMTD] Maker Faire Fundraiser for Hacker Scout Teen! Message-ID: <CAKTip2e5q0kOtPVTkEp_-8fqnNyhFLcFtUXLoYvQm388sLTWeA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Shared and shown off. Encouraging ambition like this is one of the best things we can do for the world - Cthulu knows we need more Doctors and Mad Scientists! <3 L

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