[sudo-discuss] Fwd: [sudo-info] possible partnerships opportunity

[hol at gaskill.com]

awesome jake.  just without having brought caitlin into the space yet 
does anyone have any objection to offering these students standing 
access friday mornings to work on robots?  I could come tomorrow and 
meet if she's coming to the space.  Is this the kind of thing where we 
feel we would prefer she become a member so none of us has to be there 
every friday morning?  I would be happy to meet once or twice but can't 
commit to a standing weekday obligation.

On 2015-11-23 11:29, Jake wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2015, hol at gaskill.com wrote:
> 
>> this would be spot on with our mission.  have you talked to caitlin 
>> since?
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From caitlin.cruz at cvcorps.org Fri Nov 20 08:17:42 2015
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:08:50 +0000
> From: Caitlin Cruz <caitlin.cruz at cvcorps.org>
> To: 'Jake' <jake at spaz.org>
> Subject: RE: [sudo-info] possible partnerships opportunity
> 
> Hello Jake,
> 
> Thank you for getting back to me.  We would love to come check out the
> Sudoroom and see your robot in action.  Let me tell you a little more
> about us.  Civicorps is a charter school as I said in West Oakland but
> we are really more of a youth development agency.  We work with youth
> from 18-26 to help them work towards their high school diploma.  We
> have both academic and work training components and our students do
> conservation work all around the area.  Our students graduate based on
> a portfolio system and their requirements include various writing,
> projects, public speaking and presentation skills, community service
> and positive work experience as well as traditional testing.  A little
> over a year and a half ago I got stuck on the idea of bringing more
> technology and maker projects into our curriculum.   I have been
> experimenting with electronics and robotics (and a small bit of
> programming) during the 3 hour Friday seminar that I teach.
> Currently, we are doing a robotics !
> seminar and I am using the Arduino platform to give students a taste
> of programming.  We assembled small electronic cars that can be made
> to be Arduino compatable and our next step is to get them up and
> running with some code.  This is the second time I have done the
> seminar and its evolving.  I have also taught basic electronics twice
> and plan on doing a code seminar in December.
> All of this said, I have to admit that I am not really a techy.  I'm
> trying to learn as I go and mostly tapping open source communities and
> trying to empower students to do so as well.
> 
> This is what I am interested in for this term:  I would like to my
> students on a field trip on Friday December 11 to give them a taste of
> what is going on in their community in terms of robotics and tech.
> The Sudoroom was my first  thought since you guys are fully run by
> community members and embody the spirit of citizen science.  The
> seminar runs from 9:30-12:30 on Fridays and I have 12 students.  This
> may not be a time that you can host us but I would still love to hear
> more about what you do and talk about how we can work together.
> 
> I am also interested in coming next Tuesday night to check out
> Hardware hacking and I will try to bring some students along.  I am
> sending a link to Civicorps web page so you can read a little more
> about our amazing students.  I would also be happy to show you around
> some time if you are interested in coming by to see us
> 
> http://www.cvcorps.org/
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Caitlin Cruz
> Science Teacher
> 
> 
> 
> Civicorps
> 101 Myrtle St.
> Oakland, CA 94607
> 
> www.cvcorps.org