[DC LoCo] Last minute: Coder Dojo TOMORROW

Fri Jan 4 21:12:55 UTC 2013

oh nice!  Yeah I was telling Kevin you guys can have a table and promote
ubuntu however you like.  We have 34 kids and 16 adults coming so far (but
its free so hard to know who will follow through and show up)

But here's our agenda so far http://is.gd/CoderDojoDC1notes

You guys are definitely welcome to a few minutes during the show-and-tell
segment to talk about Ubuntu or do something more extensive while the kids
work on their first web pages - whatever you feel up to!

Meanwhile Im going to lug along a bunch of laptops folks have given me, if
you feel up to trying to revive them with some flavor of ubuntu - wed like
to collect them to be availbale to kids unable to bring their own to future
meetings

ps im going to wear my bright orange ubuntu baseball cap :)

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Dan Chen <seven.steps at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll be present, Ubuntu devices in tow.
>
> -D
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Kevin Cole <dc.loco at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So... I'm planning to be there. Anyone else on board?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Jason Blum <jason.blum at gmail.com>
>> Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM
>> Subject: [CoderDojoDC] Fwd: Message to attendees of CoderDojoDC #1
>> To: coderdojodc at googlegroups.com
>>
>> Forgive me for abusing this mailing list so much, but I know there are
>> some folks registered not on this list and vice-versa.
>>
>> Just wanted to share the reminder below and ask whether anyone can bring
>> extra grounded extension cords and power strips.  I have four of each, but
>> not sure how much juice folks are going to need.
>>
>> The room seats 100, so we certainly have space for more kids.  Problem is
>> the room has no divider, so we can't really splinter off into different
>> groups this time around.  I hope folks will make some time towards the end
>> tomorrow to brainstorm future meetings, formats, tools, objectives, etc.
>>
>> Oh also any thoughts here or on the side to me on
>> http://is.gd/CoderDojoDC1notes are appreciated!
>>
>> -J
>>
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>> Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 1:42 PM
>> Subject: Message to attendees of CoderDojoDC #1
>> To: jason.blum at gmail.com
>>
>>
>>       *A Message from CoderDojoDC:
>>
>> *
>> Hello!
>>
>> Thanks for registering for the first meeting of http://CoderDojoDC.com<http://coderdojodc.com/>, this
>> Saturday January 5 at 10 AM at the Silver Spring Civic Building - We're two
>> seats away from being sold out!
>>
>> We have the room from 9 AM, but will be using the first hour to set up
>> and sign folks in.  All are welcome to come early to help set up and refine
>> the agenda, or stay late to help tear down (we have to be out by 1.)
>>
>>
>> We'll keep a Google Doc for each meeting's agenda and notes:
>> http://is.gd/CoderDojoDC1notes
>> (Please share any interesting notes, links or other resources as they
>> come up, but keep in mind this document is public.)
>>
>>
>> I think it'd be fun to set aside some "show-and-tell" time for every
>> meeting.  I am going to bring in a "binary clock" to talk about for a
>> minute or two.
>>
>> Please let me know if you'd like to speak a minute or two about something
>> nerdy: a cool website, something you or your child has coded or built, etc.
>>  I'd like to get the kids to take over this segment in future meetings.
>>
>>
>> Also thanks to everyone who filled out the survey in advance of our first
>> meeting
>> http://is.gd/CoderDojoDC1poll
>>
>> I'll share the results Saturday - but basically, as I feared, there's a
>> pretty big range of experiences and expectations.  So I think our first
>> meeting will be have to be mostly on the common denominator: HTML.  But I
>> hope folks will circulate and sit with students to help them try out more
>> advanced tasks, like embedding a video or even doing something with a
>> JavaScript library or more.  We'll just have to work together to find a
>> balance between engaging a broad range of skill levels, while not
>> disrupting a broader shared experience!
>>
>> I hope we can all plan on chatting a bit before leaving, say, before
>> noon, about future Dojo's and possibly enlisting some of us to prepare and
>> teach on specific topics.
>>
>> Meantime, please share your thoughts on the mailing list and Saturday,
>> and please encourage your kids to do the same!
>>
>>
>> Can't wait to meet everyone - this is going to be so cool!
>>
>>
>> -Jason
>>
>>
>>
>>
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