<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">just a note that there will be other microcontroller projects there, not just Micro:bits. The main goal of the March 8th event is to inspire younger students who are learning CS via Micro:bits. The hope is that if they see adults in the community using Micro:bits in interestings ways, they will be inspired to do more with them and if they also see the range of microncontrollers that are being used they will hopefully want to learn more about them in the future. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Official invites and registration for the event will be forthcoming.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Can't wait to some fun see Micro:bit projects.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">many thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Paige</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 9:49 PM Edward Angel <<a href="mailto:angel@cs.unm.edu">angel@cs.unm.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">On March 8 4-6 PM, there will be a community micro:bit event at Meow Wolf, jointly sponsored by Meow Wolf, the Computer Science Alliance and the Santa Fe Alliance for Science. It will bring together students, teachers, parents, hackers and many others including I hopeFRIAM and Wedtech to demo, share and, most importantly, generate interest in CS in the community.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">A few weeks ago, Ken Prokuski and I brought our micor:bits to FRIAM where they were of interest to many of you. I learned about micro;bits from Paige Prescott, who many of you may know from her long involvement with Project GUTS and NM CS for All. She is now head of the New Mexico Computer Science Teachers Association and the new Computer Science Alliance. The event had its genesis in a conversation I had with Paige about using them to spark interest in CS within our community.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Micro:bits are little micro controllers that were developed in the UK by the BBC and made available to all school lids. You can get various kits from Amazon and other sites for as little as $20. They are amazing little devices. Each has a simple display, buttons for input, bluetooth for communicating with other micro”bits and even cell phones, an accelerometer, a temperature center and the ability to output sound and voltages to control other devices such as motors. Programming can be done via a web app using block JS, JS or Python. They are truly remarkable little devices. I was able to get my first program going within a few minutes.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">We hope that many of you will get your own micro:bits and develop some fun apps to demo. Why not a complexity app or two? Or even a more philosophical app that Nick might develop.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">More information to come as the event develops.</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Ed</div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div>
<div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div>____________</div><div><br></div><div><div>Ed Angel<br><br></div><div>Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab)<br>Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico<br><br>1017 Sierra Pinon</div><div>Santa Fe, NM 87501<br>505-984-0136 (home)<span class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <span class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="mailto:angel@cs.unm.edu" target="_blank">angel@cs.unm.edu</a></div><div>505-453-4944 (cell) <span class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel" target="_blank">http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel</a><br><span class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <span class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div></div></div><br class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="gmail-m_3454468765906649433Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><i><font color="#666666" size="2">Paige Prescott</font></i><div><font size="1"><a href="https://cstanm.org/" target="_blank">CSTA-NM</a><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"> President</span></font></div><div><font color="#666666" size="1"><a href="https://oils.unm.edu/" target="_blank">UNM OILS</a> PhD student</font></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Facilitator- </span></font><a href="http://code.org/" style="font-size:x-small" target="_blank">Code.org</a><span style="font-size:x-small;color:rgb(102,102,102)"> & <a href="https://teacherswithguts.org/" target="_blank">Project GUTS</a></span><font size="1"><font color="#666666"><br></font></font></div><div><font color="#666666"><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>