<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I gotta question: Is this a Science Fair or Introduction to Programming</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">When I signed up for the MW event, it sounded more like a science fair than an educational event. Is that correct?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I ask because I thought we'd basically show kids how programming works by guiding them through a few simple programs. You know, a "name tag" (basically hello-world but with someone's name), and so on.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">OTOH the event description seemed to be more "Here's a wowy project!"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> -- Owen</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 1:50 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;">The microcontroller event at Meow Wolf is less than two weeks away on March 8. The event started as a microbit event but we’ve expanded it to include all kinds of devices, Some of you indicated that you’d bring a project to demo. <div><br></div><div>The event is open to the public but we expect to have a lot of young students and their parents show up. The goal is to inspire more interest in science and technology. Projects can be very simple. Micro:bit projects are especially simple to generate as you can program them with block JavaScript via the micro:bit website (<a href="http://microbit.org" target="_blank">microbit.org</a>) and you can get a micro:bit kit online for as little as $15.</div><div><br></div><div>Details and signup at <a href="https://santafe.meowwolf.com/event/microcontroller/" target="_blank">https://santafe.meowwolf.com/event/microcontroller/</a> . Please signup if you plan to attend with or without a project to demo.</div><div><br></div><div>Ed<br><div><div>
<span class="gmail-m_7811455698095987595Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;line-height:normal;border-spacing:0px"><span class="gmail-m_7811455698095987595Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div>_______________________</div><div><br class="gmail-m_7811455698095987595Apple-interchange-newline">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_7811455698095987595Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> <span class="gmail-m_7811455698095987595Apple-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_7811455698095987595Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span class="gmail-m_7811455698095987595Apple-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></div></span></span>
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