CSN-2018-Playground+contacts

Contacts: (updated 1/29/2018:8:00am CST)

We have one larger playground areas available to us
 * possible loaner hardware could include iPads, PC and Mac laptops
 * a 24" monitor at each of the nine 4'x4' tables
 * (2) demo stations with seating (each with 46" LCD monitor with stand and speakers);
 * each demo area might include Apple TV hardware and Airplay/Air Mirroring service
 * Floor Plan coming... **

2 FRC teams (1 6' table) 1 FTC team (1 6' table) 1 FLL team (2-6' tables to put the competition field on) 2 FLL Jr teams (1-4'x4' table) || Ammi Ludwick  or Jane Krauss  --Jane will be asked 1/10/2017 || Last year's participants: - Will be displaying their Aspire IT HUD camp which they are now running - Will have a demo area and a 6' table for their arduino display - They have been asked to also possibly show off their own work which helped them get their Aspirations awards - What we’d like is for you to talk up the Aspire IT program and maybe demo some activities that you did at your workshop with the girls (middle school?) earlier in June. You would also be ambassadors for the Award for Aspirations in Computing competition. || Two tables (pref about 4 x 8) - how about 2-6' tables Engage CSEdu - Stephanie Weber  TechnoloChicas, Top 10 and other appropriate resources - Jannie Fernandez -->bringing their own PCs, but would like an iPad || will have one 4x4 table -->needs adapter to LCD panel - no iPad - supplying own Mac || needs 6' table plus 10'x10' floor space Maybe also bringing a NAO robot || needs 4x4 table || needs 4x4 table addition 6' table for NAO || Ms. Fidler from Atlanta HQ will be there to speak and coordinate Assigning a demo area plus a 6' table -->Bringing PC and some tablets - could use an iPad if possible || one 4'x4' table -->Probably no computer || web design and mobile app development software will try to bring students from Denver area; last email May 19, 2016 4'x4' table with LCD panel -->would use an assigned PC and an iPad || Demo with the robots listed in the first column Eileen Hillebrand  will coordinate 4'x4' table with LCD panel --> PC not needed but iPad would be useful || will demonstrate their programming environment for Drones Marisa Vickery  from Texas || Megan is coordinating and bringing her kids Demo area for Megan including Elevator Pitch 4'x4' table for binary bracelets 6' table for twitter challenge with prizes floor space for map Others include Shaina Glass (Houston), Leslie Praile Keehn (Iowa), Cindy Herren (Iowa), Angie Kaithoff (MN), James??, Gary Greenberg (Ohio), Harvey Scribneer (Philadelphia), Kim Lane (Dallas) -->needs a PC laptop + 3 iPads || 415-680-6967 || Possibly a spot like last year (4'x4' table with LCD panel) coordinated by Bryan Miller  at Makewonder.com Meet Dash & Dat - elementary school robots (new names for last year's Bo and Yana) - needs table with lcd screen and space near the table on the floor --> Need PC and would use an iPad || Yakso Endo  - see if they have a school in the San Antonio area || Agent Cubes student demo using demo area Agent Sheets interfaced with MakeyMakey kits on laptops need two 4'x4' tables for AgentSheets plus one 6' rectangular table; other adults including Terri Marie Reh  -->providing all own computers; at least one iPad would be useful ||
 * USFIRST || Dawn Lutz  emailed 1/10/2017 about San Antonio contact || looking for this kind of involvement
 * NCWIT Aspirations || contact Aspirations program;
 * NCWIT K-12 Programs || Jannie Fernandez  - need to contact or ask Jane Krauss || last year's involvement:
 * E-Textiles || Jane Krauss  || interactive exhibit of textiles infused with technology
 * VEX Team || Axel Reitzig  - contacted via email 1/10/2017 for suggestions || VEX IQ Programming involved with a Aspire IT outreach program
 * Tabletop robotics || Axel Reitzig  || Spheres, Cubelets, Digital Sandboxes
 * Infusing CS in all K-12 district schools || Axel Reitzig  || Exhibit and information on the school district's project to infuse CS in all district schools K-12
 * B&GCA: My Future || Abigayle Fidler  - will be contacted || Clubs in the Denver area that are using MyFuture will demo to visitors
 * CSTA-Texas; CSforTX || Carol Fletcher, Hal Speed, Ryan Torbey(?) - need to contact after CSforTX webinar 1/10/2017 || materials related to CSTA Colorado plus a poster; maybe a slide show
 * MAD-Learn Mobile App Dev || Alefiya Bhatia  || she and crescerance are confirmed in late December, 2016
 * Bee- Blue- and Pro-Bots || Bill Glass <bill@terrapinlogo.com> || Confirmed via Karen
 * Drone Blocks || Preston Ward <pw@unmannedairlines.com> - need to contact || needs a 4'x4' table
 * Code.org K-5 materials || Megan Cicconi <cicconi@pd.code.org> || Confirmed via Karen in December, 2016
 * Security Programs || Cliff Zintgrass (?) ||  ||
 * Dot and Dash Robots || June Lin <june@makewondeer.com>
 * Agent Sheets and Agent Cubes || Alexander Repenning <alexander.repenning@Colorado.EDU>

Other possibilities that are likely not to happen this year (except possibly the Finch/Hummingbird one); maybe future years

For the future other possibilities include
 * Heidi Williams and her new ISTE book on K-5 coding
 * Sheena and Vicky - K-8 Twitter chats - part of playground?
 * Girls Who Code chapters
 * Black Girls Code
 * Penlee Python
 * MakeScript
 * Microsoft IT Academy (has another name)
 * Girl Scouts
 * Boy Scouts
 * Schools using CSFirst from Google (usually an after school club-style program)
 * 4-H (Tara Wheeler; 4-H STEM programs with students demonstrating)
 * LOGO Foundation (Michael Tempel <michaelt@media.mit.edu> not coming to ISTE 2017)
 * Galvanize Labs (Moira Hardek <moira@galvanizelabs.com; Taken Charge video technology game)
 * Modular Robotics; Cubelets and Moss
 * Stencil (software)
 * Bobtail (Steve Goodgame; robotics competition and programming at elementary and middle school) - not interested for 2016

Suggested Hummingbird demo based on recent mentions elsewhere most recent email to Tom is 6/11/2016; from him is 5/17/2016 ||
 * Finch and Hummingbird || **Tom Lauwers; tlauers@birdbraintechnologies.com** || Finch robots and Hummingbird kits (table); has two Denver area schools who use them; trying to deal work this out