CTN-2016-Playground-contacts

Contacts: (updated 6/19/2016:12:30pm CDT)

We have two playground areas (Playground B and Playground C) available to us
 * 9 iPads for the Playground (total)
 * 6 PC laptops and a 24" monitor at each 4'x4' table for each of the Playgrounds
 * (2) demo stations with seating (each with 46" LCD monitor with stand and speakers);
 * each demo area includes Apple TV hardware and Airplay/Air Mirroring service
 * Floor Plan: current (as of 6/19/2016:1:00pm) **

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) ||  
 * Volunteer || Jackie Koehn  || Wants to attend and help at the Playground and possibly the CS Firehose on Saturday ||
 * USFIRST || Dawn Lutz  || as of 6/10/2016 Ms. Lutz has the following commitments:
 * NCWIT Aspirations || Melissa Sawyer and Sirisha Gudavalli

Jane Krauss  is the NCWIT contact || Melissa and Sirisha are Aspirations Award Recipients - 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. Engage CSEdu - Stephanie Weber  TechnoloChicas, Top 10 and other appropriate resources - Jannie Fernandez will have one **4x4 table** VEX Team || Axel Reitzig  || VEX IQ Programming involved with a Aspire IT outreach program needs **6' table** plus **10'x10' floor space** Maybe also bringing a NAO robot || tabletop robotics || Axel Reitzig  || Spheres, Cubelets, Digital Sandboxes needs **4x4 table** || 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 needs **4x4 table** Ms. Fidler from Atlanta HQ will be there to speak and coordinate Assigning a **demo area** plus a **6' table** one **4'x4' table** 415-680-6967 || Requested 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 will try to bring students from Denver area; last email May 19, 2016 Eileen Hillebrand  will coordinate will demonstrate their programming environment for Drones Marisa Vickery  from Texas || Demo area for Megan including Elevator Pitch 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) Yakso Endo  || 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 
 * -->Needs a PC for the Demo presentation but not an iPad ** ||
 * NCWIT K-12 Programs || Jannie Fernandez  || **Two tables (pref about 4 x 8) - how about 2-6' tables**
 * -->bringing their own PCs, but would like an iPad** ||
 * E-Textiles || Jane Krauss  || interactive exhibit of textiles infused with technology
 * -->needs adapter to LCD panel - no iPad - supplying own Mac** ||
 * St Vrain SD
 * St Vrain SD
 * St Vrain SD
 * addition 6' table for NAO** ||
 * B&GCA: My Future || Abigayle Fidler <afidler@BGCA.ORG> || Clubs in the Denver area that are using MyFuture will demo to visitors
 * -->Bringing PC and some tablets - could use an iPad if possible** ||
 * CSTA-Colorado || Sue Johnson <sue.johnson@bvsd.org> || materials related to CSTA Colorado plus a poster; maybe a slide show
 * -->Probably no computer** ||
 * Dot and Dash Robots || June Lin <june@makewondeer.com>
 * --> Need PC and would use an iPad** ||
 * MAD-Learn Mobile App Dev || Alefiya Bhatia <alefiyabhatia@crescerance.com> || web design and mobile app development software
 * 4'x4' table** with LCD panel
 * -->would use an assigned PC and an iPad** ||
 * Bee- Blue- and Pro-Bots || Bill Glass <bill@terrapinlogo.com> || Demo with the robots listed in the first column
 * 4'x4' table** with LCD panel
 * --> PC not needed but iPad would be useful** ||
 * Drone Blocks || Preston Ward <pw@unmannedairlines.com> || needs a **4'x4' table**
 * Code.org K-5 materials || Megan Cicconi <cicconi@pd.code.org> || Megan is coordinating and bringing her kids
 * 4'x4'** table for binary bracelets
 * 6' table** for twitter challenge with prizes
 * floor space** for map
 * -->needs a PC laptop + 3 iPads** ||
 * Agent Sheets and Agent Cubes || Alexander Repenning <alexander.repenning@Colorado.EDU>
 * -->providing all own computers; at least one** **iPad would be useful** ||

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
 * 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>; demonstration table)
 * 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