Fwd: EdCampLA at SIGGRAPH 2015

[John Umekubo]

Hi guys, I hope this email finds you well. This summer I will be helping out Jean Kaneko from the Exploratory for SIGGRAPH 2015 in August here in LA. They will have an education component to the conference and I am helping out with the MakerEd portion. However, for another part of the conference Jean would like to offer an edcamp. She spoke with Hadley Ferguson, heard from her about edcampLA and then realized I was part of the organizing team so reached out to me. 

Long story... in any case, are any of you interested in doing this with me?

See details below.

-john

"The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge." —Seymour Papert

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John Umekubo

Director of Technology

St. Matthew's Parish School

1031 Bienveneda Avenue

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

http://creatorsstudio.org/

http://www.stmatthewsschool.com/

(310) 454-1350 x 164

twitter: @jumekubo

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From: Jean Kaneko <jean....@gmail.com>

Subject: EdCampLA at SIGGRAPH 2015

Date: May 26, 2015 10:09:29 AM PDT

To: John Umekubo <jume...@stmatthewsschool.com>, Donna Mandosa <donnam...@gmail.com>, dori friedman <do...@aol.com>, rosa....@elektrashock.com, Rex B <rexb...@uwalumni.com>

Reply-To: jean....@gmail.com

Hi John! 

I just got off the phone with Hadley of Edcamp. Dori had suggested doing an Edcamp  program at Making@SIGGRAPH. She told me of Edcamp LA and whoa and behold - I see your name on the list! 

I have a room - on Sunday Aug 9 and Monday Aug 10 all day. The other days -Code.org will be holding free training session for teachers. 

I would love to hold an decamp on either that Sunday or Monday. I can provide the room, if Edcamp LA can help me by organizing it and running it on that day? 

Siggraph will provide Exhibition Plus tickets to all educators that signup to attend. It gives them access to the exhibit hall and the special room where there will be an hybrid craft space, emerging technologies, studio and Making. There will be other programs too that they can have free access as well. 

What do you think? And how could we make this happen? 

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Jean Kaneko

Chief Tinkerer

www.theexploratory.com

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[Bill Selak]

Sounds like a great idea!

EdcampSFBay is doing a similar thing--one big Edcamp annually, and smaller ones throughout the year. 

I'll be out of town, but I'm happy to update the website.

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[John Umekubo]

Bill thanks so much for that. yes, if this does happen, there will need to be some adjustments made to the website. I appreciate your help with that. I will keep you posted.

- john

"The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge." —Seymour Papert

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John Umekubo

Director of Technology

St. Matthew's Parish School

1031 Bienveneda Avenue

Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

http://creatorsstudio.org/

http://www.stmatthewsschool.com/

(310) 454-1350 x 164

twitter: @jumekubo

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[Nicol Howard]

Hi John,

I would like to help out and am only hesitant because I will already be back to work. Can I let you know once we wrap up this academic year (June 19th)?

Best,

Nicol 

[John Umekubo]

Definitely. Thank you Nicol. I appreciate you getting back. 

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[Jamie Gravell]

Hi John - can you give me a better idea of the event - I may just be searching badly on phone since I'm traveling but couldn't find it? I will know if I can help out once I find out training schedule for new job in mid June but I think I should be able to support, especially a small scale edcamp in one room, which is what it seems like she's interested in :) 

Ms. Jamie Gravell  
Doctoral Student | Urban Schooling & Learning Sciences | UCLA GSEIS
jamiedar...@gmail.com | 609.731.4074 | @dontworryteach

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[Moss Pike]

Hi John,

With PlaydateLA on Aug. 8 and other things going on this summer, I don’t think I’ll have the time to help out with this, unfortunately.

Best,

M.

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Dr. Moss Pike

Harvard-Westlake Middle School

#GTACHI 2013

http://about.me/mosspike

[John Umekubo]

Hi Moss and Jamie! Thanks for getting back too. Totally understand about busy summers. I don't have all the fine details yet but just wanted to get a feel from the group. 

Here's the conference: http://s2015.siggraph.org

Traditionally it's been a graphic design conference but this year there's a K12 education strand so that's the reason for my involvement. Also a MakerEd component within that. 

I have a meeting with Jean Kaneko on Tuesday and will have more details then.

Thanks everyone. 

- john

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[Moss Pike]

Thanks, John. When you have more info, send it my way and we'll be sure to include it in a CUELA newsletter.

Best,

M.

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Dr. Moss Pike
Harvard-Westlake Middle School

#gtachi 2013
about.me/mosspike

[John Umekubo]

Terrific! Thanks Moss!

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[Lisa Dabbs]

Hi John,

This sounds like a great opportunity for educators to learn and grow.

I am going to be booked those days---possibly away on vacation, so I won't be able to help out.

Like, Bill shared...I do love the idea of smaller Edcamps so hope that this goes well.

Keep us posted on your details, so we can support via social media!

Best,

Lisa

Lisa Michelle Dabbs M.Ed | Educational Consultant

Teaching With Soul | An educational consulting company

LisaDabbs.com | @teachwithsoul  Author of Standing in the Gap:

Empowering New Teachers Through Connected Resources

"Teaching is far from perfect; rather it's messy, and in that mess is where you will craft your teaching life and truly enjoy the journey". -Lisa Dabbs

                                                                    

[John Umekubo]

Thank you Lisa! So it turns out this portion of the event will be very small. Nicol and Jamie if you would still like to help out I can get you passes to SIGGRAPH. Just let me know. 

Thanks everyone!

- john 

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[John Umekubo]

Yes. I might also just submit your name to be sure we get you a pass. 

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On May 29, 2015, at 7:45 PM, Nicol Howard <nicol....@gmail.com> wrote:

[Nicol Howard]

Perfect! Thanks, John.

Nicol