The New SIL Maker Club !!!

School for Independent Learners started the SIL Maker Club last night, Tuesday, December 10, 2013, at 5PM. We had a spirited discussion about what the Club could accomplish. There were lots of ideas, such as robots, coding, and blowing things up.

Our first orders of business were:

• Agreed on the name "Maker Club" (not Robotics Club) because the Club wants to do much more than just robots.
• Agreed that Wednesdays at 5PM is a better meeting time. All current members can make it, and it enables some LAHS students to make it too.
• Brainstormed what the Club wants to do. See the attached whiteboard shots.

Tasks to complete before the next meeting:

1. do the "Hour of Code" at https://www.khanacademy.org/hour-of-code/hour-of-code-tutorial/v/welcome-hour-of-code
2. see if you can figure out Snap (similar to Scratch) at http://snap.berkeley.edu/run/
3. create a free account at https://codio.com/
4. review http://thetechchallenge.thetech.org/challenge - does the Club want to participate?

At the next meeting, we will get started with some circuits. We will learn about:

• LEDs and resistors
• solderless breadboards
• Arduinos, if we have time

Please bring a laptop if you have one.