[p2pu-webcraft] New: Arduino - Build and Hack the Planet

[Nicholas Doiron]

Hi,
I created a challenge based on the Arduino/electronics course idea.  This
is the first time I've created a challenge so I could use your input:
http://bit.ly/arduino-lightshow 
If you don't have the electronics, I've set up a livestreamed,
programmable Arduino.  Try the sample program at
http://mapmeld.com/crowdbot if you'd like to try completing that part of
the challenge.
Regards,Nick Doiron
On Tue, November 29, 2011 2:03 pm, Alison Cole wrote:
> Agree with Philipp.
>
>
> Nick, I know you've run a few courses/groups before. Have you checked out
>  the challenge model yet? It might be perfect for this topic. I bet you
> could even get some co-organizers from MAKE magazine. They're obsessed
> with arduino.
>
> Alison
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Chloe Varelidi <chloe at varelidi.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>> Hey Nicholas,
>>
>>
>> super idea! we <3 arduino As a starting point you might want to look at
>> the Arduino community for some good tutorials. There are some good
>> tutorials on their learning page http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/HomePage
>> and I also like the creative applications page for arduino
>> http://www.creativeapplications.net/tag/arduino/ & then
>> http://www.adafruit.com/tutorials & then
>> http://www.eyebeam.org/events/beyond-the-joystick-introduction-to-altern
>> ative-physical-interfaces
>>
>> In general my suggestion if you go along with this to frame it more
>> like " we will make this and that using arduino" rather than " let's
>> learn how to use arduino and here are some tutorials". From experience
>> creating smaller themed challenges that have a context and a clear goal
>> makes it easier for non-tech people to get engaged with the often hard
>> process of putting together physical computing interfaces.
>>
>>
>> cheers, Chloe
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:03 PM, John Britton <john at p2pu.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hey Nicholas,
>>>
>>>
>>> This sounds great. Let me know if you need any help. I think I can
>>> help you get people to sign up once you're ready.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> John Britton
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Nicholas Doiron
>>> <ndoiron at andrew.cmu.edu>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to propose a P2PU course that's a bit more concrete.  In
>>>> "Arduino: Build and Hack the Planet", you learn how to use a small
>>>> open source hardware board to build electronics projects in the real
>>>> world. Even if you don't have an Arduino, I have tested a video +
>>>> data stream for people to try out their programs over the internet
>>>> and watch the results on sample hardware.
>>>>
>>>> PC World: What is Arduino?
>>>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/239454/geek_101_what_is_arduino.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Course Page and Photo
>>>> http://p2pu.org/en/groups/arduino-build-and-hack-the-planet/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't suppose it falls within Webcraft, since we're using actual
>>>> wires and LEDs, but I wanted to post the announcement here first.
>>>> Let me know
>>>> if you already have an Arduino and can share a project or two!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Nick Doiron
>>>>
>>>>
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