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[Hilary Naylor]

Hello all,
  I joined the mailing list and attended the kick-off party because of
my volunteer work at MetWest high school in Oakland. The program there
is called "Mouse Squad" <http://ca.mousesquad.org>. It teaches
students to be the Tech Help Team for their school (as the District
does not have nearly enough techs to serve all the schools). When we
asked the students at the beginning of the semester what they would
like to learn, they said "hacking." So I set out to learn about
hacking. I met Mitch Altman and Praveen Sinha at the kick-off party
and invited them to come and talk to the students. Which they did, and
the students were very excited and interested to learn about
hackerspaces. We also ordered Arduinos and electronics kits for the
class, but unfortunately something went wrong with the order and they
never arrived. Maybe next year! So now I would like to learn more
about Arduinos and what you can do with them.
  In my non-volunteer life, I am a technology consultant for Oakland
schools and nonprofits, mostly trouble-shooting and coaching teachers,
some technology planning. (www.a2zed.us) My background is cognitive
psychology and information processing -- many years in research at
UCSF.
  I am interested in helping sudoroom with fundraising.
  I look forward to meeting you all sometime soon.
cheers
Hilary

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Matthew Senate <mattsenate at gmail.com> wrote:
> NOTE: If you haven't said hello yet, I cordially invite you to drop us a
> line, in brevity if you must! Even if you're a curious on-looker or other
> quiet-type!
>
> Hello All,
>
> Glad to see the thread still going!
>
> I was raised on fast-food and television in The (original) Valley of Los
> Angeles County. Now I live in Oakland, slowly transplanting family members
> to the bay area. I work at the Public Library of Science, and while I wish
> to break free of the typical work doldrums, I am also quite privileged--so
> much so that in another set of circumstances, I would probably do my work
> for free!
>
> Some call my generation millenials, others forsaken. I believe we live in a
> critical age where power is concentrated and many face needless
> injustice--but also an inspirational period (just look at this year!) full
> of people who remind us of so many crucial (yet simple) concepts. Thoughts:
>
> 1. Space: humans have volume, we take up room.
> 2. Time: none of us have much of it.
> 3. Humility: integral response to the vastness of 1 and 2.
> 4. Empathy: essential quality for continued existence.
>
> We have much to learn and do--and it should be rather painless!
>
> // Matt
>
>

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Hilary Naylor
Oakland CA