Difference between revisions of "Eat-n-Educate"

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What?

The same idea as a Lunch-n-Learn except at dinner time. These are ~1hr learning sessions about random topics. Bring a dinner, and an appetite for learning something random. Please look in the session description for any prerequisites that may be needed for interactive sessions.

Calendar

• April 9, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to Tasker(Android App) with Tyler
• April 23, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to Python with Shapr
• May 7, 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to OpenSCAD with Phil

Yet to be scheduled

•  ?? , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - RTL-SDR with Mog
•  ?? , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to Haskell with Shapr
•  ?? , 2015, 6:30pm - 7:30pm: Eat-n-Educate - Intro to SketchUp with thematthewknot

Requirements for Presenters

• Content to fill an hour
• Syllabus - preferably a week before
• Any prerequisites defined in session section of wiki

Sessions

Intro to Python with Shapr

Shapr is going to learn us some Python!

• Intended Audience - Some previous programming experience, a single college class is fine.
• Recommended Software - Linux environment (Raspberry Pi, Native Linux install, VM on Windows)
• Recommended Hardware - Laptop with wifi, or Raspberry Pi with screen and keyboard and mouse.

RTL-SDR with Mog

Mog is going to learn us some Software Defined Radios using DVB-T dongles!

• Recommended Hardware - http://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00SXZDUAQ
• Recommended Software -

Intro to OpenSCAD with Phil

Phil is going to learn us some OpenSCAD

Intro to SketchUp with thematthewknot

thematthewknot is going to go over basic use and tip for using sketchup for 3D modeling.

• Have SketchUp installed on your computer before hand.
• Bring a mouse as touch pads are difficult to use with this application.