Queens College looking for a Maker in Residence

We are starting to put together a maker space here at Queens College and are looking for a Maker in Residence to use the facilities on interesting and creative projects as well as help the student staff members get accustomed with the equipment. This will probably start in the Spring and comes with a small stipend. Please feel free to email me at danne.woo@qc.cuny.edu if you are interested. 

Assistant Professor, Design / Queens College, CUNY
Founder / Datavisual, Inc. / datavisu.al
Design Technologist / Danne Woo Design / dannewoo.com

Amplify (Ed-Tech) is Hiring

We’re growing quickly at Amplify, and we are looking for great people to join us! 

In particular, we’re looking for Account Managers, Product Managers, Project Managers, Engineers, Professional Development Trainers/Coaches. We have senior and more junior positions available, and we are looking for people to work in roles across the country!  If you want to support teachers and students and want to make our schools great places to teach - and thrilling places to learn, then please be in touch.  

See positions and apply at the link below. 

Amplify Careers

Architectronics looking for partners

Architectronics, Inc. is an EdTech and invention company located in Manhattan which focuses on STEM education.  We are developing and launching a number of new products, and continuing to sell products we have created. www.makesense.co

We are looking for partners to help launch several exciting new products via Kickstarter.

.If interested, please contact Stephen Lewis,  steve@architectronics.com

Architectronics is an active long-established business, developing hardware and software, and selling products, since incorporating in 1986.  Covering a wide variety of creative and innovative endeavors over the years, Architectronics has developed children’s books, films for Sesame Street, CAD software user interfaces, ultrasonic measuring devices, unique animation engines, interactive storefronts, and many others.  We hold two patents and several trademarks.

Our most current projects include sensor interface boards and sensor sets for STEM education, programmable robots, interactive software for classrooms, museum exhibits, and a number of offbeat digital art projects.

G4C Festival looking for volunteers

Every year, the G4C Festival unites more than 1,000 people from the games, tech, education, and non-profit sector to collaborate and drive real world change. Notable speakers from previous years include Aldis Sipolins (IBM), Alan Lewis (Take-Two Interactive), Luc St-Onge (Ubisoft), Mia Tramz (TIME Magazine), Craig Hagen (EA), and many more!

G4C is looking for volunteers for the 15th annual Games for Change Festival, taking place June 28th – June 30th at the Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York City.

G4C relies on the support of volunteers to help bring the Festival to life. In exchange for their assistance, volunteers are invited to attend part of the Festival, where they will hear from experts, share and explore groundbreaking ideas, and experience new impact games.

For more information about the Festival, please visit our website.

 

Volunteer registration is OPEN NOW and available at the following link: http://bit.ly/g4c18volunteers

Bronx Museum of the Arts is looking for a Teacher's Assistant

The Bronx Museum of the Arts is looking for a Teacher's Assistant with proficient computer skills and some teaching experience to work with 7th graders as part of our in-school partnership with a local Middle School.

The theme of this particular partnership is gaming. Students learn basic gaming concepts while exploring contemporary art. 7th graders will be learning game mechanics by creating digital games. The TA would work with our lead instructor, supporting students as they create their games. 

We can offer the TA $50 per session and there will be 11 sessions (45min each). Sessions begin in early October. We do not have the final schedule but the sessions should run until mid-December. 

I am happy to answer any questions you might have regarding this opportunity and please feel free to pass this information along to your colleagues.

Please respond to: heatherd10@gmail.com