Greenhill School Hiring Scratch Teacher

Greene Hill school is looking to hire a creative technology educator to design a new Scratch course for it’s lower grade students (age 8-10). Due to budget application cycle, the position will start as non-paid position in January 7th, 2019, and transition into paid position starting Fall 2020 academic year. During Spring 19 semester, the educator is expected to teach 2 hr / week. Prior experience working with children age 8 - 10 is desired.

Feel free to reach out to CTC fellow Zhenzhen Qi (zq2145@tc.columbia.edu) if you would like to learn more about this opportunity.

About Greene Hill School

Greene Hill School is an independent lower and middle school for children that serves the need of the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill and surrounding Brooklyn communities for affordable and progressive education. It actively involves families in their children’s school and children in their own education. It promotes learning through an interdisciplinary curriculum, appreciation of critical thinking and open-ended investigation of neighborhood and beyond. Founded with the understanding that community is the backbone of society, Greene Hill School guides children to become dedicated members of a diverse, democratic society.

More Info: https://greenehillschool.org

NuVuX studio hiring full-time K12 Program Designer

NuVu is reimagining K12 education by building the school of the future. NuVu is a place where students and teachers explore ideas outside of disciplinary boundaries and immerse themselves in the innovation process. Under the guidance of designers and experts, middle and high school students solve problems through a critical, rigorous, and iterative process. Our pedagogy is rooted in the architectural design studio but our team has expertise in industrial design, architecture, robotics, engineering, fashion, art, music, filmmaking, and graphic design; this diversity fosters the innovative environment that complements the passion and potential of young learners.

Apply here.

Feel free to reach out to instructor of CTC creative technology studio, Ms. Erin Riley (eriley@greenwichacademy.org) if you would like to learn more about this opportunities.

Bronx Museum of the Arts looking for Teacher's Assistant with proficient Scratch programming skills and teaching experience to work with 7th graders


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

In this particular partnership, 7th graders learn basic gaming concepts while exploring contemporary art.  We will be learning game mechanics by creating digital games with Scratch.

As a group we will look at social interventions as catalyst for change through art, design, activism and interactive storytelling. We will introduce game design (both digital and physical games) as a way to tell a story and challenge users. The TA will work with our lead instructor, supporting students as they create their games.


Contact: heatherd10@gmail.com

Studio In Creative Tech to be taught by CTC professor Erin Riley in Spring 2019

Spring 2019 Studio In Creative Tech

A&HA5128 | CRN 98770

Mondays 4:10-6:50PM


Bring digital to form through the use of high-tech tools for creation. This course encourages deep exploration and creativity with computational materials and fabrication tools that can be applied to interdisciplinary practice across the arts, design, and engineering. Even people new to technology can jump right into making through media that they are most familiar with, and find intersections with technology to enhance and drive their work. Facilitated by an instructor with extensive background in maker-education, this course provides the a rich support structure and the opportunity for peer learning. Workshops in 2D and 3D design and fabrication along with pop-up workshops in micro-controllers and electronics as needed. Weekly meetings and guest artists chats will allow students to share their processes and to receive feedback. Prerequisite: none.

Please contact instructor Erin Riley(er2883@tc.columbia.edu) for more information. 

CTC professor Marisa Jahn launches new design course allowing Columbia, TC, and New School students to collaborate in one class

Inquiry-Based Art and Design:

Design 4 This Century (D4TC)

Fall A&H 5125-001 | CRN 31746 | 2 pts

 

Faculty:

Marisa Morán Jahn (MIT, Teacher’s College, The New School)

Richard Jochum (Teacher’s College)

Melanie Crean (The New School)

A new seminar for graduate students at Columbia University, Teachers College, and The New School.

In addition to lectures and readings, course assignments include creating a manifesto and ‘recipe’ that re-envisions how we teach, learn, and make. Guest speakers include contemporary designers, artists, interactive media producers, emerging media practitioners, data nerds, activists, and urbanists addressing key questions about potential roles of art, design and technology today. Keywords: identity and representation; codesign and participatory media; the politics of data; environmental disruption; and global migration.

 

09/20 Alice Sheppard

09/27 Amelia Winger-Bearskin

10/04 Ram Devineni

10/18 Ariel Kennan

11/01 Stephanie Wakefield

11/08 Lina Srivastava

12/06 Paul Falzone

 

All Lectures Free & Open to the Public:

Thursday (12:10-1:30 pm) starting Aug 30th, 2018

Location: The New School (63 Fifth Ave at 13th St, L104)

Lectures also available online via Canvas

 

Saturday Seminars: 10 am - 12:30 pm

Sept 15, Oct 13, Nov 10th

Location: Teachers College, Macy 55 (Thingspace)

Questions? ArtEd@tc.columbia.edu or marisa@studiorev.org

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NYC FIRST recruiting for teachers

NYC FIRST is opening a new STEM Center in Washington Heights. 

We are currently recruiting for the lead teacher position. 

The position includes setting up a MakerSpace, regular maintenance of machinery and teaching classes to high school students and to the community. 

If you are interested in the position please send over a CV and a cover letter. 

 

Contact Information: 

 Anne Goodfriend, STEM Center Program Manager

anne@nycfirst.org

Talya Stein, STEM Center Program Manager

talya@nycfirst.org

 

 

Portfolio School seeking k5 Digital Fabrication and Computational Thinking Teacher, Full-Time

Portfolio School

Digital Fabrication and Computational Thinking Teacher, Full-Time

We’re seeking passionate educators to join our team. We’re looking for teachers who are designers, teachers with a passion for personalizing learning for each and every student. Teachers who model a growth mindset for students. Teachers who are their best when being creative and working in a collaborative learning and working environment. If this is you, we would love to hear from you!

See more about the position here.

Digital Fabrication and Computational Thinking Teacher

TriBeCa
Start Date: July 2018

Full-Time but open to Part-Time

We’re seeking a passionate and experienced educator to join our team. We are a startup, where it’s vital that every member of our team shares a “roll-up-your-sleeves-do-whatever-is-needed” attitude.

 

Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of recent classroom teaching experience
  • Undergraduate or graduate degree in education
  • Experience in Digital Fabrication + Computational thinking
  • Facility with making and FAB Lab technologies and software (programing, robotics, lasercutting, 3D printing, Adobe, Corel Draw, etc)
  • Experience designing and implementing hands-on, child-centered learning
  • Must thrive in a collaborative environment especially when it comes to teaching and planning
  • Belief in technology as a medium to learn and create
  • Passion for working with and engaging children in student-driven learning experiences
  • Passion for innovation in education and an entrepreneurial mindset
  • A growth mindset and a drive to foster children’s social emotional capabilities

 

Pluses:

  • Experience in Design thinking or co-designing with students
  • Experience in Reggio, Montessori approaches

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Design experiential, project-based learning activities for a mixed-age class (with support and input of the other core Portfolio team members)
  • Curate individual learning activities based on each student’s abilities, needs, and learning style
  • Determine students’ academic and social emotional learning objectives and ensure that they’re met
  • Create and/or implement emergent and academically rigorous curriculum in diverse settings for a mixed age classroom
  • Communicate learning targets and outcomes to colleagues, parents, and students on a regular basis

 

Compensation:

  • Competitive compensation commensurate with experience
  • Health, dental, and vision benefits
  • Reduced tuition benefit

 

To Apply:

Click HERE to submit cover letter, resume, personal statement and list of 5 references.

Please email doug@portfolio-school.com if you have any questions.

G4C 2019 Calling Volunteers

I would like to pass along a volunteer opportunity to Columbia University Teachers College students on behalf of Games for Change (G4C), a non-profit that empowers game creators and innovators.

G4C is looking for volunteers for the 16th annual Games for Change Festival, taking place June 17th – June 19th at the Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York City.

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 Rajesh Anandan (UNICEF), Maxime Durand (Ubisoft Montréal), Kamal Sinclair (Sundance Institute), Gabriel Stricker (Niantic), Lauren Burmaster (Oculus), and many more!

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. 

We are excited to invite your students to participate in the event. Would you be able to pass this opportunity along to the Columbia University Teachers College community?

For more information about the Festival, feel free to visit our website.

Volunteer registration is open at the following link: bit.ly/2019G4CVolunteer.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration,

Marissa Harts

Volunteer Coordinator

Games for Change

CTC student Nicholas Sadnytzky completes high fidelity 3D model of Macy Gallery

CTC student Nicholas Sadnytzky completes high fidelity 3D model of Macy Gallery

CTC student Nicholas Sadnytzky recently finished a 6-month long project that measures the dimension of our student gallery space - Macy Gallery, and recreating high fidelity 3D renderings in details. Nicholas has extensive experience with 3D Modeling in both commercial and educational capacity, and is a certified 3D trainer by rhino3d, a used 3D modeling software widely adopted by industrial designers, fabricators and makers, and digital artists.

Artist Statement:

When I was asked to create a digital model of the Macy Gallery at Teachers College Columbia University, I was very excited to accept this endeavor. There was a condition to this project – I had to use a free CAD program. This restraint was to show that you could model a room (in this instance a gallery) precisely and this method was translatable to the classroom. So, the CAD modeler that I chose was SketchUp 2016. I also accompanied the modeler with another modeler – Rhinoceros 3D. Why I decided to take this path was because I am fluent in Rhinoceros 3D and I knew, no matter the complexity of the room, I would be able to do precise modeling with ease. After receiving the blueprints, my father and I measured a couple of walls to see if the blueprints were correct. Unfortunately, the blueprints were not correct (expect for one wall). During the 2016 winter break my father and I measured the entire gallery. Then I proceeded modeling the gallery twice, once in Rhinoceros 3D and again in SketchUp. You may be thinking, why didn’t I just simply export the model out of Rhinoceros 3D into a SketchUp format? Yes, that would have been the easiest method but I wanted to show that you could model anything precisely in a free CAD program like SketchUp. The final rendering was done in the default Rhinoceros 3D renderer and the animation was done in Bongo. Overall, it was a very fun project.

 

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Hypothekids seeking for summer STEAM session leader

Based in Harlem New York, Hypothekids provides underserved students with hands-on science and engineering educational and mentorship experiences such that they can thrive in the high tech economy of tomorrow. Currently, Hypothekids is hiring in the following areas: 

 

Elementary Curriculum Director: 

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4422ba914e6b6fa85c2aeb/t/5a4d68bbc8302529ed722425/1515022523863/Elementary+Curriculum+Director.pdf

 

Summer Steam session leader: 

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4422ba914e6b6fa85c2aeb/t/5a4d695b419202af0812ad1e/1515022683972/Job+Ads+for+Summer+Staff+2018+%281%29.pdf

Teachers College Eggplant Game Research Lab invite you to play and make games

Through an understanding of play, the CMLTD Games Research Lab seeks to gain knowledge of human cognition, collaboration, media effects, modern culture, creativity, improvisation and other factors within games that have implications for education. Faculty and students involved with the Games Research Lab have broad-ranging interests, and the lab has resources allowing the study of video games, traditional board and card games, role-playing games, games for teaching and learning, "serious" games, media literacy, the psychology of games, and related topics.

In addition to research, the lab (informally known as the EGGPLANT Lab, for Educational Games Group: Play, Language, Avatars, Narrative, and Technology) serves as an internal resource on games. The lab focuses on helping faculty and students discover the richness of game-based play, with a particular emphasis on introducing non-gamers to games beyond the mainstream.

As a part of Teachers College, Columbia University, the Games Research Lab was founded in Fall 2004 and is housed in the Program of Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design. At present, students from CMLTD and other Departments (such as the Department of Human Development) are active users of the lab.

The Games Research Lab is open to Teachers College, Columbia University students and practicing researchers in the field. 

 

More info and open lab time:

http://www.tc.columbia.edu/games-research-lab/

Current selection of video and cardboard game you can play:

bit.ly/gameslablist

Hudson Lab School looking for K5 level summer maker session leaders

Please see link below for more details:

https://www.hudsonlabschool.com/summer/

What's Hudson Lab School?

"At Hudson Lab School, we teach life skills. 
Our goal for our students is to create a life they love. "

Hi, I'm Cate, the founder of Hudson Lab School. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us!

At Hudson Lab School, we're not just teaching school readiness skills. Our goal for our students extends way beyond college admissions. At Hudson Lab School, we're teaching life skills. Our ambition for our students is to create a life they love. By empowering children to trust themselves to figure out what they want and teaching them the process to figure out how to create it, they will have what it takes to lead a well-lived, joyful life. From co-designing their own curriculum, our students will graduate on to designing their own futures. They will have the creativity and courage to take daunting risks, they will grow stronger from life's inevitable failures, and they will endeavor to shape their world through marvelous adventures.

Hudson Lab School is opening at a time when education is at an exciting crossroads. For the first time, top colleges and universities are acknowledging the importance of students' creativity by assessing their portfolios of work collected throughout their high school years. Now students will be forced to think more deeply about what they are learning or accomplishing in school. This admissions process reform will reduce the focus on test scores, and the trickle down effect to secondary and primary schools will be transformative... eventually. (As the education system hasn't changed terribly much since it was first developed in 1893, we should not hold our breath for this transformation to happen.) So not only will Hudson Lab School students have an early start on the path of self-discovery, their portfolios of work—into which they will have poured their passions, hard work and creativity—will also be valued by colleges and universities.

Hudson Lab School opened as a single, mixed-age classroom for children grades K-4 in Fall 2017. We are currently accepting applications for K-5 for the 2018-2019 school year and have plans to expand through eighth grade in subsequent years. Please come visit us and see why our students love learning at Hudson Lab School.

DOE CS4All Creative Computing partners looking for instructors

Over the next 10 years, the Department Of Education will train nearly 5,000 teachers who will bring CS education to the city’s about 1.1 million public school students. Through CS4All initiative, NYC students will learn to think with the computer, instead of using computers to simply convey their thinking. Students will learn computational thinking, problem-solving, creativity and critical thinking. They will also learn to collaborate and build relationships with peers, communicate and create with technologies, and to better understand technologies we interact with daily. 

Below is a list of Creative Coding companies that CS4ALL initiative has selected to partner with to train K12 educators. They frequently hire interns and full-time employees to lead creative coding lessons. Watch out for their job offers. 

SFPC Code Societies call for students

Please visit this link for details: 

http://sfpc.io/codesocieties/

 

About SFPC

The school for poetic computation is organized around exploring the creative and expressive nature of computational approaches to art and design. The school approaches writing code like creative writing — focusing on the mechanics of programming, the demystification of tools, and hacking the conventions of art-making with computation.

We value the craft necessary to realize an idea, recognizing that every writer needs space and time to hone their trade. Our school aims to provide a safe haven for you to get acquainted with the craft of coding at your own pace, make it your own, and investigate the space between creative process and craft. This takes conversations with colleagues and the right push at the right time.

The school aims to be more than a technical bootcamp. It is an opportunity to work intensively with a small group of students, faculty, and artists to explore questions about the poetics of computation. For us, computation is poetic when technology is used for critical thinking and aesthetic inquiry – a space where logic meets electricity (hardware), math meets language (software) and analytical thinking meets creative experimentation.

This is also a school for teaching. Every student who comes here will be asked to share their expertise with their classmates in the form of workshops and outreach.

The goal of the school is to promote completely strange, whimsical, and beautiful work – not the sorts of things useful for building a portfolio for finding a job, but the sort of things that will surprise and delight people and help you to keep creating without a job. However, employers tell us they appreciate this kind of work as well.

This is not a program to get a degree, there are large programs for that. This is not a program to go for vocational skills, there are programs for that. This is a program for self initiated learners who want to explore new possibilities. This is a program for thinkers in search of a community to realize greater dreams.

2018 Scratch Day looking for participants

2018 Scratch Day is looking for participants. Please visit the link below to find events near you. 

https://day.scratch.mit.edu/

 

What's Scratch? 

Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge. 

 

What's Scratch Day? 

Scratch Day is an offline community event that allows Scratch users to share knowledge and learning experience. 

NYC resistor offers more free crafts night, Arduino, CNC and knitting classes

 

NYC resistor recently added more free making classes and sessions. Please see their calendar for details: 

https://www.nycresistor.com/calendar/

 

What is NYC Resistor?

NYC Resistor – We Learn, Share, and Make things.

NYC Resistor is a hacker collective with a shared space located in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. We meet regularly to share knowledge, hack on projects together, and build community. If you’re interested in joining NYC Resistor, come to some of our public meetings (like the study group listed below) or join the NYC Resistor mailing list.

We are not equipped to accept visitors outside of our public nights. Please come to the public nights or email us to set up an appointment.

Founding Members
Bre Pettis – Instigator with video trigger finger
George Shammas – Breaks things to fix them.
Zach Smith – Rapid-prototyper and self-replicater.
Eric Skiff – Gameboy musician and crowd control.
Nick Bilton – Hardware and Frontend/CSS Ninja
Dave Clausen – Micro-hacker and structural engineer.
Raphael Abrams – Artist and keeper of the servos.
Diana Eng – Softronics.
Pat Gallagher – RPRT.

Contributing Members
NYC Resistor has roughly 20 or 30 active members at any given time.

Contact us:
contact [at] nycresistor [dot] com

Microcontroller Mailing List
Are you interested in learning more about microcontrollers and making
cool projects, or just staying in contact with the NYCR community?
The NYC Resistor Microcontroller Mailing List is a great
place to meet others with the same interest in microcontroller projects
and sharing our knowledge!

Governer's Island Art Fair looking for projects

2018 Governors Island Art Fair

Deadline: May 28, 2018 Fee (USD): $45.00

Deadline: May 28, 2018 Fee (USD): $45.00 For more info visit www.4heads.org.

"The Art Fair for the 99%" -New York Times

See the GIAF video - https://youtu.be/IFdkkMht2rQ

Exhibit your art, your way, for free - in New York's Largest Independent Exhibition: Governors Island Art Fair. At GIAF, each artist is free to self-curate a full room of their work in the historic buildings on this picturesque, almost surreal, former military base in the middle of New York Harbor.

Every weekend in September since 2008, 4heads has brought GIAF to Governors Island, just minutes from Manhattan and Brooklyn by scenic ferry ride. GIAF grants single exhibition rooms to individual artists from around the globe. Every year, more than 50,000 viewers visit this extensive exhibit housed in the landmark structures of New York's favorite island get-away. GIAF is organized, produced, promoted, and installed entirely by working artists and volunteers. Participating exhibitors in GIAF are responsible for transporting, installing, and de-installing their own work. Artists are welcomed to attend the event as much as possible in order to communicate with art lovers and collectors, and to take advantage of the valuable contacts and relationships that form over the course of this series of weekends. Attendance is by no means required, but artists who accept the invitation to be on site, gain the most out of the experience and meet many collectors, curators and journalists.

GIAF is housed in and around the grand officers' homes on Governors Island and is run with a hearty, DIY spirit and a strong sense of community. We ask our exhibitors to be resourceful, professional, self-sufficient, and well-versed in installing their own work - or finding someone who is. We are a stable, grass-roots, artist-run non-profit and we look forward to seeing you there.

In the case of unforeseen circumstances, 4heads reserves the right to change the dates, venue, and name of the event.