The new Valley Settlement House website is getting ready to go online ...
Our high school senior is working on his portfolio ...
Archie and I helped a 4th grader do his homework for the Summer Program on one of the downstairs computers ... that desperately need a wifi connection ... which is coming as soon as we have a website so our reverse marketing guru can pull in the donations.
The 4th grader mentioned the bird feeders and the cameras. He said he would like to help. That made my day.
It's all coming together, slow but sure.
If you would like to help by donating, for the time being you can give through our crowdfunding website:
http://www.patreon.com/geeksfso
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Help us raise the money!
50% of the children who participate in Valley Settlement House (VSH) programs do not have access to personal computers in their homes. Please become a part of our effort to create a Geeks FSO Campus at VSH by participating in our crowdfunding campaign at:
http://patreon.com/geeksfso
There are other statistics besides pcs in homes that make creating a Geeks FSO Campus at the facility a worthwhile program. And educational outreach to underrepresented communities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) is a strong goal in NSF (National Science Foundation) and NASA RFPs (Request for Proposal). Both place a high degree of importance on involving diverse populations in confronting such issues as sustainability.
You don't have to donate a lot to help us. That is the beauty of crowdfunding. Start with $2 or $5 and get to know us as we grow. And we don't hesitate in asking for the $10-$25-$50 from those who are already familiar with the work we do.
Members of our team have been working on STEM educational outreach programs since 2000. The original 3-year weather station project in Plainfield, NJ, grew into Essex-Stevens Model program that evolved into the local LSAMP project (Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation) that is directed by one of the instructors in the Summer Science Program and a key adviser to the Geeks FSO Campus project at VSH:
Nadia Lvov
Assistant Professor/ECC LSAMP Project Director
Division of Mathematics and Physics
Essex County College
Newark, NJ 07102
This year the Essex-Stevens Model program (Essex County College-Stevens Institute of Technology) celebrated its 10th year.
In 2007 we involved Valley Settlement House in our educational efforts because they met the definition of a underrepresented community in STEM. This effort quickly evolved into a successful Summer Science program at VSH, that is now the foundation of the Geeks FSO Campus ... and so we grow.
http://patreon.com/geeksfso
There are other statistics besides pcs in homes that make creating a Geeks FSO Campus at the facility a worthwhile program. And educational outreach to underrepresented communities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) is a strong goal in NSF (National Science Foundation) and NASA RFPs (Request for Proposal). Both place a high degree of importance on involving diverse populations in confronting such issues as sustainability.
You don't have to donate a lot to help us. That is the beauty of crowdfunding. Start with $2 or $5 and get to know us as we grow. And we don't hesitate in asking for the $10-$25-$50 from those who are already familiar with the work we do.
Members of our team have been working on STEM educational outreach programs since 2000. The original 3-year weather station project in Plainfield, NJ, grew into Essex-Stevens Model program that evolved into the local LSAMP project (Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation) that is directed by one of the instructors in the Summer Science Program and a key adviser to the Geeks FSO Campus project at VSH:
Nadia Lvov
Assistant Professor/ECC LSAMP Project Director
Division of Mathematics and Physics
Essex County College
Newark, NJ 07102
This year the Essex-Stevens Model program (Essex County College-Stevens Institute of Technology) celebrated its 10th year.
In 2007 we involved Valley Settlement House in our educational efforts because they met the definition of a underrepresented community in STEM. This effort quickly evolved into a successful Summer Science program at VSH, that is now the foundation of the Geeks FSO Campus ... and so we grow.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Ton Duong joins the Geeks FSO Campus workshop!
Ton Duong is entering Stevens Institute of Technology this fall in the Mechanical Engineering program. He is transferring from Essex County College (ECC) where he participated in the ECC LSAMP under Nadia Lvov, Assistant Professor/ECC LSAMP Project Director in the Division of Mathematics and Physics at Essex County College, Newark.
Ton will be helping us with creating content. Here are some of his videos with his comments:
Ton will be helping us with creating content. Here are some of his videos with his comments:
- This is my favorite piano cover, Kiss The Rain composed by Yiruma: https://www.youtube.
- This is my latest piano video, La Valse D'Amelie composed by Yann Tiersen: https://www.youtube.
- This one is another dance video project that I made last year, The Signal: https://www.youtube.
- And finally, this is one of my most successful performances at ECC Talent Show in Fall 2012: https://www.youtube.com/
- My channel is: https://www.youtube.com/
He is also pursuing projects in robotics including working on a team that is building a robotic hand following the design plans of the InMoov project. We will be exploring options for becoming involved in this project in our workshops, and in taking advantage of Ton's participation--and at his suggestion--we are purchasing 2 ea.Arduino Uno Ultimate Starter Kits -- including the 72 page Instruction Books. He is working on a drone project that we want to support also.
Ton is an incredibly gifted and creative person and we are fortunate in having him participate in developing the Geeks FSO Campus.
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