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Niles STEAM Room Spring 2020
Contact: Kathy Joyce kathyjoyc@gmail.com
Make It!
Meets on Tuesdays from 5-6:30m. For grades 5 & up. Classes begin Jan. 7 or 14, contact instructor for dates
At the Niles STEAM Room Makerspace at 2601 N. 5th Street, Niles, MI
Make It!!
In the fall semester, students develop skills using computer design software and our Glowforge laser. Students learn how to engrave their own designs onto many materials, such as paper, cardboard, wood, leather, and acrylic!
This class will show students that there is no limit to the imagination! We start at a beginner level, going through the basics of digital graphic design. We then learn how to export our designs to the laser. The best part of this course is watching your projects come to life! This class encourages students to design, engrave, cut, and create anything they put their minds to.
Syllabus
Check out the Glowforge here: https://glowforge.com/ Click on "see how it works" to watch a video sampling of what can be done with a Glowforge. The video is under 3 minutes long....please take the time to watch it.
Instructor bio for Michael Kirby: I have worked in the electronics department at WalMart for 16 years and am thus familiar with a wide range of electronic equipment and their capabilities, from computers and televisions to photo kiosks. [In a regional employee test several years ago, I was the only one to score 100 percent on product knowledge.]
Four years ago, I learned to use a laser cutter and helped supervise the production of over 600 wooden map puzzles commissioned by the State of North Dakota for use in all 4th-grade classrooms. More recently, I have worked with my son, Josh, when he taught several MakeIt! Classes in Niles , classes offered to Parent Partnership students to help them become familiar with how lasers work and what they can do. Josh has moved, but with the opening of a new Maker Space in Niles, I have access to a laser and am excited about the opportunity to teach children how to use it in designing and producing their own creations.
Make It!
Meets on Tuesdays from 5-6:30m. For grades 5 & up. Classes begin Jan. 7 or 14, contact instructor for dates
At the Niles STEAM Room Makerspace at 2601 N. 5th Street, Niles, MI
Make It!!
In the fall semester, students develop skills using computer design software and our Glowforge laser. Students learn how to engrave their own designs onto many materials, such as paper, cardboard, wood, leather, and acrylic!
This class will show students that there is no limit to the imagination! We start at a beginner level, going through the basics of digital graphic design. We then learn how to export our designs to the laser. The best part of this course is watching your projects come to life! This class encourages students to design, engrave, cut, and create anything they put their minds to.
Syllabus
Check out the Glowforge here: https://glowforge.com/ Click on "see how it works" to watch a video sampling of what can be done with a Glowforge. The video is under 3 minutes long....please take the time to watch it.
Instructor bio for Michael Kirby: I have worked in the electronics department at WalMart for 16 years and am thus familiar with a wide range of electronic equipment and their capabilities, from computers and televisions to photo kiosks. [In a regional employee test several years ago, I was the only one to score 100 percent on product knowledge.]
Four years ago, I learned to use a laser cutter and helped supervise the production of over 600 wooden map puzzles commissioned by the State of North Dakota for use in all 4th-grade classrooms. More recently, I have worked with my son, Josh, when he taught several MakeIt! Classes in Niles , classes offered to Parent Partnership students to help them become familiar with how lasers work and what they can do. Josh has moved, but with the opening of a new Maker Space in Niles, I have access to a laser and am excited about the opportunity to teach children how to use it in designing and producing their own creations.
*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.
Teacher of Record: Tom Hurst