New Horizons & Perspectives with 3D Printing
This Meeting's Highlights
Program: New Horizons & Perspectives with 3D Printing
Speaker: Corinne TakaraMeeting for the week of September 28th to October 4th, 2015
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Greetings
Message from the President
Welcome! You've found your way to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley, a club where we focus on innovation, entrepreneurship, and education, along with what technology can do to serve the business of service.
Last week, I attended an awards show celebrating young people and science (more details below). The overarching question for the competition was, "What will you try?"It's a good question, especially as we celebrate learning via our back-to-school-month meetings. What have you learned over the course of September? Did you try something new? Did you reach out to help somewhere your talents are needed?We have plenty of fun, fascinating, and service-oriented stuff to share with you, so we thank you for taking time to join in. Enjoy!Rotarian guests, we ask that you consider contributing something - perhaps what is for you is the regular cost of a Rotary meal, or just any other amount you might be willing to donate. Donations will go directly to power the efforts of our Rotary club. Here are some of the many options you have to complete a donation:
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To pay via Google Wallet or PayPal, you'll need to log in to your account with those companies.Those of you who prefer a more traditional approach can mail a check made out to the Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley to our treasurer: ℅ Allen Thompson, 13500 Cascade Ct., Bakersfield CA 93314.Non-Rotarian guests, you are certainly welcome to help us out too if you would like! Even a small amount can help us make something good happen for someone in need.
Yours in service,
Rushton Hurley,
President
Rotary eClub of Silicon Valley
The Power of Images
We believe that there is power in imagery, and that great photos can inspire in its own unique way. Every week we feature a powerful photo to inspire you.
Written by President RushtonMy wife and I live near Santa Clara University, a campus that includes the remains of a Spanish mission, along with beautiful trees and buildings. The shot below is one that captures for me some of the history of the school, along with a palm tree (something that many associate with California), and a tree that I don't know much about, but is fascinatingly unusual. If you know what kind of tree the one on the left is, please say so in the comments.
The Power of Ideas
Sometimes one good idea is all the power you need to get the engine of creativity moving. We would like to share with you one good idea to help you power your week.
This week's quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson, whom we'll call a patron saint of American transcendentalism. :)"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
The Power of Science
Every week we share an inspiring video because we believe everyone needs a juice box full of inspiration at least once a week. This week is about the power of science.
As mentioned earlier, last week Rushton attended the Google Science Fair Awards Show, and was blown away by the ideas that young people from all over the world had acted upon in order to create something powerfully fascinating. Here are several of the project titles:* Temperature-Independent, Portable, And Rapid Field Detection Of Ebola Via A Silk-Derived Lateral-Flow System* Developing A Molecular 'Trojan Horse' For The Earlier, Minimally-invasive Diagnosis Of Alzheimer's Disease* An Automated Search For Gravitationally Lensed Quasars In The Sloan Digital Sky Survey* Vaxxwagon: An Innovative Eco-friendly, "No Ice, No Electric" Active Refrigeration System For Last-leg Vaccine TransportationThe first one was the overall winner, and the last of those four is one Rotary's NID teams might be interested to explore, There is much more to see, including the young people telling about their projects at the Google Science Fair site.If you find you are intrigued by this stuff, you might give this video about the finalists a quick watch.
The Power of Imagination
Sometimes we find an extra inspirational video that we just can't wait to share with you. Here's one on the power of imagination.
Member Gene Tognetti spotted this cool piece from The Future of Storytelling, which is an account you might want to explore more. See if this doesn't make you want to pick up a brush!
Service Opportunity: Final Week for School Supplies Drive!
We are helping member Heather Shaw and her team gather school supplies for teachers and needy students at Buchser Middle School in Santa Clara. There are several ways you can help, and we'll be passing out plenty of kudos to those who do two or all three!
1) Drop by Nova Chiropractic (map) this Saturday, October 3rd, and drop off a ream of paper, or a set of white board markers, or something similar (see below). There will be plenty of fun for all (with extras for those who bring a donation) - ice cream, chair massages, backpack safety demos, prize wheels, nutritional testing, blood sugar screenings (before the ice cream, of course) and raffle drawings with prizes donated by local businesses (thanks to ideas from our members and guests from the program Heather did!).
2) Donate to the cause. The money raised will allow the school to purchase needed materials not gathered through physical donations. Use the secure Happy Dollars form below, or send a check to Treasurer Allen using the info above - either way, let us know in the comments what the donation is for.
3) Reach out to your contacts via email, social media, and phone to get them to do one or both of the two items above.
Here's the list of items the school is hoping for: white copy paper, glue sticks, dry erase markers, pens/pencils, binder paper, dry erase boards, calculators, colored pencils, construction paper, small scissors, Kleenex, composition notebooks, index cards, highlighters, electric pencil sharpener, sharpies, paper towels, disinfectant cleaning wipes, graph paper, art supplies, 5-subject notebooksThis is our major local fall local service activity, so let's make a major statement!
Events & Projects
This section of our meeting is where you learn about both recent and upcoming events and projects our club has going on. We welcome guests to all of our events and service projects listed here.
What We Do: Upcoming Events
Rocktoberfest Service on October 17
While this isn't a club-wide thing, we think it's an important one for you to know about and join in if time allows!
Support the Children's Health Council via their Saturday, October 17th, program called Rocktoberfest. You and your close buddies can go to Woodside for the annual shindig, which includes, as they put it, "great beer, wine, food and dancing to the amazing sounds of PopRocks."
They’ll need a number of volunteers, so if you want to help make it happen, here are the needs:
EVENT SET-UP: Saturday, October 17th from 10:00am-2:00pm
Set-up volunteers will assist with preparing for the event, including: decorating, hanging signage, setting up party rentals, marking parking areas and doing whatever it takes to get the arena ready for the evening.
EVENT: Saturday, October 17th from 5:00-10:30pm
General volunteers will be assigned to any of the following areas: registration/check-in, food or beverage service, VIP lounge area, raffle ticket sales, silent auction, fund-a-need or wherever there is need.
EVENT CLEAN-UP: Sunday, October 18th from 9:00-11:00am
Clean-up volunteers will assist with cleaning up the outdoor covered arena after the event, including: taking down decorations/signage, breaking down party rentals, trash disposal/recycling, and doing whatever it takes to get the area cleaned up.
Things to know about volunteering:
* Must be 21 years or older* Need to be able to stay for the entire duration of shift* Volunteers assignments may require standing or walking/moving around* Venue is outdoors at an equine facilitated therapy center* Breakfast, lunch or dinner (depending on shift) will be served to volunteers prior to shift
For all questions, more information or to sign up to volunteer contact Sydnee Brooks at sbrooks@chconline.org or 650.617.3818.
Find out more at the Children’s Health Council and this cool gig at their website.
Thanks to member Art Taylor for this service suggestion!
San Mateo Rotary’s Annual 5K Fun Run on October 25
The Rotary Club of San Mateo is hosting its annual 5K/10k Fun Run on Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Seal Point Park (1901 J Hart Clinton Dr, San Mateo, CA 94401). A few of our club members are planning on participating. Anyone else interested in participating, please comment in the Disqus section, and we can plan on meeting up at the Fun Run, and afterwards for lunch. All proceeds benefit a local scholarship for at-risk kids. Registration includes a T-shirt.
You can register for the 5k/10k Fun Run via their Active.com page here.
More Socials Soon!
Look forward to more socials coming up for October and November dates! If you have any suggestions for socials in the Silicon Valley / Bay Area, please leave us a comment in the Disqus section at the end of this meeting.
Coastal Cleanup Coda
Last week we had pictures from the coastal cleanup in San Jose along the Guadalupe River. This week, we'll add one from Allen's work on the central coast with the eco-cool group that gathered there.
The World of Rotary
We are part of the Rotary International family with over 1.2 million members in over 180 countries in the world. Rotary’s reach is global. Here are some Rotary initiatives and events we think we should know about.
Polio Immunization and West Africa Project Fair
It appears a group of Rotarians will be going to West Africa in November both to participate in an immunization effort and to attend a project fair put together by Rotarians from fifteen countries in that region. Click here for the full tour info shared by the company organizing this excursion.
Immunization Efforts in Nepal
Sujan Pradhan of the Rotary Club of Kakarvitta, Jhapa, Nepal, tells about members of his club hitting the road in June to inspect immunization booths on the border of Nepal and India. Read about it in the Rotary Blog, which has this and many more stories of Rotarians doing good in the world.
Seoul Convention
It isn't too early to begin thinking about next summer's Rotary International Convention in Seoul, South Korea. The RI Convention is a chance to experience how amazingly international our organization is, and to be inspired by the good being done around the world. Next year's gathering will be May 28th-June 1st, and you can learn more at the convention website.
Service Survey
It’s that time when we celebrate what our members have been up to on the service front! If you’re one of the several folks in our club who has yet to report something in the survey, let this be the encouragement to make it happen!
Each week we ask our members to tell about their service to others. Perhaps you volunteered at a homeless shelter or library, or mentored someone, or took time to help someone learning to read or speak another language. Whatever it was, let us know - we use this information to inspire each other!
Happy Dollars
Every week we offer the opportunity for guests and members to express their gratitude for something good that has happened to them this past week. Think of this like a digital karma jar.
Had anything cool happen recently? Perhaps you learned something new, or made a new friend, or visited some cool place. Let us know, and leave a happy dollar or two to celebrate it!Through October 3rd, we've been gathering donations small and large as part of our school supply drive with member Heather Shaw's team (see What We Do, above). If you haven't kicked in a little help, feel free to do so using the secure form, below!But first, here are the messages from the Happy Dollars contributors from last week:
member Andrew Taw ($15)For Heather's school supplies drive!
member Catherine Liu ($50)I'd love to do some donation.
The Tidbit
Every week, we feature a new tech tid bit or life hack to make your life more convenient.
As a nice Tidbit for the end of our back-to-school month meetings, Lisa, put together one that allows you to get in touch with your inner Peanuts character. Here's Peanutizeme.com!
A Little Humor
We feature a little bit of humor every week because we believe laughter is sometimes the best medicine, and we just want to brighten your day!
This week's humor comes from RD.comThis was "spotted on Facebook," and the feedback was entertaining enough that I can imagine students purposefully turning in something awful just to see what would come back.Student: I don't understand why my grade was so low. How did I do on my research paper?Teacher: Actually, you didn't turn in a research paper. You turned in a random assemblage of sentences. In fact, the sentences you apparently kidnapped in the dead of night and forced into this violent and arbitrary plan of yours clearly seemed to be placed on the pages against their will. Reading your paper was like watching unfamiliar, uncomfortable people interacting at a cocktail party that no one wanted to attend in the first place. You didn't submit a research paper. You submitted a hostage situation.
Selected Comments from Last Week
After each meeting, we ask all who attend to share their thoughts in the Disqus section at the bottom of this page. It's our chance to share impressions and even engage in discussion. Please join in after the program!
Here are 5 selected comments from last week:
"Team Elimu, great work on making the big world a little smaller and people a little closer! To add onto Lisa's prestigious list, I'd like to toss in Radiolab: stories at the intersection between science, philosophy, history, and culture. I will join Stephen in walking the 5k! Who's with us?!" -Andrew Taw, Club Member (California, USA)
"(First, major bummer that I won't be here for the 5K - sounds cool!) It's great to see inspiration become action which becomes opportunity for kids - well done, Sarah, Kelly, Kerry, Jen, and Charles! Lisa, your podcast recommendations are great - we'll have several new enthusiasts as a result of your tidbit. As for Welsh town names, I'm guessing there should be a contest each year to see who can pronounce that one!" -Rushton Hurley, Club President (California, USA)
"I cannot think of a more important goal than to connect students and teachers from different parts of the globe - thank you all for making this wonderful concept come to life!. I also can't help but give a big shoutout for the MERIT program. I believe this is exactly the kind of result that MERIT hopes will happen with all of its participants." -Mark Dohn, Club Member (Michigan, USA)
"Thank you all for sharing your stories of Elimu Safari! Sometimes the world can seem so big, but programs like Elimu Safari (and Rotary!) make that world a little closer. Kerry, I especially love your idea of connecting kids with other kids and having them teach each other. Teaching is one of the best ways to learn, and adding a global aspect to this makes it that much more impactful. Lisa, thanks for those podcast recommendations! This American Life is one of my favorites. And I'll see some of you buddies at Das Brew this Sunday!" -Yvonne Kwan, Club Member (California, USA)
"This was very engaging to listen to and I admire the effort to change perceptions people around the world have of places (in this case, Kenya). I'm going to pass on Global Read Aloud to our school. I'm an international school teacher based in Tokyo, with children from over 50 countries. I would love to have some kind of exchange happen between my school and Elimu Project and partners!" -Nate Gildart, guest (California, USA)
The Program
This week we'll hear from Corinne Takara, an arts educator helping children to see new possibilities through 3D printing.
3D printing is emerging as a powerful tool to engage students in meaningful STEAM journeys (STEAM = science, technology, engineering, arts, and math). By leveraging CAD design and 3D printing, students are building their creative confidence as members of a global community of innovators and are exploring design thinking from new perspectives and angles. A growing body of innovative 3D design challenges are anchoring youth CAD explorations to real-world questions, inviting iteration, collaboration and deep diving into multiple academic strands. By moving students' ideas off the screen and into their hands, 3D printing is empowering students to be active creators who see themselves as contributors to their broader communities and as shapers of their own learning journeys.Corinne Takara is a Bay Area artist who enjoys exploring the intersection of art and technology. The workshops Takara designs for museums, libraries, and K-12 classrooms foster creative confidence and a passion for collaborative design processes. She is a Microsoft Distinguished Educator, TEDx speaker, and a recipient of national and state awards in education. As a daughter of a toy designer, she appreciates the value of fun and play in our educational journeys.
Corinne provided plenty of links to resources that she referred to in her presentation.Example of youth designing for health care needsExample of youth designing for work environmentExtreme Redesign WinnersFree CAD tools:Tinkercad (introductory CAD cloud tool)Sculptris (downloadable free app)Meshmixer (downloadable free app)Blender (downloadable free app)Autodesk Fusion360 (this can be downloaded for a 30 day free trial and for students, this app is free)SketchUpPrinting resources:Shapeways , Hubs , Sunnyvale LibraryThingiverse (3D print community for sharing and downloading 3D print files)3D Print Design Challenges:Future Engineers (Zero gravity 3D print space tool challenge) There will be a new fall challenge soon.Stratasys Extreme Redesign ChallengeScholastic Art & Writing Competition Future This is a new category.3D print wall clad challenge (this challenge ends September 30th, but is still a good topic to frame repeat pattern studies around)Biomimicry Global Design ChallengeLearning resources:The Alum Rock Art & Design Thinking Summer campProject Ignite: a resource for learning CAD tools3D print Calavera project (an Instructable lesson on 3D print sugar skulls)Open Source Element Dress (an Instructable crowd source project that resulted in a bio inspired garment for Vienna Fashion Week)San Jose Library Pop Up Mobile Makerspace (a current 3D print community project in San Jose exploring urban design)My website: http://www.okadadesign.com/
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