I loved the last LCL, and am excited about LCL2. I enjoyed LCLv1 as it prompted me to reconnect to some of my favorite foundational texts and I’m excited to be part of LCLv2. I graduated from the HGSE TIE program in 2003 and have been pulling Media Lab tools into classes ever since. Next year we are planning to offer five courses in the STEAM Shop: intro electronics (Arduino, Pi, wearable tech, interactive art), Robotics 1 (DIY thru Mindstorms), Robotics 2 (3D design and humanitarian engineering), Intro to Computer Science, and additional sections of MESA. The space is lightly furnished as we are still fundraising and we are considering a “make the makerspace” summer class for students who want to help design & build out the room. We have two student groups using the Pali STEAM Shop this term: our MESA elective () and our VEX robotics club. In January we opened our makerspace, the Pali STEAM Shop (), in an ex-industrial arts classroom with high ceilings, good ventilation, great view of the Santa Monica Mountains. I'm the head of tech at Palisades Charter High School, and independent charter of nearly 3000 students from around LA County. So, I have decided to start a new life as educator for facilitating STEAM competences in young people and not only I am passionate about history,numismatics, astronomy. I have been fascinated by Educational Robotics and after attending the first edition of LCL I have discovered the power of Creative Computing, Scratch and Tinkering in education. So, for instance, I have created and self published, GeoFilm Roma, a book about movies filmed in Rome, that uses QR codes to provide multimedia content via smartphones.
In the meantime, I decided to not to leave anymore ideas to rot in the drawer.
But after three years it was time to change again: technological consultancy and web. It was a great experience, and when you work for your own company, your work is handyman. Around a table with a few friends, one day we asked ourselves: - What about to set up an eLearning company? Yes, let's do it. After a twenty-year career as telecommunication engineer in multinational companies (Cap Gemini Group and Ericsson), I said to myself: it's time to change.
I'm currently working at educational projects about Creative Computing and Educational Robotics, to be proposed mainly for afterschool activities. Hi all, my name is Adriano and I live in Roma, Italy.
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