Tinkercad is Back

Great news for us fans of Tinkercad. Autodesk is going to bring it back to life!  

TMMakers 3D prints coming back

The "Engineering & Design" club I'm coaching, called TMMakers, got a batch of printed 3D objects back last week:

Too bad Tinekrcad is shutting down!  We can still use our academic license until August, but I'm looking for alternatives that meet our needs.

"Growth Ray" at NFFTY

My son's short film, "Growth Ray", was selected  by the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY.org). It will debut this month at the SIFF Uptown in Seattle. Yay, Kyle! He is the youngest director this year; the festival is for directors 22 and younger.

Kyle wrote, directed, and starred, and I led the special effects. Follow @growthray, or go to http://facebook.com/growthray or http://growthray.com .

"From STEM to STICK" now on YouTube

"Ignite Seattle" just put the speaker videos online from the night  in August, when I presented "From STEM to STICK: How to Raise Engineers".

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkosNHAd_0U&feature=plcp

(I sound rushed because it's a five-minute format where slides advance
on you automatically, so I rushed.)

From STEM to STICK (slides/video)

It looks like Ignite Seattle got a slide-based version of my August talk, "From STEM to STICK", online (video + slides).

GoldieBlox

I'm backing GoldieBlox, a Kickstarter project to make a fun reading/building toy for girls.  It seems well thought out. More like this, please.

Ignite Seattle

I just had a great time speaking at Ignite Seattle 17. My talk was "From STEM to STICK: How to Raise Engineers".  If you're interested in that, contact me.  Thanks to folks who gave me positive feedback after :-)

The STEM club's blog is at http://laserclub.blogspot.com .
I've set up a From STEM to STICK site to hold links to the concept, etc.