Education

Committees are voluntary groups, formed by members in order to achieve certain goals.
To join this committee, contact the committee chairperson. See Rules and Policies#Committees for more information.

interactive classroom

About

Education is one of the primary directives of the Dallas MakerSpace. Our committee is to assist and further this goal.
The Education committee consists of 3 primary divisions:\

1. Classroom facilities. Making sure there are monitors, projectors, cables, power strips, video adaptors, sound, white boards… Everything to promote a learning environment and support the teachers.\
2. Calendar Software. It is more than scheduling classes, events, and rooms. Open-source, developed for the MakerSpace. Managing requirements and development is part of this too.\
3. Teacher Development. Helping teachers begin at the MakerSpace, and helping them become better teachers.\

Discussions

Talk (primary method of contacting the committee is to use/tag @Team_Education)
Discord (permanent link to #education channel on the Dallas Makerspace discord server)

Leadership

Position	Name	Talk Handle	Sub Committee
Chairperson	John Gorman	(@talkers)
Vice-Chair	Nancee Heim	(@designcat)	Teacher Development
Vice-Chair	Bill Gee	(@Bill)	Classroom Facilities / Calendar Software
Vice-Chair	Cairenn Day	(@Cairenn_Day)

(Committee Election on Calendar)^[1]

Members

First Name	Last Name	Talk Handle
Doug	Emes	(@dougemes)
Jen	Emes	(@bookpixie)
Anne	Gullett	(@AnneGullett)
Kris	Anderson	(@kriskat30)
Brady	Pamplin	(@bpamplin)
Neil	Lemons	(@Neil_Lemons)
Mell	Rhodes	(@MellissaRhodes)
Jo	Paden	(@mojop)
Mike	Fedyk	(@Mike_Fedyk)
Peter	Alexander	(@peteralexander)
Anita	Willis	(@meanbaby)
Max	Kirkland	(@maxk68)
Steve	Wynne	(@lordrook)
Nathan	Kirkland	(@Nate)
John	Norine	(@jnorine)
Richard	Martin	(@dataguy)
Dick	Stacey

Footnote for Members^[2]

How To Join

Any of the following methods will work

1. Add your name to this section, and the committee leadership will update the wiki listing above
2. Attend a committee meeting and ask
3. Contact the Chair/Vice-Chairs via talk PM
4. Volunteer

Education Wiki Links

• Training_Development_SIG
• Rooms_Guide_page
• Classes
• Classroom
• So_You_Want_to_Teach_A_Class
• Class_FAQs

note: pulling links, many of which are very old. Will work on updating / pruning etc throughout summer 2019

Meetings

• Education_Committee_Meeting_20190518 ^[3]
• Education_Committee_Meeting_20190707 ^[4]
• Education_Committee_Meeting_20190907 ^[5]

References

1. ↑ (Spring 2019 Election Meeting - posting on talk by chairperson announcing vice-chairs)
2. ↑ (Spring 2019 Election Meeting - attendees and minutes)
3. ↑ (May 2019 Meeting)
4. ↑ (July 2019 Meeting)
5. ↑ (September meeting scheduled)