Hive Denver

Thanks to the folks at Imagine 2020 for hosting the "Creating Diverse Audiences for Dynamic Community Engagement" workshop this afternoon. The key takeaways were the need for a serious commitment to cultural diversity and to have no fear in seeking support.

Adobe Creative Jam

We attended the Creative Jam this week at Galvanize's Platte Space and had the opportunity to listen to three great presentations from local designers: Andy Burdin, Anh Phan and Marke Johnson.

Institute of Play & A Summer of Minecraft

Institute of Play is working with a global, youth-oriented company called Connected Camps, which will be bringing a Summer of Minecraft to kids everywhere this July. Summer of Minecraft is the first-of-its-kind virtual camp where kids ages 9-13 will level up in Minecraft with expert counselors and other campers in a safe, moderated, multiplayer environment. While there is a modest fee to enroll in the camp itself (having access to the moderated servers and counselors), all the learning materials, including 4 weeks worth of design challenges are online events are open and free, so that as many kids as possible can take part. And we’ve partnered with LA public libraries to offer a face-to-face version of the camp to kids who don’t have access to Minecraft at home. Registration for Summer of Minecraft will open on March 12.

http://staging.connectedcamps.com/

Welcome to Connected Camps Connected Camps: A Summer of Minecraft An online summer camp where kids login from home and can learn everything from the basics of building to advanced coding skills in Minecraft, all in a safe multiplayer environment. Registration opens on March 12th. Join the mailing list to be notified.

Looking to get engaged in badging? Check out the Mozilla Backpack.

https://backpack.openbadges.org/backpack/login

Mozilla Backpack

Great meeting with Bryce Miller, the Director of Cultural Policy at the Biennial of the Americas, to discuss programming at the soon to be announced Biennial Pavillon.

Great Hive Denver Meeting at the Denver Public Library. Thanks to everyone for the great ideation session around summer Hive events!

Event Reminder: Hive Denver Meet Up Tuesday @ 5:30 @ Main Branch of Denver Public Library in the Training Room on 7th floor

Nic Askew has created some great short documentaries on connected learning & reimagining education:
http://nicaskew.com/collection/reimagining-education/

Nic Askew | Soul Biographies & Other Works » Reimagining Education The MacArthur Foundation backed the Digital and Media Learning Hub (University of California Humanities Research Institute) to re-imagine the experience of education and schooling. In the last 5 years they have spent close to $500 million in research. Connected Learning is the outcome.

Design for Equity Challenge Jan 16th
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/imaginarium-design-for-equity-challenge-tickets-14923766387

Imaginarium Design for Equity Challenge We are excited to introduce the first Imaginarium Design Challenge of the year, an event open to anyone interested in , , , and ! For this event, we're bringing together tech entrepreneurs, startups, non-profits, for-profits, civic and community leade…

Boulder Mini Maker Faire Jan 31-Feb 1
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boulder-mini-maker-faire-2015-tickets-13490282799?aff=eac2

Boulder Mini Maker Faire 2015 The Greatest Show and Tell on Earth! Join us for the first-ever Boulder Mini Maker Faire on January 31st and February 1st at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. We'll be celebrating the hacker, tinkerer, woodworker, silversmith, coder, drone pilot, baker and candlestick maker! You will be amazed -- and…

"Radical Ideas for Reinventing College" with d.school's Sandra Stein Greenberg http://dschool.stanford.edu/fellowships/2014/10/02/a-problem-we-should-all-be-interested-in/

'A problem we should all be interested in' Wired, yes that Wired, held their first Wired by Design, bringing leading designers to Sausalito and Marin to share new and interesting ideas around a variety of topics. Stanford d.school Executive Director, Sarah Stein Greenberg was among the speakers, delivering the four prompts of Stanford 2025,…

The Future of Making from the Institute for the Future: http://www.iftf.org/our-work/people-technology/technology-horizons/the-future-of-making/the-future-of-making-map/

IFTF: The Future of Making Map Two future forces, one mostly social, one mostly technological, are intersecting to transform how goods, services, and experiences—the “stuff” of our world—will be designed, manufactured, and distributed over the next decade. An emerging do-it-yourself culture of “makers” is boldly voiding warrantie…