CALLING ALL TEENS (13-18)- COME ENJOY A FREE AFTERNOON OF DIGITAL AWESOMENESS!

The Maker Space @ NYSCI is super excited to be hosting our first "Learning Labs Pop-Up" on Saturday, February 16th from 1-4pm. A social environment with fun, engaging, youth driven activities! Check out the Maker Space blog to see what we have been up to. http://makerspace.nysci.org/

There will be MUSIC, GAMES, FOOD, PRIZES and Creativity Stations, such as:

MOZILLA WEB MAKER: Make AWESOME stuff on the web. Build your own webpage. Pick up some coding skills (HTML & CSS). Remix a youtube video. Create a meme....Become a Webmaker! (https://webmaker.org/en-US/)

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Work NYSCI's Explainer TV and create digital images and video to share with the world!

http://www.youtube.com/user/explainerTUBE

3D PRINTING: Design and print a personalized keychain with a Makerbot 3D Printer & Mike from Pixel Academy (www.pixelacademy.org)

COMPUTER ANIMATION: Work with 3D Models or create your own and animate them using Blender.  Ray From NYSCI will walk you through the steps to make a quick short or hang around and create your masterpiece!

BEAT MAKING: Remix, record & create your own digital beats with World Up! http://worldup.org/blog/

HACK A GREETING CARD: Modify the circuitry to create and manipulate the prerecorded cheesy song that it comes with!

FORCED PERSPECTIVE IMAGING: Use your cellphone camera to create forced perspective images with various toys and printed images.

SOUND RECORDING: Use a contact microphone to listen to, record & sample sounds from everyday objects. Grab a hanger, listen to a doorknob, bang on a table and record your own Experimental Sound Project. Then add it to your animation film or your Digital Beat you made with World Up!

If you would like more info or have any questions please contact Anthony at anegron@nysci.org