Computer Clubhouse Outreach Workshops
So it has been a whole month since our last blog posting. I know, I know, far too long. A lot has been going on around here at the Flagship Clubhouse at the Museum of Science here in Boston. We have been trying to do some more outreach in the Boston Community to recruit more youth to come to the Computer Clubhouse. For those of you that don’t know, Harry Potter™: The Exhibition has been here at the Museum of Science, Boston. This has brought in a large number of visitors over the past few months that it has been here, and we decided to try and find a way to use this to our advantage. We decided to try to use this Exhibit as an opportunity to attract outside youth after-school programs to the Museum and then show them what the Computer Clubhouse has to offer. The Harry Potter™ movies required a great deal of science, technology, and art to create them, and these are all things that the Computer Clubhouse has to offer.
We chose to hold educational workshops themed around Harry Potter™: The Exhibition. We would take the outside groups through the exhibit then back to the Clubhouse for some dinner and break them out to 3 different workshops. So we picked 2 dates, January 29th and February 12th to hold them. Well that brings us up to date, where we have already had 1 of these workshops . We had 24 youth attend and we broke them up into 3 different groups, 1 group did a Design Squad/Green Screen workshop, another did a 3D Modeling Google Sketch-up workshop, and the last doing an LED wand workshop. (Photos of the event will follow shortly).
They all went over extremely well and we had incredibly positive responses from the youth that participated. We had a great mix of ages ranging from 6-18 year olds (We had only asked for 10-18 year old youth, but 1 group neglected to acknowledge that). Regardless, all the youth enjoyed their time here at the Museum and the Computer Clubhouse. It was a great chance to explore new ideas, and we found it greatly successful to try and theme some group activities around Pop Culture and movies. Once we get the pictures and video up of the event it will be easier to explain and see how well these workshops went. If you are interested in hearing more about these workshops or want to know how we went about making the LED wands or anything else that went on, please feel free to comment and let us know!
I hope this year has been treating all of you well, and keep your eyes open for more blog postings and pictures coming soon!
