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In this talk, John LeMasney will discuss the trials, tribulations, and successes of creating and teaching classes on Arduino as programming at several New Jersey libraries across the state. Arduino is an open source hardware platform for learning about and making electronics prototypes to scratch your own itch. It is a well-supported, low-threshold-of-entry approach of inviting those new to electronics to create their own working circuits at a low monetary cost and little existing knowledge. I'll demonstrate what Arduino is in the larger sense, and why it's fun and easy to get started with Arduino. Presenter: John LeMasney, Owner, LeMasney Consulting, is a technologist, consultant, and open source advocate working in New Jersey and beyond. He often works with schools, businesses and libraries to develop technology-oriented training, programming and solutions for all kinds of people. In this monthly feature of NCompass Live, the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers, will discuss the tech news of the month and share new and exciting tech for your library.

This is still a work in progress - we are currently just using this page to share files between students - stay tuned for updates in build instructions - code and lessons to be included! We are happy to thank 3M and Donorschoose for helping to make this project come to life! Our Sachem East High School Engineering class created a Robot design to be digitally shared across the globe! Print out an IzzyBot body in your favorite color, gather your robot parts listed in the bill of materials, and follow the instructions to learn how to build and program your own robot. Please share your experience and where you are located in the comments section. We are interested to see how this robot is built and used on every continent! We chose Infinite Source Sonar Explorer - or "Izzy" for short - for our name because we were researching robotic parts that could be easily sourced in many places along with it being an open source design for educational use. We were lucky to be funded through DonorsChoose.Org (https://www.donorschoose.org/project/students-design-physical-robots-to-be-sh/2693845) and our donations were matched by 3M. We appreciate all the support for the project and we hope it helps spread open source coding learning resources around the globe!