#ADA11 – Bonnie Ignico, Art teacher “REACH” teacher…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3FtapkiKWI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcn9Scn9lec
Phil (our creative director at Adafruit, editor @ MAKE) wanted to add his childhood art teacher, Bonnie Ignico. He writes…
I was in this “gifted” program called REACH for kids who got good grades and took a weird test to get in. I was more of an art nerd, but liked math. Anyway, I was maybe 9 or 10 years old when Mrs. Ignico showed us geeks a video called “Why Man Creates”. It blew my mind, from that moment on all I’ve wanted to do is make things.
About today:
Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging (videologging, podcasting, comic drawing etc.!) to draw attention to the achievements of women in technology and science.
Who is your heroine?
Do you remember which women have influenced you over the years?
Perhaps your maths teacher, one of your university lecturers, or a colleague?
This Ada Lovelace Day on October 7, share your story about a woman — whether an engineer, a scientist, a technologist or mathematician — who has inspired you to become who you are today. Write a blog post, record a podcast, film a video, draw a comic, or pick any other way to talk about the women who have been guiding lights in your life. Give your heroine the credit she deserves!
Who was Ada? Ada Lovelace Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was one of the world’s first computer programmers, and one of the first people to see computers as more than just a machine for doing sums. She wrote programs for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, a general-purpose computing machine, despite the fact that it was never built. She also wrote the very first description of a computer and of software.
If you’re looking to spark the mind of a friend, daughter, sister, cousin, mother, aunt, anyone really — electronics is a wonderful hobby and perhaps a career. We’re doing this sale with the hopes of turning on some minds to science, engineering and curiosity about how things work. We hope you enjoy the sale, the projects and the content we have planned for today.
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