The Fund for Public Schools is excited to announce that Ayah Bdeir and Fred Wilson have joined our Board of Directors. As Board members, Bdeir and Wilson will support The Fund in building on its success piloting innovative projects, scaling outcome-driven initiatives, and responding to emerging needs across the NYC DOE, especially as we continue to lead the NYC Schools COVID-19 Response Effort. Both plan to leverage their extensive networks across the technology and business sectors to pave the way for new public-private partnerships, such as supporting the NYC Department of Education in expanding the role technology can play in ensuring continued learning and equitable outcomes for the City’s 1.1 million students.
Stop breadboarding and soldering – start making immediately! Adafruit’s Circuit Playground is jam-packed with LEDs, sensors, buttons, alligator clip pads and more. Build projects with Circuit Playground in a few minutes with the drag-and-drop MakeCode programming site, learn computer science using the CS Discoveries class on code.org, jump into CircuitPython to learn Python and hardware together, TinyGO, or even use the Arduino IDE. Circuit Playground Express is the newest and best Circuit Playground board, with support for CircuitPython, MakeCode, and Arduino. It has a powerful processor, 10 NeoPixels, mini speaker, InfraRed receive and transmit, two buttons, a switch, 14 alligator clip pads, and lots of sensors: capacitive touch, IR proximity, temperature, light, motion and sound. A whole wide world of electronics and coding is waiting for you, and it fits in the palm of your hand.
Have an amazing project to share? The Electronics Show and Tell is every Wednesday at 7pm ET! To join, head over to YouTube and check out the show’s live chat – we’ll post the link there.
