About Learning @ Site 3
An important part of Site 3′s vision is to share our skills and knowledge with the community. To that end we’re planning on having a diverse selection of courses and workshops open to the public, aimed at a wide variety of age groups. Many of our members are professionals in their respective fields, and so we’ll be able to offer everything from introductory courses for complete novices all the way up to master classes for more experienced students.
Schedules and formal registration will be announced as they become available. In the meantime, some topics we’re planning on covering soon include:
- Beginner soldering
- Introductory electronics and programming with Arduino
- Networking with Arduino
- Working with EL wire
- Circuit board design
- Introductory welding/metal shop
- Laser-cutter basics
- Wearable electronics
- Geotagging photographs
- Oil-based printmaking
- Stained-glass workshop
- Mold-making
- Making music with Game Boy: intro to chiptunes
And that’s just our initial list! See below for the currently scheduled classes.
If you’re interested in hearing more about courses as information becomes available, sign up for our announcement e-mail list or subscribe to our RSS feed. If you’d like more information, or to “pre-register” for a specific course, please email me directly at jonathan (at-sign) site3.ca.
Event has multiple dates, check the registration page.
his class will take you through the basics of good vector document preparation for any 2-dimensional CNC tool.
This class will cover the steps for using the laser, from creating an image in the proper format to correct and safe operation of the laser itself.
Participants will etch their own class completion certificates, which we'll keep at Site 3 as the way to know who is allowed to use the laser, and will get to do a cut/etch job of their own design to take home.
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Saturday 1st of June - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
YOU WILL LEARN:
How beer is made.
setting up a brewery
designing on sketchup and welding/ fabricating beer related stuff.
steam fitting principles.
process engineering for dummies.
using arduino/ flowmeters/ electronic controls in a brewery.
how to taste beer including flight of 6 beers.
- different styles, techniques/ traditions
- things to look for in beer and tastes to learn.
-how to appreciate/ enjoy beer
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Sunday 2nd of June - 10:00am to 5:00pm
Learn the basics of propane vapor flame effects and get hands-on building experience in this one day class taught by members of the Site 3 Fire Arts team.
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Sunday 2nd of June - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
This class is about the fundamentals of effective data visualization. We'll go over some basic theory and how it informs best (and worst) practices, different types of data and how they may be represented visually, and interactive visualizations. I'll give an overview of various tools that can be used to prepare and visualize data, as well as some popular frameworks and platforms that allow for more custom stuff. There will also be a hands-on component, so bring a laptop. The class will be around 3 hours, maybe longer if people want to keep hacking on stuff. Having some knowledge of programming or scripting would be helpful, but not strictly required.
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Saturday 8th of June - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Since you do know the basics about HTML / CSS already, you will learn how to setup a simple blog app that will look good on a mobile device. Besides an introduction to Ruby on Rails and the Model, View, Controller (MVC) Pattern, we will deploy your app to the cloud from where it will be available to be actually used. We will discuss and work with a selected front-end framework (Twitter Bootstrap) and a Version Control System (git) to make cloud deployments easy for starters (heroku).You need to bring your own laptop to install needed (free) software to get started. If you have an idea for a web app, bring that too, maybe we can put it together during the workshop as a sample.All your money is going to Site3 as a donation to keep this wonderful spot running.This workshop is planned to get you started and enable you to deploy to the cloud to get your app out there. There might be a follow up workshop (advanced) depending on demand.Michael Schwanzer will run this workshop with a german accent.http://michael.schwanzer.info/
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Tuesday 11th of June - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Come on out and learn to use Site 3's 3d printer, the RepRap, with Adam Plavinskis.
Learn to prepare files for a RepRap 3d Printer
Output a very small job.
Learn to calibrate and maintain the 3D printer
Go through some of the pitfalls of custom printing your own insane algorithmic/generative sculptures.
Follows the Laser Class, so you can have a full day of home manufacturing classes!
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