How about Hacker Scouts for adults (big children)?
At the LA Makerspace, the Hacker Scouts program (Los Hackers) has a focus on kids but is open to all ages.
Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
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Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#12Be prepared to know them by a different name if the BSA gets its way: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/19/bsa-to-hacker-scouts-change...
Does the BSA ever do anything right?
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#13I like the welding thing in particular. Its of little use to me in my life, but just the learning process was of benefit.
Its a different kind of focus when you know that a wrong move will electrocute you. (230V AC arc welding). I learned a lot about my own learning style that day.
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#14Be prepared to know them by a different name if the BSA gets its way: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/19/bsa-to-hacker-scouts-change...
Does the BSA ever do anything right?
Nationally, they seem to have their heads and hearts in the wrong place often, but at the local level some of the best people I've every met were involved in scouting and I'm very happy for the time I was in the program.
And yeah, Hacker Scouts is probably going to have to change their name. I'm not really sold one way or another on it, but from what I can tell you can blame congress in the early 1900s for giving scouting some pretty broad rights/privileges.
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#15Be prepared to know them by a different name if the BSA gets its way: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/19/bsa-to-hacker-scouts-change...
I wonder why they chose to use images of BSA merit badges in that badge tree (shown in the article) while this is going on.
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#16Be prepared to know them by a different name if the BSA gets its way: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/19/bsa-to-hacker-scouts-change...
They already did. Hacker Scouts is going to change their name. I don't know to what though
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/09/25/1854257/boy-scouts-b...
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#17Be prepared to know them by a different name if the BSA gets its way: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/19/bsa-to-hacker-scouts-change...
I wonder why they chose to use images of BSA merit badges in that badge tree (shown in the article) while this is going on.
They didn't.
All the badges were either offered on Adafruit, a few non-BSA sites, or designed by Hacker Scouts. Hacker Scouts has permission to use all the badges for the skills it teaches. For reference, here are the BSA badges: http://www.boyscouttrail.com/boy-scouts/bsa-merit-badges.asp
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#18Looks like they are trying to raise money for their Oakland HQ (and are falling short): http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/832476585/hacker-scouts-...
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#19Don't mean to start a flame war, but I think this is a better approach than those "make an iPad app" camps for kids.
Re: Hacker Scouts teaches children Linux, robotics, and welding
#20Be prepared to know them by a different name if the BSA gets its way: http://boingboing.net/2013/08/19/bsa-to-hacker-scouts-change...
They already did. Hacker Scouts is going to change their name. I don't know to what though http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/09/25/1854257/boy-scouts-b...
"Boy Hackers of America" I hope (joke not my own).