Episode 011: Introducing Art Into STEM Education with Amy Wibowo




Greater Than Code show

Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/CoralineAda"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jessitron"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jessica Kerr</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b> <a href="https://twitter.com/sailorhg"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amy Wibowo<br> </span></a><a href="http://shop.bubblesort.io/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BubbleSort Zines</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><b>00:16</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Welcome to “Trapped in a BinarySort!” …we mean, “Greater Than Code!”</span></p> <p><b>01:21</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – </span><a href="http://stemtosteam.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“STEAM” Education</span></a></p> <p><b>02:36</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Getting Involved in Technology and Being a Maker</span></p> <p><b>05:33</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Making a Zine and Making it (and other things) Inclusive</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bookswithpictures.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Books With Pictures<br> </span></a><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sailorhg/bubblesort-zines-20-moar-computer-science-zines"><span style="font-weight: 400;">[Kickstarter] BubbleSort Zines 2.0: moar computer science zines!</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>We are (currently) listener supported!<br> </b><b>Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon<br> </b></a><b>Thank you, Thomas Schaefer, for your support!</b></p> <p><b>14:03</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Passion for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sailor Moon</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and How it Relates to Teams and Friendship</span></p> <p><b>18:21</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Introducing Art Into STEM</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6071MRIzCA&amp;spfreload=5"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amy Wibowo: Sweaters as a Service – Adventures in Machine Knitting @ Madison+ Ruby<br> </span></a><a href="http://kotaku.com/5939210/this-long-lost-nintendo-knitting-machine-would-have-let-you-make-sweaters-with-your-nes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This Long-Lost Nintendo Knitting Machine Would Have Let You Make Sweaters With Your NES</span></a></p> <p><b>25:36</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Making Websites as a Full-time Career</span></p> <p><b>28:22</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Human-computer Interaction (HCI)</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Research</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Takeaways:</b></p> <p><b>Astrid: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pay more attention to the hobbies that you have. You might be able to build a career out of it!</span></p> <p><b>Sam:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Seeking inspiration in other forms of art.</span></p> <p><b>Coraline:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Art gives us empathy for other people’s experiences.</span></p> <p><b>Jessica:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Art is not an alternative to technology. It is an integral part to doing technology well.</span></p> <p><b>Amy: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Art as admitting you don’t know everything and wanting to create a little bit of alternate reality that other people can look into and understand.</span></p>