Bright Possibilities

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  • DI2018-Week3 Recap – Task and Presentation Instant Challenges

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    Following our Week2 meeting, we had our Week3 meet on Nov 4th with 5 kids in attendance. My goal was to cover the following: Warm up: IC: Task – Create new musical instrument from stray items Introduce the concept of “Reflection Time” and “Planning” Discuss Team Conduct and Rules Decide on Team Name Instant Challenge:…

  • Annual Revenue for select companies

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    Yesterday night I was reading about the upcoming earnings season. There was talk about how the stocks of some companies like Google, Microsoft, and Facebook that have soared in the current year. I got curious to understand how the revenues had grown in these companies. The chart illustrates quickly the trajectory of revenue for these…

  • Starting DI2017 Team for Rising Stars

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    Last week I met with 8 other parents who had kids interested in the Destination Imagination Program. In the past 3 years, I had volunteered for DI when my daughter was on DI programs. Now my son is very interested in DI. And this year almost I am forming a team. Over the past 3…

  • Growing problem with Lots of Pictures everywhere

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    For long we had relished the growing power of cameras – good old digital cameras and ever growing set of mobile devices with embedded cameras. We have nearly more than ten devices at our house – smart phones, tablets, laptops, digital camera, etc., that are equipped with cameras. And that means we snap a lot…

  • Rising Stars Destination Imagination team – 2017-2018

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    Destination Imagination (aka DI) offers fun and creative team based challenges for teams of up 4-7 kids. Both my kids had participated in the past few years. It encourages them to learn, create, and share with the team. The teams solve a team wide challenge for the entire year preparing props to show along with…

  • Back from 2017 Seattle Maker Faire

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    Today Manu and I attended the Seattle Maker Faire. Another year of some exciting things shown at the faire. First and foremost Manu wanted to build and race a pinewood derby car 🙂 which he did quickly as soon as we got in. There were several exhibits around that used arduino based controllers, simple metal…

  • Mentoring and Coaching month 1

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    In the summer, one of our friends asked me if I can coach a student interested in Computer Science. Given that I already volunteer with Spark SIP connecting high school students with internships, I said Yes. A few weeks rolled by and then I was introduced to the student. I had a few ideas on projects the…

  • Learning through games – Chess and such

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    A recent article about family game nights in The Atlantic emphasized the importance of games. In this summer there were days we got together as a family and played a variety of indoor games besides some outdoor games. There were two themes that emerged. Rules Driven Games encouraged discipline. Games like Chess, monopoly, cards, Set,…

  • Learning and coaching of Math with NSF

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    This year I had registered as a coach for Math to teach the students in grades 3-5 who register with North South Foundation (NSF). My 7-year old son participated in a spelling bee competition a few months back and came home interested in doing more Math. NSF also has a program to coach students during the…

  • Looking for Better Scout Den App

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    We live in the worst of times with constant lack of time; And we live in the best of times with active kids. Sometimes people say we are living without attention. That said, from my experience as a Den leader for Cub Scouts in 2016-2017 (see the reflection piece), I felt it is important to…