by Terri Willingham | Sep 18, 2014 | Creativity, Makers, Roboticon, Uncategorized
We had a terrific time showcasing our projects and programs at Maker Faire Orlando September 13 & 14, and making new maker friends!. It’s always wonderful to see the amazing things people are making and doing, in their garages, in makerspaces, in libraries,...
by Terri Willingham | Sep 11, 2014 | Creativity, Events, Makers, Roboticon, science, Uncategorized
It with great gratitude that we recognize Hillsborough County for their generous support of ROBOTICON Tampa Bay 2014 and Gulf Coast MakerCon 2015, through EDI2 Economic Development grants. Hillsborough County recognizes the added academic and long term career value...
by Terri Willingham | Aug 22, 2014 | Civil Rights, Creativity, knowledge, Makers, science, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
They worked as riveters, buckers, sanders, welders, crane operators, bus drivers, uniform makers, bullet makers, parachute folders, clerical workers, assembly line workers, Red Cross and so much more. They were teenagers, young adult to senior citizens. They came...
by Terri Willingham | Aug 6, 2014 | activism, civic engagement, Creativity, Life, Makers, social justice, Society, Uncategorized
For us westerners chocolate is just one more thing. It’s inconsequential. We like to eat it, sometimes we get delighted by it for a minute. … We don’t think about it and the incredible effort and resources that are required to make it. We take it for...
by Terri Willingham | Aug 4, 2014 | Creativity, Events, Libraries, Makers, Uncategorized
We had a great time meeting with a terrific group of forward thinking Tampa Bay Library Consortium members today, at the Bruton Memorial Library in Plant City, who came out for our Creative Programming for the 21st Century Library workshop. About 20 librarians,...
by Terri Willingham | Aug 2, 2014 | art, Creativity, education, Life, Makers, Society, TEDx, Theresa Williingham, travel, Uncategorized
Life is short and you need to do what you wanna do, what you have a passion for… The thing is you gotta dream big and that’s all there is, you just gotta dream big… Ritch Branstrom While on a trip to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan recently, we stayed at a...
