The Next Bette Nesmith Graham: Inspiring The Next Generation of Female Makers
Maker Faire Bay Area 2018
May 18th-20th
Dr. Azi Jamalian, Head of Education Strategy at littleBits, joins a panel of educators and designers to discuss the practice and importance of closing the gender gap in the maker community by making technology tools accessible to everyone regardless of their gender.
Dr. Azi Jamalian
Azadeh (Azi) Jamalian, PhD, is the Head of Education Strategy at littleBits, an award-winning platform of easy-to-use electronic building blocks that is empowering kids everywhere to create inventions, large and small. Azadeh has a PhD in Cognitive Studies in Education from Teachers College Columbia University, and has published journal articles and book chapters on a broad range of topics.
https://littlebits.com
Michelle Lee
Michelle Lee is a Portfolio Director, leading IDEO’s Design for Play team. She’s spent more than ten years at IDEO bringing engaging and interactive experiences to market. Michelle leverages principles of play to create impactful products and services for key clients across industries, including health, finance, education, food and beverage, consumer products, and mobility.
Mitchell Malpartida
Mitchell Malpartida is the founder of Masterful Creations STEAM Academy as well as a seasonal adjunct at Loyola Marymount University. He is also a littleBits Lead Educator, and advocates STEAM via volunteer school visits, workshops, social media and collaboration with schools to inspire future makers with technology and storytelling.
Christina Whitmire
Christina has over 25 years of experience teaching almost every grade level, in both traditional and charter, online school settings. Currently, she is proud to serve as the District Ed Tech ToSA in the Oakley Union Elementary School District (California). Some of the subjects that I have taught include Technology/Computers, Spanish, Leadership, Adolescent Skills and Kindergarten.
Jackie Tan
Jackie Tan is a maker educator at South Tahoe Middle School where she started the first dedicated makerspace in her school district. She has been awarded many grants specifically targeting tech tools to attract girls into the Maker Lab. She has a masters degree in Product Design from Stanford University where she was the first female machine shop teaching assistant in the Product Realization Lab.
