SFPC:The First Class at
Eyebeam Art and Technology Center.
November 22nd, 2013
Presented by Taeyoon Choi, Co-founder of SFPC
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SFPC: The First Class
This presentation is dedicated to the First Class of SFPC
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I’d like to invite you to a day in SFPC in
33 Flatbush, Downtown Brooklyn.
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We had four main teachers
who are also co-founders of SFPC.
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Zach
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Jen
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Amit
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Taeyoon
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Out of 60+ amazing applicants, we accepted 15 students
from around the world as the first class.
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Most classes were planned weekly, but schedule was variable upon
needs of the students and availability of teachers.
Myself and Zach were in school 4+ days/ week to help students and
also take care of administration. Casey also helped with admin.
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There were classes on coding and hacking.
* Zach explaining how pixels work in a morning class
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There is poetics in the nature of computation:
the place where logic meets electricity,
and math meets language, which we find beautiful.
* Learning logic gates with low level electronics in Taeyoon’s class
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Zach taught Input and Output and many other classes.
Amit taught Learning Curve.
Jen taught Math for Artists and Art for Mathists and organized
Open Dinners.
Taeyoon taught Drawings and circuits, and organized Art of
walking.
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We planned classes for experimenting
with teaching and learning.
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Jen’s Open Dinner was communal cooking and sharing
food and thoughts with special guests.
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Taeyoon’s Art of Walking was walking and reading
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What mattered was sharing time to make situations,
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writing code and reading essays.
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After few weeks, we started to call homework as ‘Propositions’.
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Most importantly, student lead workshops ruled.
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A lot of time just talking
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Debugging together
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Explaining how pixels work
Explaining how pixels work
being attentive and present
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and selflessly helping one another
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Everyday we met
our rockstars
*30+ visiting artists
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Bret Victor
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Ramsey Nasser
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Brian House
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Adam Magyar
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Takahiro Yamaguchi
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Paola Antonelli
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Jacob Tonski
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Caitlin Morris
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April 17th, 2013
Christine Sun Kim
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Dan Phiffer
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Kyle McDonald
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Syd Lieberman
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Golan Levin
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Zach Gage
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Brian Droitcour
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Jürg Lehni
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And so many more
*full list on http:/
/sfpc.io/thefirstclass
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and, everyday we found
our new rockstars
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Through small
victories
* Meet the students from SFPC:The First Class