Our group formed July 22, 2016. We started teaching kids project management skills 5 months later (Dec. 3, 2016). To date we’ve completed 4 Introduction to Project Management and Leadership classes and 5 kids’ projects. Our work is Pro Bono, however if you’d like to contribute to the kids program you can do so through our partner the MADE (Museum of Art and Digital Education) by clicking here. Although our expenses are very low, the MADE allows us to have our classes at their facilities and covers our expenses which for now are very low. The more contributions we receive the bigger projects we can do.
To learn more about our programs, see our Portfolio / Summary of Classes & Projects section and see our calendar below for information regarding upcoming classes, projects and events.
Our Calendar of Events is at the bottom of this page.
Help support our first real project
The PJMan & The StarGazers Kids will use the Project Management and Leadership skills they’ve learn to plan, monitor and execute this project. In addition, they will develop their own marketing plan, logo, branding and communications plan. We’ve been meeting twice a month since December 2017 to prepare for this project as well as our Remember Them project. To learn more, click here.
Thank you Facebook Family and Friends……
We are extremely excited to announce that the MADE was invited to teach Scratch classes at Facebook’s 2018 Hackathon for the family of their employees. In turn, the MADE asked our kids to teach 3 classes. Saturday, August 4, 2018 the PJMan & The StarGazers Kids did an excellent job of teaching beginning Scratch skills to kids ages 5 years old and up at Facebook’s headquarters. …more coming soon
As promised, for attendee…. Click here to obtain information regarding the information we shared.
Next on Deck….
Free PJMan & The StarGazers Graduates’ Kids Project Management & Leadership Classes
2nd and 3rd Saturdays,
October 13th
He’s Back…… Takeo Kimura: PM w/Intel for Autonomous Cars
and he’s teaching….
Introduction to Raspberry Pi Using Scratch, Music and Vocals
to use AI in the Physical World,
To learn more, click here
Sorry, registration is closed – we’re at full capacity (Sat. Oct. 6, 2018 3pm)
October 20th Graduate will be going to San Francisco there will be no class. Graduates meet at the MADE at 8am. We will leave at 8:30am.
Next Graduate Classes
November 10th & 17th
December 8th & 15th
8am – 2pm
@ The MADE (Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment)
3400 Broadway Oakland, CA
All kids are welcome to come and participate; however project management roles are reserved for graduates first. Our kids are friendly and welcoming so there have been no issues regarding roles and they are all good roles and everyone is learning about all the roles. We’re learning many skills in a fun and effective way.
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Introduction to Project Management Classes for kids are offered 3 times per year. Check the calendar at the bottom of this page, class posting below and/or Eventbrite (PJMan & The StarGazers) for next class. Read more…
Next Speakers in our Speaker Series…
To Be Announces (TBA)…
Topics:
Understanding AI
Coding Robots / Self Driving Car Using Raspberry Pi
How to Build Your Own Computer w/ CompUbuild
Ongoing Classes provided by our partner, the MADE (Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment)
The MADE (Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment)
3400 Broadway Oakland, CA
Free for Kids 7 years old & up
Learn how to program Scratch Video Game at the MADE
Every Saturday from 10am to 11:30am except holidays (check calendar)
Interested in learning more about Robotics,
The MADE has a Robotics club that meets every other Sunday 1 p.m.- 2:30 p.m. Check the calendar for specific dates. Teens between the ages of 9-16 are encouraged to join. The club will focus on the following technologies:
Jan
13
Sat
2018
8am – 9:30am at The Remember Them Monument in Kaiser Memorial Park (19th Street & Rashida Muhammad Street – between Telegraph and MLK, Jr.). In the event it rains, we will meet at the MADE (3400 Broadway CA – half block north of Piedmont & Broadway)
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10 am @ The MADE (Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment)
3400 Broadway Oakland, CA 3400 Broadway CA – half block north of Piedmont & Broadway
This is a combined Celebration of the first anniversary of PJMan & The StarGazers Kids program, our partnership with the MADE (Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment https://www.themade.org/ ), the 2017 Graduation of kids who completed the Introduction to Project Management and Leadership class and our second Speaker Series session where we will kick off our 6th project for kids. The kids they will take 1 or more of the 25 humanitarians and 8 elected officials representing 34th Street and Broadway in Oakland area, Rashida Mustafa Muhammad (where the monument is located) and create a website, game, video , app and other documents from their research to honor that person.
We are also honored to have Oakland Native Mario Chiodo as our guest speaker. Mario is the artist of the Remember Them monument which sits at 19th Street and Rashida Muhammad Street. A smaller version can also be found at the Oakland Kaiser hospital off Broadway.
We will also take this opportunity to acknowledge Martin Luther Kings’ birthday and do something in recognition of National Day of Service.
To learn more about the Remember Them Monument, click here.
Poem by Mario Chiodo, click here
To register, click here.
Jan
14
Sun
2018
Willie is organizing an event for kids with Kodama World. The Eventbrite posting is below.
Jan
20
Sat
2018
All kids are welcome to come and participate; however project management roles are reserved for graduates first. There are a lot of skills that can be learned in a fun and effective way.
PJMan & The StarGazers Graduate Kids will continue Working on Projects:
8am – 9am Personal Website Development
9am – 10am App Review and Development
10am – 11am Asante Africa Crowdfund Planning (https://asanteafrica.org/)
11am – 12pm Remember Them Project Plan Development and Framing (http://remember-them.org/monument-facts.html)
12pm – 2pm Play in Museum and/or continue working on projects To register, click here:
Jan
27
Sat
2018
This is an Introductory Project Management class for kids hosted by Sonja C. Stewart of PJMan & The StarGazers. This is a 3-part series where students will receive an overview of the principals of Project Management within a context where they can start using what they learn with their school projects and assignments. The Scratch Video Game Programming and Drawing classes are also required. Registration for this class will automatically register your child for the Scratch Video Game Programming and Drawing classes. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-introduction-to-project-management-for-kids-using-scratch-to-create-video-games-drawings-tickets-41683806387
Feb
3
Sat
2018
This is an Introductory Project Management class for kids hosted by Sonja C. Stewart of PJMan & The StarGazers. This is a 3-part series where students will receive an overview of the principals of Project Management within a context where they can start using what they learn with their school projects and assignments. The Scratch Video Game Programming and Drawing classes are also required. Registration for this class will automatically register your child for the Scratch Video Game Programming and Drawing classes. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-introduction-to-project-management-for-kids-using-scratch-to-create-video-games-drawings-tickets-41683806387
Feb
10
Sat
2018
This is an Introductory Project Management class for kids hosted by Sonja C. Stewart of PJMan & The StarGazers. This is a 3-part series where students will receive an overview of the principals of Project Management within a context where they can start using what they learn with their school projects and assignments. The Scratch Video Game Programming and Drawing classes are also required. Registration for this class will automatically register your child for the Scratch Video Game Programming and Drawing classes. To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-introduction-to-project-management-for-kids-using-scratch-to-create-video-games-drawings-tickets-41683806387
Feb
17
Sat
2018
All kids are welcome to come and participate; however project management roles are reserved for graduates first. There are a lot of skills that can be learned in a fun and effective way.
Introduction to Project Management Classes for kids are offered 2 times per year. Check this calendar, Eventbrite (PJMan & The StarGazers) and/or www.pjmanthestargazers.com for next class.
PJMan & The StarGazers Graduate Kids will continue Working on Projects:
8 – 9:15 am Asante Africa Crowdfund Planning (https://asanteafrica.org/)
9:15 – 10am Remember Them Project Plan Development and Framing (http://remember-them.org/monument-facts.html)
10 – 11:30 am Scratch Video Game Programming
11:30 – 12pm Play in Museum
12 – 1 pm Computer Graphics or Continues App Development
To register, click here:
Feb
24
Sat
2018
All kids are welcome to come and participate; however project management roles are reserved for graduates first. There are a lot of skills that can be learned in a fun and effective way.
Introduction to Project Management Classes for kids are offered 2 times per year. Check this calendar, Eventbrite (PJMan & The StarGazers) and/or www.pjmanthestargazers.com for next class.
PJMan & The StarGazers Graduate Kids will continue Working on Projects:
8 – 9:15 am Asante Africa Crowdfund Planning (https://asanteafrica.org/)
9:15 – 10am Remember Them Project Plan Execution & Work on Personal Websites (http://remember-them.org/monument-facts.html)
10 – 11:30 am Scratch Video Game Programming
11:30 – 12pm Play in Museum
12 – 1 pm Computer Graphics or Continues App Development
To register, click here:
Mar
10
Sat
2018
All kids are welcome to come and participate; however project management roles are reserved for graduates first. There are a lot of skills that can be learned in a fun and effective way.
Introduction to Project Management Classes for kids are offered 2 times per year. Check this calendar, Eventbrite (PJMan & The StarGazers) and/or www.pjmanthestargazers.com for next class.
PJMan & The StarGazers Graduate Kids will continue Working on Projects:
8am – 9am Asante Africa Crowdfund Project Launch (https://asanteafrica.org/)
9am – 10am Personal & Remember Them Project Website Development (http://remember-them.org/monument-facts.html)
10am – 11:30 am Scratch Video Game Programming Class
11:30 am – 12pm Play in Museum
12pm – 2pm Continue working on projects ( May include Computer Graphics w/ Jack Pryne)
To register, click here:
Mar
17
Sat
2018
All kids are welcome to come and participate; however project management roles are reserved for graduates first. There are a lot of skills that can be learned in a fun and effective way.
Introduction to Project Management Classes for kids are offered 2 times per year. Check this calendar, Eventbrite (PJMan & The StarGazers) and/or www.pjmanthestargazers.com for next class.
PJMan & The StarGazers Graduate Kids will continue Working on Projects:
8am – 9am Asante Africa Crowdfund Project Execution, Monitoring, & Control (https://asanteafrica.org/)
9am – 10am Personal & Remember Them Project Website Development (http://remember-them.org/monument-facts.html)
10am – 11:30 am Scratch Video Game Programming Class
11:30 am – 12pm Play in Museum
12pm – 2pm Continue working on projects ( May include Computer Graphics w/ Jack Pryne)
To register, click here:
