Joan Horvath
joanhorvath.bsky.social
Joan Horvath
@joanhorvath.bsky.social
Cofounder Nonscriptum LLC, author, 3D printer maven, recovering rocket scientist. Teaching math through making. https://www.nonscriptum.com #EduSky #maker #STEM #mathSky #iTeachMath
Math friends: This week is our first time exhibiting at MathFest in Sacramento. Who else will be there?
Can't make it to Sacramento? Our Make: math books can be found at www.makershed.com/collections/... #eduSky #math
August 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Are you looking to get started learning (or teaching) basic electronics, robotics, and similar pursuits? If so, check out our new Hackster Classroom column on @hacksterio.bsky.social.
The first three episodes are up! www.hackster.io/nonscriptum #eduSky #maker
July 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rich Cameron and I will be exhibiting for the first time at MAA's Mathfest in Sacramento August 6-9 (more at maa.org/event/mathfe...). Nonscriptum is at booth 100. Can't make it? Our books:
www.makershed.com/collections/make-author-spotlights-joan-horvath-and-rich-cameron #edusky #makerEd #STEM
July 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you missed it, Rich Cameron and I have started writing a column on maker education for our friends at @hacksterio.bsky.social. . Check out all of our Hackster Classroom articles at www.hackster.io/nonscriptum #maker #eduSky
July 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
We're doing a teacher/parent class in August on our Make: math materials, 3D printing, electronics, and classroom project planning. Join us @ieagifted.bsky.social, Pasadena, CA Aug 11-13. educationaladvancement.org/services/con... #eduSky #math #maker #makerEd
April 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Los Angeles Maker Faire is this Saturday, April 12, from 9-4 in Exposition Park, We are in booth F-10, and at 10:30 I'll be chairing a panel in the Panels tent at the far western end of the venue. Join us! losangeles.makerfaire.com - event is free,but parking can be expensive. #maker
April 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
It's hard to believe that Los Angeles Maker Faire is already coming up April 12! We'll be exhibiting and I'm organizing a panel on incorporating maker materials in education. More at losangeles.makerfaire.com - note that it is a new venue this year, down by USC. #eduSky #maker
March 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Summer's coming! Enroll in our Pasadena courses @ieagifted.bsky.social - session 1 LEGO Mindstorms & electronic wizardry; session 2 Sail'n'Steam (Victorian engineering like the telegraph) and "First Contact" (communicate w/aliens!) educationaladvancement.org/programs/iea... #EduSky #STEMeducation
March 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Coming into the tough part of the semester? Check out our Make: math books to get you through it! www.makershed.com/collections/...
February 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Online 3D printing meetup Wed 2/12 7 PM Pacific to talk about maker tech in cultural heritage and disaster recovery. Sign up to get Zoom link at www.meetup.com/pasadena-3d-... #eduSky #3dpringint #maker #makerEd
February 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Nonscriptum LLC is 10 years old this month! Along the way we've written a pile of books, LinkedIn Learning classes, and taught who knows how many classes. Here we are at Bay Area Maker Faire 2015 and 2024. Check out our projects old and new at nonscriptum.com.
January 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The 2nd edition of Rich Cameron and my 2016 Apress "3D Printed Science Projects, vol 1" book is now available in print, epub and pdf. At publisher's site link.springer.com/book/10.1007... or on Amazon and others. New gears chapter, completely rewritten, Github model repo. #eduSky #makerEd
January 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Know anyone age 11-14 near Pasadena who wants to learn some physics by doing experiments with electronics and 3D printing? Deadline Jan 2 for our 2 PM Wednesdays hands-on physics class. Sign up/more info:
educationaladvancement.org/programs/iea... #stem #eduSky
December 30, 2024 at 5:36 PM
A little holiday peace from the trail around the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Enjoy whatever holiday(s) you celebrate!
December 25, 2024 at 1:48 AM
It's illegal to go into an indie bookstore and not buy something, right? (Well, it should be). So I'll have a little holiday cheer seeing what @gmusser.bsky.social has been up to!
December 23, 2024 at 7:26 PM
If you are thinking about someone who loves math or who wrestles with it, you can check out our hands-on Make: math books, now including a teacher/parent guide to the three subject books. All at www.makershed.com/collections/... #makerEd #maker #StemEducation #EduSky
November 30, 2024 at 6:05 PM
We are teaching at Institute for Educational Advancement for the January-April session! "Sail and Steam" (Wed noon, age 8-10), hands-on advanced physics w/calculus (Wed 2 PM, age 11-14) & LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robots (Wed 4 PM, age 8-10) educationaladvancement.org/programs/iea... #STEMlearning
November 22, 2024 at 6:19 PM