Teachers...do you ever feel that your non-educator friends just don't understand your job? So do we! We are a group of young teachers looking to make new friends, share best teaching practices, network and just hang out. Let's get together over drinks or coffee...or let's go for a hike! Feel free to suggest activities and bring your awesome educator friends with you! We look forward to meeting you!

A group of dedicated educators and students, united in the spirit of developing a community of passionate evangelists to provide ALL K-12 learners with free, high-quality, customizable digital resources to transform education globally.

This is a project to develop a virtual museum documenting the early use of computers to promote learning and education (approximately 1970 to 1990). I have a huge collection of documents and artifacts housed in an office in Milpitas, CA. There are old computers and computer controlled toys, hundreds of programs developed to teach you-name-it, newsletters from early computer clubs, research reports, books and magazines, personal correspondence and much more. Most of this material is not currently …

This is a group for anyone interested in education and learning. If you LOVE teaching, learning or simply sharing ideas and experiences with others, I invite you to join.

This is a network for educators, designers, critical thinkers, makers and educational reform junkies starting up make spaces and design thinking curriculum at schools in the Bay Area. This group will meet to gain much needed collaboration and real face time with like-minded people working hard to reform education. Never underestimate the creative power of a beer, a napkin, a pen and a good conversation!

Please join us for a lively discussion of emerging developments in PreK-12 digital learning in and across formal and informal environments. Co-hosted by Stanford University Graduate School of Education Professor Roy Pea with the U.S. Department of Education's Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology and OET's Deputy Director, Richard Culatta, this meet up will be of interest to you as an ed-tech innovator or entrepreneur; learning sciences and technology researcher; or innov …

This group is the West Coast version of the Manhattan-based ed tech meet up that brings educators, ed tech entrepreneurs and investors together to create a cultural shift in the way we teach, learn and thrive as a community. We have teacher panels, entrepreneur presentations and investor feedback in a bi-monthly meetup series. It's a great place to talk about apps, community, politics, funding, education, training and professional development for a 21st Century global education system.

Calling all Python/Android Developers! I'd love for us to be able to change education with Open Access! We'll meet once a month near Y Combinator. Events will include Prizes, Red Bull, Snacks & more...

If you are obsessed with the power of technology to influence learning, then this group is for you! This group is for any parent, educator or child that is interested in teaching other kids to code. Makers, hackers and techies are encouraged to join. Have you ever used MIT's Scratch, Alice, Kodu or GameStar Mechanic to learn programming or teach others, then we'd love to hear your experiences and wisdom to help prepare our kids for the future.

BayLISA is the premiere system adminstration user group in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in the very early 90s after the fourth Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference, BayLISA has supported and educated systems, network, storage, virtualization, and other technology professionals in the Bay Area for over 20 years. We use Meetup to coordinate meeting attendance, announcements, and reminders. We have our official organizational presence on the web, inc …

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Want to explore technology, science, and music, film? Take free classes from https://www.udacity.com/ and https://www.coursera.org/ and collaborate with a group to discover! These classes are great help whether you are building a startup or just want to keep updated on technology and arts. Feel free to post a discussion event through the "Suggest a New Meetup" feature.

EdTech Silicon Valley is a group that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and other innovators to create a better education future. We meet up to learn about the latest news, meet the coolest new companies, hear from industry leading speakers and be inspired to contribute to the education revolution.

We believe that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone. We’re building a community biology lab for amateurs, inventors, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to experiment with friends. Welcome to BioCurious Visit the BioCurious homepage http://www.BioCurious.org BioCurious Community Lab Opened in Sunnyvale, CA; Fall 2011! Join the discussion at Google Groups http://groups.google.com/group/biocurious Our successful Kickstarter campaign (http://biocu …

Welcome to the Microsoft Store Valley Fair Meetup group! We're happy you're here. Our group is for everyone who is interested in attending free events at the store, including workshops on Windows or Office, business networking events, field trips, Xbox tournaments, and Kinect gaming events, to name a few. We offer these free classes in our state-of-the-art theater, equipped with a 103" touchscreen TV, podium, microphones, and amazing audio system. Our awesome trainers will reveal the simple secr …

The Technology Frontiers Collaborative (TFC) is dedicated to sustained and sustaining innovation. The TFC invites all stakeholders at the frontiers of science and technology to exchange information, get educated, and promote best practices and policies for operating at the leading edge in their fields. Through its collaborative forums, TFC encourages the proliferation of scientific breakthroughs and high-impact enabling technologies, and their translation to commercial products and services.

This group is for founders of start-ups that are looking to raise initial angel, seed or Tier 1 venture funding. This group also welcome Investors and Fundraising consultants. This group is managed by the Startups & Societal Ventures Network (SSVN), headquartered in central Central Silicon Valley (USA) Welcome to the SSV Network! The "Startups & Societal Ventures" Network http://www.ssvnetwork.com Discuss: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=48286 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SSVNetwo …

The CloudOn Mobile Productivity User Workshop is geared towards helping CloudOn users of all levels gain more knowledge about CloudOn and its capabilities to help meet their mobile productivity needs. During this session you will be able to connect with the CloudOn team to get the latest information on products and services and learn about what’s in store for the future. You’ll also interact with other users to share ideas on how combining your mobile device with CloudOn can create a true produc …

Four to five times a year, SAP in Palo Alto (@SAPBayArea) hosts interesting speakers as part of the Hillview Speaker Series. Past speakers have included Sal Khan of the Khan Academy, Geoffrey Moore, Caleb Zigas, Dara O'Rourke and Alberto Savoia. The events are free of charge and open to the public. We encourage tech professionals, students, researchers, professors and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to attend.

SVPG started last century in Cupertino. See http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?SiliconValleyPatternsGroup We meet every Tuesday at 7pm at Hobees and study books. We have recently covered "Beautiful Code", "Actors in Scala", "Java Concurrency in Practice", "Clean Code"... To participate, you are supposed to get the book we study, come over, have dinner if you feel like it, and participate in the book discussion. We do it chapter by chapter. From time to time we have social meetings, and we decide which …

Point of sale systems and the POS industry is going through rapid evolution. A reason for this acceleration is mobile commerce (mPOS). However, innovations in almost all POS capabilities is picking pace. Exciting times! This group is for the POS professionals to socialize, network and share ideas!

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If you can code in C/C++, you can code in any language. Moreover, you can tackle any programming problem you want. No other language can make as powerful a claim. My thinking is that there are other people who would like to learn how to program in C++, and we'd love to be the one to help them, while brushing up on our skills at the same time. Convoluted languages like Java & Ruby dominate the scene, despite being characteristically less efficient, more difficult to scale, and just plain more dif …

A Fun and friendly place for people to support each other to grow, to improve communication and leadership skills! Join our fun meetings in downtown Mountain View! After a Toastmasters meeting, we have a study group session. The study group is based on free classes from top universities : https://www.coursera.org/ https://www.udacity.com/ You're welcome to visit our sister clubs in Silicon Valley, Palo Alto, and San Francisco: http://www.meetup.com/Mandarin-English-Toastmasters/ http://www.meet …

Social media is still a new field and there are no experts. If you think you are a social media guru, this group is not for you. The purpose of this group is: 1. To bring together like-minded social media aficionados in Silicon Valley to learn from each other (the good, the bad, the ugly) and network, online and at monthly dinners at Silicon Valley restaurants (you pay for your own food/drink) 2. To plan and execute periodic (at least quarterly) presentations/ panels on social media topics This …

This group is for Alumni and current students of Northwestern University's Master of Predictive Analytics program who live or work in the San Francisco Bay Area and would like to get together to discuss the MSPA program and issues related to predictive analytics.

Fremont TED Group is a casual group of people that enjoy the thought-provoking talks offered by TED.com. The group will meet periodically to view talks and videos offered by TED.com. The goals of the meetings are to learn for one's own betterment and meet others with a similar desire for knowledge.

This networking resource is available to all current SCU engineering students and alumni. School of Engineering administrators, faculty and staff are also welcome.