As previously reported (here) the overnight iLaunch of the iFoundry class of 2013 will be held 22-23 August 2009 (Saturday-Sunday) starting at 9:00 am in B02 Coordinated Science Lab and then moving out to the 4H camp at Allerton Park in Monticello, IL by bus.  The activity will be an intensive one-day introduction to iFoundry, the iCommunity, and iTeams with teamwork training and selection of iTeams by the incoming class.

Those wishing an introduction to iFoundry can view the iFoundry Basics playlist on YouTube here or in the viewers below.  Specifically, the four videos, The Origins of iFoundry, Engineers as Category Creators, 7 Things Engineers Don’t Learn,  Balanced Transformation of Engineering Education in 3Space as available in the viewers:

The Origins of iFoundry

Engineers as Category Creators

7 Things Engineers Don’t Learn

Balanced Transformation of Engineering Education in 3Space

iFoundry announces the official launch of a new Facebook page here.  Many of the incoming iStudents and other UIUC engineers became fans during beta, but as of today the site is officially open for business.