Need funding - if we had a budget - what would it look like for a collaboration
Proposal for funding -
Technical training on builds doesn't make as much sense
But a unit of study on the open source economy does make sense
Codevelopment, site visits, continuing education
FB collab on curriculum
Go down the avenue of bringing awereness about open source
Co-development of professional development
Co-construct the professional development
Realistic program - draft of what we think is good for teachers; landscape; how do you contribute to open development; etc.
Nick - has a research team; qualitative and quantitative development; webinars to present
Scope of work and funding is needed
Have tiers for what we want to do - levels of cost/effort
On funding -
Todd Croskin - superintendent in Pittsburg, PA - up to K-12. The Dream Factory.
Large network - for connecting to people to do things.
Can connect us to different people
Connect to Maker Learning Networks
Staff hours - billed out to different funders. 75-80% is staff hours. Scope of Work.
OSE is education affiliated - not education focused.
What is staff rate for Digital Promise -
Grants - chicken and the egg.
Curriculum Development Background - what is it
Does Digital Promise have grantwriters?
Do we have access to on-contingency grant writers?
MakerEd
MicroCredential
On our side
Connect us to other inquiry-based teachers.
Meeting 1
Notes - Conversation 1
Continuing education to schools. Maker education.
Baltimore maker program
Nick - cost of buying filamnet
Put a printer in each school - needs a filament budget
Training for building a grinder in a school - to produce filament
Building a grinder + Filament Maker - save tons of money on filament
Scope and sequence for a teacher? Meld these 2.
Profesional Development -
Another org - engineering courses
Root things in design thinking - developing student agency - tying it to standards - tie in to professional development - what assessment pieces for this
Technical training is a specific level. Create conditions for that.
Pair it with as a whole -
Thought processes - and what you get out of it
real hook - introduce the idea of public design - idea of creating something easier and cheaper to a common good - enlist teachers of the world to expand that idea. Take it from opening it to the world angle, public design is good.
On our - beginnings of the broad strokes - will run it call - The League of Innovative Schools.
Different ways - thematic toolkit, curriculum for teachers, OS solutions and applying to things we can learn about.
Josh - Nick's supervisor
Project toolkit - not specific curriculum, but support materials - models, example of curriculum integration. Embedding making and open source economy.
Maker Learning Leadership Framework - toolkit around maker learning
Can be a microredential, or not.
Do schools have a budget for continuing education? Varies from district to district. Title 1 funding - is Federal funding - rock stars for trainings
Training librarians?
How to get teachers to build a 3D printer? Smaller market, but
How do we address getting the scare out of 3Dextremely printing?
Get a 3D printer and buy it - you get part of experience - but if you build it - you know it extremely well.
Worskhops on builds of 3D printers for teacher.
Taking some of the ideas we talked about - how do we introduce the idea of OS Economy into schools? Bilds are a part - but the big part is building something to make it more broadly available - easy to source parts etc.
Take the TED talk and convert it to teachable pieces. And what is economic and social impact. Make money. Think locally, act globally.
Bad batch app - bad drugs awareness.
Appeal to students or teachers - common products to make money.
Revenue and social impact is good.
Jen
Contact homeschool program - and get on AVL list.
Less likely pay for hardware - but will pay for a build -
Put together a build package to sell -
Lots of home schoolers are about self-reliance
3 Funding sources for homeschoolers - on
Idea and Connections - register as a vendor through different programs.
Gather information - which states have homeschooling programs, what money they give, what topics
$800 or $1000 -
Homeschool Program - state certified program, they are typically government funded organizations that give funding, technical assistance.
It's guaranteed that you get a certain
Connections - home school program - like public school at home.
Public home school programs vs private home school programs. You enroll in the program.
Ex. of private home school - people have to pay for private homeschool programs.
State homeschool - state money.
Approved Vendor List of Homeschool Program. Make it easy to choose our printer.
Alaska -
Homeschooling Groups - on social media, message a manager of a homeschooler group
Go to the parents directly - this is an entrepreneurial opportunity.
Product package for homeschoolers - off-grid, entrepreneurial, open source, classical education,
