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I run the computer lab and teach technology classes at an elementary school in California. Are there any similar programs in the states? In the last year especially, I have seen lots of technology education programs like this start up in the UK. Seeing them in the UK is still inspiring and pushes me to do more, but I wish there were programs like this in the states.
There's no mention of the computing at school ( http://computingatschool.org.uk/ ) group - is there any link up between the two?
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I have a nephew that wanted "to be a programmer". Turns out he wanted to make games, and he thought that making games was a lot like playing them. :\
Have you introduced him to tools like game maker, construct, stencyl, etc. ? Maybe he can do some simple things and then learn some code...
Congrats, it looks great. Any plans to remunerate teachers? How much of a time commitment would this be for a potential volunteer? What corporate structure have you taken?
Thank you. It shouldn't be any direct costs to teachers. The lessons might need to be supervised by a teacher, which would be an hour of their time once a week. As for volunteers, one hour once a week, plus travel, plus time to prepare (this will vary from person to person). We need to raise £5000 pounds before we can register as a charity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charitable_organization#Charity...
A further though is that if arts/crafts/sports-type workshop runners are charging around £200 a day for their work in schools, you could potentially tap into this portion of school budgets to earn the £5000 required or set up as a limited company with a social purpose. I suppose you've made plans on the costs front, and that fund raising for £5k a year is perhaps very manageable.
If not, you could set up on a UK-based Kickstarter-type site and I, for one, would be happy to contribute and potentially volunteer for our local school.
I run the computer lab and teach technology classes at an elementary school in California. Are there any similar programs in the states? In the last year especially, I have seen lots of technology education programs like this start up in the UK. Seeing them in the UK is still inspiring and pushes me to do more, but I wish there were programs like this in the states.
You are most welcome to use all our lesson plans and projects to start up your own thing in the US.