1. Take Back Your Education
Catherine Stevens
@cath_stevens

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7. Gap Year!!!
Work!
Projects!
Travel!
Take Classes!

8. Content
College
Real Life
● Classes
● MOOCs
● Internships
● Projects
Community
● Dorms
● Extra-curriculars
● Greek life
● Hacker houses
● Makerspaces
(shared spaces
for hardware
projects)
Credential
● Diploma
● Credibility
● Class-specific
certificates
● Projects that
apply skills

9. ← 14th century lecture
MOOC class setup →

10. Content
College
Real Life
● Classes
● Lectures
● MOOCs
● Internships
● Projects

11. Community
College
Real Life
● Dorms
● Extra-curriculars
● Greek life
● Hacker houses
● Makerspaces
● Co-working spaces

13. ← Co-working space in Berlin
Makerspace in Singapore →
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14. Credential
College
● Diploma
● Credibility
Real Life
● Class-specific certificates
● Projects that apply skills

15. Content:
Community:
Learned marketing
Helped people form study-groups
Practiced teaching
and programming
Credential:
Used the results and skills
gained to get jobs and network

16. Corvallis →
Silicon Valley →

17. Simply Done Websites
www.simplydonewebsites.com

18. To go or not to go to college?
Only in Silicon
Valley
Only if you’re the
next Mark
Zuckerberg

20. @cath_stevens
www.catherinestevens.me