1. Digital Natives Go Wild!
A 21st Century Afterschool Club
for Brighton & Hove
www.dnaclubs.wordpress.com/thepitch

2. A 21st Century Afterschool Club
We want the digital natives in our city to be:
• Digital creators not just digital consumers
• To play safe but learn to take risks
– Supporting schools, teachers and families
– Sharing ideas and participating fully in their
community
– Building skills, knowledge and values to support
the well-being of the city
www.dnaclubs.wordpress.com/thepitch

3. Step 1: Getting the model right
• Workshop yesterday at CityCamp2
• Get started
• Primary schools
– Elm Grove + 3 schools in Brighton & Hove
– Showcase event in Brighton Digital Festival
– Business plan
• Lots of questions to answer
– Social business, volunteers, workshops
– Links with health, education and business sectors
– Digital literacy research

4. Step 1: Getting the model right

5. Step 1: Getting the model right
April – September 2012
Costs
4 SCHOOLS @ 10 WEEKS
Facilitator (2 hours prep, 2 hours delivery, £20 p/hour = £80 p/session)
Digital agent (2 hours delivery, £20 p/hour = £40 p/session)
Materials + Refreshments + Venue hire
CELEBRATION EVENT - DIGITAL FESTIVAL (SEPTEMBER)
EQUIPMENT : 5 x iPad2
TOTAL COSTS
£ 9,062
Income
SESSION FEES
3 kids on free school meals (B&H average 25%) p/session
17 kids charged @ £7 p/session
CELEBRATION EVENT (DIGITAL FESTIVAL)
CITY CAMP BRIGHTON GRANT
£5,000
TOTAL INCOME
£ 9,080

6. Step 2: Making it work at scale

7. Step 2: Making it work at scale
• More primary schools
• Resources + Materials
• Community links
– Fathers Network
– Black History/Brighton & Hove Told
– Volunteering
• Intergenerational

8. Outcomes
How the community gains What the children learn
• Social inclusion • Active brains/active bodies
• Digital inclusion • Interactive learning
• Digital literacy • Family learning
• 100 kids and their • Social interaction
families in the next 12 • Collaborative skills
months and growing • Entrepreneurship
rapidly
• Technology skills

9. Equalities
• Digital inclusion
• Free school dinners – B&H ave = 25%
• Social franchise/not for profit
• Disability/accessibility
• Community connections
– Intergenerational, family learning
– Fathers project, boys literacy
– Light touch CPD for teachers

10. www.dnaclubs.wordpress.com
www.dnaclubs.wordpress.com/thepitch