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Challenging Times
What Is Crowdfunding & How Does It Work?
kickstarter
Indiegogo
gofundme
donorschoose
• Each website/source
has its own set of rules
and procedures.
• What do you have to
offer that will compel
people to donate to
your cause/idea?
• Get the children
involved!
Show Me The Money!!!1!!1!
• Have clear, easily communicated goals
• Take them on the journey with you
• Communicate often & outside your circles
• Watch the plateaus
• It's a SPRINT
Move The Crowd!
Fund A Dance Project
Fund Enrichment
Fund The Literary Arts
Reward Your Backers
DonorsChoose.org
How DonorsChoose.org Works
Need Resources?
Identify
Research
Cut Through The Noise
MathBlaster
Khan Academy
botlogic.us
Codespell
Minecraft
Hakitzu
Hakitzu
Tynker
This is a roadmap of resources, not a “hard and fast” step-by-step. I will update along the road as my son completes these steps and weed out
any that are extraneous.
Section 1
Learn Basic programming first. Start here:
1. The Command Line Crash Course: http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/
2. (Do either one or the other, or all three) Learn Python The Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/; PythonTurtle, Learning with
PracApp: http://pythonturtle.org/; Invent Your Own Computer Games, More PracApp: http://inventwithpython.com/
3. (Do “3a” concurrently or after “3.” Your choice.) Learn JavaScript (use either this or C# to program with the Unity engine below):
http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript
3a. Gamification of JS Learning(I’ll update with a rating of these two games-one for ipad, the other Mac OS 5.1+):
https://sites.google.com/a/eng.ucsd.edu/codespells/home/overview ; http://www.kuatostudios.com/games/hakitzu/
Section 2
Develop with Unity engine:
Learn Game Dev: http://www.unity3dstudent.com/
More Learn Game Dev: “Basic Object Creation and Scripting” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWhtKjUr10
See the whole playlist here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEEAEA1E6B11B4DAE
Develop A Video Game In A Year. For Children.
Yay! A Wikipedia definition:
A hackerspace (also referred to as a hacklab,
makerspace, or hackspace) is a community-
operated physical space where people with common
interests, often in computers, technology, science,
digital art or electronic art, can meet, socialise and/or
collaborate.
DIY, Hackerspaces, Makerspaces
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Preparing Our Children for Success: Finding Resources & Funding To Fuel Their Dreams

Editor's Notes

  1. Less money ($557-million shortfalls, millions in cuts, my own children's school lost title1 and 30k in $$ for athletics) Less resources- all businesses are doing more with less Bill Gates and crew coming in w/tech- it is not THE answer, but part of the equation Parent Trigger Laws- will we see an uptick in parental involvement in schools hardest hit? Some College Prep charters not prepping for college... just high school GPAs photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmoyle/5634567317/
  2. photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/4647339052/
  3. less money- indiegogo and kickstarter (kids make a video detailing journey) How to win at kickstarter: All projects that reach 30% of their funding goal, meet the goal. Share your journey, your creative process, make your "audience" part of your project. -frequent updates on your project page (use twitter, constant contact and/or facebook to remind people) -people need to share your project to help get enough people to fund it, so be very specific about how you're going to ask people to share your campaign -your campaign will have lulls... prepare for them by having fresh content ready ahead of time. -reach out to your regional press, bloggers, patch.com Technical Steps and Stats -5-7 is the ideal number of reward tiers -most pledges will come from your $25 tier -$100 tier will make you the most money -check the fees. different platforms charge different fees and with some, you loose all the money if you don't reach your goal.
  4. less resources- identify, research, gamify (cut through the noise) codespell, hakitzu, tynker, khan, mathblaster, chess, minecraft
  5. http://www.mathblaster.com/
  6. https://www.khanacademy.org/
  7. http://botlogic.us/#sthash.1u8rCmAq.dpbs
  8. https://sites.google.com/a/eng.ucsd.edu/codespells/
  9. https://sites.google.com/a/eng.ucsd.edu/codespells/
  10. http://mojang.com/
  11. http://www.kuatostudios.com/games/hakitzu/ Giant robots, chess and learning to write computer code combine for one kick butt iPad/iPhone game!
  12. http://www.kuatostudios.com/games/hakitzu/ Giant robots, chess and learning to write computer code combine for one kick butt iPad/iPhone game!
  13. http://www.tynker.com Tynker is a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational thinking and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way. The cloud hosted system is now available to teachers, schools and districts.
  14. This is a roadmap of resources, not a “ hard and fast ” step-by-step. I will update along the road as my son completes these steps and weed out any that are extraneous. Section 1 Learn Basic programming first. Start here: 1. The Command Line Crash Course: http://cli.learncodethehardway.org/book/ 2. (Do either one or the other, or all three) Learn Python The Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ ; PythonTurtle, Learning with PracApp: http://pythonturtle.org/ ; Invent Your Own Computer Games, More PracApp: http://inventwithpython.com/ 3. (Do “ 3a ” concurrently or after “ 3. ” Your choice.) Learn JavaScript (use either this or C# to program with the Unity engine below): http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/javascript 3a. Gamification of JS Learning(I ’ ll update with a rating of these two games-one for ipad, the other Mac OS 5.1+): https://sites.google.com/a/eng.ucsd.edu/codespells/home/overview ; http://www.kuatostudios.com/games/hakitzu/ Section 2 Develop with Unity engine: Learn Game Dev: http://www.unity3dstudent.com/ More Learn Game Dev: “ Basic Object Creation and Scripting ” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWhtKjUr10 See the whole playlist here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEEAEA1E6B11B4DAE
  15. http://www.raspberrypi.org/ http://www.alliedelec.com/lp/120626raso/
  16. http://lamakerspace.com/ http://blog.crashspace.org/
  17. el wire- wearable electronics at Crashspace
  18. wearable electronics meeting at Crashspace
  19. wearable electronics meeting at Crashspace
  20. battle bots robotics class at LA Makerspace
  21. battle bots robotics class at LA Makerspace
  22. battle bots robotics class at LA Makerspace