Nurturing Education Innovations

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Nurturing Education Innovations By Learning From Other Countries’ Academic Successes Mark Lee [email protected] Nov 2011

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Nurturing Education InnovationsBy Learning From

Other Countries’ Academic Successes

Mark [email protected]

Nov 2011

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Need for New Education Ideas, Esp. For STEM

Why Are These Countries Doing So Well Academically?

FinlandSingapore

What Can We Learn From Them?

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New Technology Enables New Ideas

What Other Ideas Are Possible?

http://www.slideshare.net/eden_online/nick-allen3

WP, Web browsing, video conferencing,

two USB ports, 256 MB RAM.

US$45

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Host an Education Startup Weekend To Nurture Education Innovations

http://edu.startupweekend.org/

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HelsinkiOrlando

Singapore

Host a Global Education Startup Weekend To Collaborate Globally On Education Innovations

PhysicalEvents

Sites : Physical Events : Digital Collaboration

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Each Site & Team Will Have Global Participation

Each Global Site1 (2?)

On-Site Educator Representative

from the other 2 Sites

Each Global Team1

Remote/OnlineEducator Representative

from the other 2 Sites

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Solicit Funding For Global Collaborative SW EDU

Existing Startup Weekends

(Individual & Isolated)

Proposed GlobalStartup Weekends – EDU

(Global Collaboration)

Startup Weekend Org Startup Weekend Org

Helsinki

Singapore

Orlando

Peer-to-Peer Global Collaboration

London

Singapore

Boston

StructureHow-To’s

StructureHow-To’s

Global Collaboration?

Individual & Isolated Events

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1st Iteration of EDU Startup Weekend Website

https://sites.google.com/site/edustartupweekend/

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Next Steps (as of Nov 15th)

InternationallyTalk to the SG Government’s

National Institute of Education(http://www.nie.edu.sg/)

To Participate as a Global EDU

Startup Weekend Site

The NIE is Hosting a Dec 2nd EDUCamp

http://www.educampsingapore.com/

DomesticallyForm a Volunteer Team to

Use Orlando As the US Site

For the Global EDUStartup Weekend

Kickoff Meeting6 pm, Nov 17

Lawton Chiles Prep School

Warmup Event?Host an EDUCamp

e.g. @ Berkeley

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As of Nov 28th, 2011

InternationallyDomesticallyNov 17th Kickoff Meeting

Warmup Event?Host an EDUCamp

e.g. @ Berkeley

Might Present Remotely @ The NIE’s 12/2 EDUCamp

Organizer

1

2

Started Conversation with NIE Faculty

3

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Supplemental Slides

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Google Supports Startup Weekend, Including EDU

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/supporting-entrepreneurs-around-world.html

Today, we’re announcing a partnership with Startup Weekend—a global organization committed to promoting real entrepreneurship in local communities. … Participants gather on Friday, and by Sunday afternoon, they launch a product.

This partnership will help Startup Weekend expand to dozens of additional cities around the world and launch new vertical competitions focused on specific themes such as education, health or gaming.

… we’ll be working to bring in Google’s developer community in the form of Google Technology User Groups as an additional resource to Startup Weekend participants.

(Announced Nov 10th, 2011)

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Gates Foundation Supports Startup Weekend – EDU($250,000)

http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/07/startup-weekend-edu-receives-250000-grant-from-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundation/

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $250,000

to the Startup Weekend EDU series of events, the dedicated education-focused vertical

within the non-profit.