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This is a proposed Global Collaborative Educational Startup event, and is written from the US perspective.
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Global Startup Weekend - EDU Nurturing US Education Innovations
By Learning From Top Countries’
K-12 Academic Successes
Mark Lee
Dec 2011
New Technology Enables New Ideas
What Other Ideas Are Possible?
http://www.slideshare.net/eden_online/nick-allen
WP, Web browsing, video conferencing,
two USB ports, 256 MB RAM.
US$45
Initial Idea An Education Startup Weekend in Orlando
To Nurture Education Innovations
http://edu.startupweekend.org/
Challenge An Orlando Startup Weekend EDU event Sources Ideas (Primarily) From the USA
ORLANDO
How About Learning From
These Countries?
Finland Singapore
Top Countries Ranked By K-12 Academic Success
Why Are These Countries Doing So Well Academically?
Finland
Singapore
What Can We Learn From Them?
Helsinki Orlando
Singapore
A Global Idea: Host a Global Startup Weekend - EDU To Collaborate Globally On Education Innovations
Global Startup Weekend – EDU Builds Upon SW’s Vision of Transcending Boundaries
Startup Weekends Transcend
Functional Boundaries
•Educators •Developers •Designers
•Business strategists •Product Managers •Startup Enthusiasts
Proposed Global Startup Weekend – EDU
Transcend National Boundaries
•Singapore
•Helsinki/Finland •Orlando/US
EDU Innovations/Startups
&
Nurturing Education Innovations from Diverse Global Successes
Helsinki
Singapore
Orlando
A Global Startup Weekend EDU (sometime between Jun – Aug 2012)
To Nurture Bottom-Up Education Innovations
That Transcend National Boundaries
Each Site & Team Will Have Global Participation
Each Global Site 1+
On-Site Educator Representative
from the other 2 Sites
Each Global Team 1+
Remote/Online Educator Representative
from the other 2 Sites
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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.
Solicit Funding For Global Collaborative SW EDU
Existing Startup Weekends
(Individual & Isolated)
Proposed Global Startup Weekends – EDU
(Global Collaboration)
Startup Weekend Org Startup Weekend Org
Helsinki
Singapore
Orlando
Peer-to-Peer Global Collaboration
London
Singapore
Boston
Structure How-To’s
Structure How-To’s
Global Collaboration?
Individual & Isolated Events
As of Dec 7th, 2011
Singapore USA Nov 17th Kickoff Meeting
In Orlando, FL
Presented Remotely @ NIE’s 12/2 EDUCamp
Organizer
1
3
Started Conversation with Singapore Government’s
Nat’l Institute of Education Faculty
2
1
3
2
Warmup Event? Host an EDUCamp
e.g. @ Berkeley
Contacted Startup
Weekend CEO
Supplemental Slides
13
Global Startup Weekend – EDU A Bottom-Up “Little Bets” Opportunity
to Nurture Education Innovations
A little bet is a low-risk action taken to
discover, develop, and test an idea.
“Surpassing Shanghai” A Top-Down Agenda to Improve US Education
http://www.hepg.org/hep/book/142#
Surpassing Shanghai: An Agenda for American Education
Built on the World's Leading Systems This book answers a simple question: How would one redesign the American education system if the aim was to take advantage of everything that has been learned by countries with the world’s best education systems? The message is clear: If we are serious, we have to stop simply comparing California to Connecticut to Kansas. It’s time to swim in deeper water with Singapore, Ontario, Japan, and others who are eating our lunch. — John Merrow, education correspondent, PBS NewsHour and president, Learning Matters
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)