Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Tech Captains didn't get funded, yet

A few weeks ago I sent in a grant proposal to the Neighborhood Learning Alliance, and it didn't get funded. It was seeking $8,000 for the start-up of a new afterschool program in a local high school in Pittsburgh Public Schools. It was to help with academics and long-term success for the students as they got to college.

My plan called for a computer club of sorts called, Tech Captains. It would seek to get a few kids from all the sports teams, clubs and activities in the school so that they could make software and apps to better help them in their activities. For example, a few on the basketball team could do a stats sheet and playbook for the basketball team's use. So on for drama or band or helping with our summer camp and water polo conditioning routines.

See the proposal in a PDF:

http://tinyurl.com/k2zhkqf

A slide show about the plan is also available:



Well, this didn't get funded, yet, sadly.

Now, what to do?

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1 comment:

Mark Rauterkus said...

Stuart Keroff stuartk@csemn.org via rauterkus.com
12:12 PM (9 minutes ago)

to schoolforge-di.
Well, we don't have a coding club at our school, but we do have a Linux users group. As we are a Hmong charter school, the club is called the Asian Penguins.

Here is some information about our club:

http://www.asianpenguins.org
https://www.youtube.com/user/CSEAsianPenguins

We welcome feedback. Let us know what you think.

Thank you,

Stu Keroff