collaboratively nurturing education innovations

Global Startup Weekend - EDU Nurturing US Education Innovations

By Learning From Top Countries’

K-12 Academic Successes

Mark Leemlee@alum.mit.edu

Jun 2012

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?

FinlandSingapore

Orlando as the Hub of K12 Online Education

OrlandoHub of

K12 Online Educatione.g. FLVS

BostonHub of

Tertiary Online Education

Top Countries Ranked By K-12 Academic Success

Why Are These Countries Doing So Well Academically?

FinlandSingapore

What Can We Learn From Them?

Apple Agrees that More Can Be Done!

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1201oihbafvpihboijhpihbasdouhbasv/event/index.html

Jan 19th 2012 Apple Education Event

HelsinkiOrlando

Singapore

A Global Idea: Host a Global Startup Weekend - EDUTo Collaborate Globally On Education Innovations

Global Startup Weekend – EDU Builds Upon SW’s Vision of Transcending Boundaries

Startup WeekendsTranscend

Functional Boundaries

•Educators•Developers•Designers

•Business strategists•Product Managers•Startup Enthusiasts

Proposed GlobalStartup Weekend – EDU

TranscendNational 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 Site1+

On-Site Educator Representative

from the other 2 Sites

Each Global Team1+

Remote/OnlineEducator 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

ExistingStartup 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

As of June 2012

SingaporeUSANov 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

2

http://orlandoedu.startupweekend.org/

Supplemental Slides

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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.

Can Orlando be a K12 Education Hub?

Houston•Energy

SV•Tech Startups

Boston•Tertiary

Education Hub

Orlando•K12

Education Hub

NYC• Fashion•Media

“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)