Education as a Village
Participate in a one-day unconference to build real projects in education
This year, I'm celebrating my eighth year building in education! Here are three recent insights from my experience:
Many talk about education; few create impactful projects.
Pop-up villages are promising grounds to build the future of education.
Both adults and children benefit immensely from spending time together.
Drawing from these learnings, I'm leading a day of workshops at Edge Esmeralda—a one-month pop-up village in June, an hour from San Francisco. We will build projects on education to implement throughout the month.
Edge Esmeralda is family and young builder-friendly. Together, we have already built a fellowship, a toddlers program, and learning days welcoming children and adults. Yet, we believe it takes a whole community to create viable alternatives to conventional education.
Program
We will have a dense day filled with activities designed around the following goals:
Babysitting Program:
Develop a chart for childcare.
Create a program to reward our volunteers in babysitting with community currency.
Intergenerational Experiences:
Create guidelines for leading a successful children and adult-friendly workshop.
Build an intergenerational hackathon where mixed-age teams work together to imagine the future of education.
Young Builders:
Attract SF young builders to join us and contribute to the community.
Accelerate youth projects at Edge Esmeralda.
How to Participate
Visit Edge Esmeralda the weekend of June 8th and 9th, or even better, stay for a week or the entire month to help build these ambitious projects!
If you already have your ticket, I can't wait to work alongside you to bring more educational options to our pop-up village! And if you can't make it on the 8th, we will also host a hackathon during the third week of June to imagine the future of education.
For questions or if you want to collaborate, contact me at zelda[at]edgecity.live.
See you soon!