Inspiring Kids

• RelightNY.com: How one high school freshman is changing the world.
• 5 amazing girls sing the National Anthem.
• Ben Gulak, Young Inventor gets $1.5 million from venture capitalists.a>
• Suitcasesforkids.org: Aubyn Burnside's organiazation now operates in all 50 states, Canada, and Russia.
• Dosomething.org: A volunteer organization sponsored by Doritos
• Kidsgoals.com: An excellent site with a lot of great information for parents
• Young Entreprenuers Academy
• KidsWhoInspire, source of these links.

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There are many more resources available there.  If you are exploring this site to see what Tech Scouts have done, please stop there during your visit!

Tech Scouts Video

View an Introductory Video about our program, courtesy the wonderful people at Visit Vortex.

Organizing and Training Student Tech Support Teams

Learn how to implement Open Source in your school with the flexible student tech support model called Tech Scouts (http://hvscouts.com).

• You can't have open source in schools without a lot of help, and you'll need the help of tech-savvy students to do it affordably.
• While "early adopter" teachers and "whiz kids" can get pilot OS projects going, that is not sustainable the kids graduate, the teachers move on.
• Open source is about learning from what others have done. That goes for the instructional approach and administrative practices that make OS implementations work in school settings.

We will explore three Tech Scout program from very different schools, and then brainstorm approaches for interested attendees. Online follow-up will be available to help implement student tech support programs in your schools. For background, view whytechscouts.ppt.