With curriculum time getting busier and busier, a great way to inspire and empower students is before and after school with extracurricular programs for students. Our after school programs are fantastic at doing this and allow us to get students thinking big and focussing on cross-curricular, project-based learning as they tackle challenges, build skills and work on projects that get them thinking about the world around them and the exciting opportunities open to their generation.
With everything from designing future cities to launching influencer brands, building businesses, working with technology and more, we have a range of standard programs to choose from, or we're able to customise a program to your school community. Our after school programs typically run for 6-8 weeks and cost $30 per student per week.
Community Creators
Creating Technology Solutions For Our Local Community
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About The Program
How can we get people to do the right thing by making it fun to do? Taking inspiration from 'The Fun Theory' developed by Volkswagen, our Community Creators program will see students designing a simple but effective technological solution to solve the a challenge students are passionate about in their local community.
Using a design thinking approach, the Community Creators program will see students forming teams, delegating roles and diving into a fast-paced design sprint to develop an impactful technology solution for the problem they are most passionate about solving.
Over the course of the program, students will be participating in a series of masterclasses to explore how they can localise solutions from around the world, take a user-centred design approach as they innovate, develop impactful minimum viable products, conduct market research to validate their ideas, and consider funding options to bring their ideas to life.
Age Group
This program has been designed for Primary and High School students and is recommended specifically for Grade 5 - 9 students.
Program Length
This program can be adapted in length to run for a half day, a full day, or two days in length.
Longer programs allow students to further develop their skills and dive deeper into the program content. Shorter programs are great as a taster experience for students touching lightly on the key topics.
Topics Covered
In this program we will be covering the following topics:
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Case Studies
The Community Creators program is a popular program with schools looking to provide students with an opportunity to explore how technology can be used for good in their local community.
Examples of how schools have utilised this program in the past include:
Kelvin Grove State College | Year 9: A half day workshop for Year 9 design technology students ahead of their assessment to help them build the foundation of their idea.
Brisbane South State Secondary College | Year 7-9: A two day workshop for student leaders to help them develop ideas and initiatives they wish to implement in their local community as student leaders.
We understand that every school and every class is different. That is why our team of experienced facilitators work with every client to tailor each program to their context.
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