Sounds like a great idea! I love the idea of making a post-high school education experience of traveling around to different hacker spaces for four years, learning stuff.<br><br>It's interesting that you're pursuing accreditation. I don't know much about accreditation. Can you tell us more about it? Is it worth pursuing? What is the process? What governing body (or bodies) would you have to please?<br>
<br>I'm considering organizing an iPhone App Dev class at our space this summer (using the Stanford class materials):<br><a href="http://forum.gumbolabs.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33" target="_blank">http://forum.gumbolabs.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=33</a><br>
<br>Do you think that would fit in with P2PU?<br><br>Simon Dorfman<br>Gumbo Labs<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:33 AM, Heath Matlock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:heathmatlock@gmail.com" target="_blank">heathmatlock@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Here's the idea in a nutshell: create an international school with<br>
schools located at various hackerspaces.<br>
<br>
Surprise, it's already in the works, P2PU ( <a href="http://www.p2pu.org" target="_blank">http://www.p2pu.org</a> ). But<br>
P2PU needs to partner with some organizations in order to get certain<br>
accreditation, specifically in areas of technology and engineering,<br>
because you really do need a hands-on approach with some areas of<br>
study in these broad categories of education. And in light of all the<br>
technology being developed and already present at many hackerspaces,<br>
this idea seems feasible.<br>
<br>
Because it can be cumbersome to specialize in more than two specific<br>
areas of education, I propose hackerspace specialize. One hackerspace<br>
could focus on Molecular Biology, another on CS and EE. And because of<br>
this specialization, students would probably be travelling to new<br>
hackerspaces between semesters.<br>
<br>
If you're interested in this concept of allowing students a chance to<br>
meet many interesting people, training in well-equipped facilities,<br>
and being credited for their work, please toss out your thoughts. :-)<br>
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