2009 TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE SUMMIT
July 10-12, 2008 - Near Leavenworth, WA
All Teachers & Students get a FREE Computer System
APPICATION DEADLINE: May 15th, 2009
The Wilderness Technology Alliance (WTA) is pleased to announce its fourth annual student technology enterprise summit. The Summit is completely free for all selected teacher/student teams. All food, lodging and course materials are covered through grant funding. In addition, all attendees will receive a free Pentium IV computer system! Invited are high school teachers that would like to create or enhance a school-based student-run technology enterprise. Typically, these are enterprises where students gain work-based learning experiences aligned to curricula by providing valuable technology products and services to their local community (refurbished computers, software training classes, web sites, etc). Most enterprises generate revenue to self-sustain and grow. Also invited are two students identified by that teacher as future leaders of the enterprise. Space is limited to 40 teachers and students.
The Goals of the Summit are:
- Training in the essential elements of creating a student-run technology enterprise including business plans, marketing plans, structure, legal issues, sharing best practices and more.
- Training to use the WildTech Technology Enterprise Curriculum to establish and manage a student-run enterprise.
- Deep dive into the skills and practices to run a computer refurbishing and community training student-run enterprise.
- Deep dive into the skills as practices to start a web design student-run enterprise, including learning to use Dot-Net-Nuke and designing the enterprise’s web site.
- Deep dive into the skills needed to start an electronic commerce student-run enterprise including learning to buy and sell on e-Bay.
- Provide leadership skills for the participating students that they can pass along to other students through wildnerness activities and student-facilitated teamwork and leadership programs.
In the process, we will jointly create an annual forum to support the WildTech model:
· Technology service-learning supported by curricula (A /computer repair, multimedia/Digital Design, etc)
· Service learning structured as a student-run enterprise that can generate revenue to sustain/grow
· Past students become tomorrow’s teachers (successful students return to help teach the class)
The teacher attending MUST have been part of a past WildTech program –OR- be the facilitator of your high school’s technology enterprise –OR- desire to start one in the 2009/2010 school year. One student should be identified as the leader of your enterprise during the next school year. The other student should be identified as an intern to help teach a technology class during the next school year.
If you are interested, email the following information to laugust@wildtech.org by May 15th, 2009. Applicants will be notified if accepted by 5/16/09: