I know I’ve spoken about Kickstarter before, as a geek, it is a really cool way to support other geeks. Kickstarter is a way that “crowdsourcing” is being used to fund various projects that might otherwise not see the light of day. Many projects have educational value or can be used as demonstration pieces, especially in a STEM environment where engineering & design are an important part of the curriculum. Since each funding level has different rewards I have attempted to pick levels of funding that provided resources for my classroom. Since I started funding projects over a year ago I decided I would share a list of the projects I have supported for use in my classroom & school. Some I’m still waiting on pieces arriving, but you need to give geeks time to create (you know, like this comic strip). Check out some of these and some local projects.
Graphic Novel Library:
- Reading With Pictures: Getting Comics into Schools and Getting Schools into Comics
- The Dreamland Chronicles Book Four
- The Dreamland Chronicles Book Five
- THE NEW BRIGHTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY BOOK TWO
- Buzzboy- Roboy Red- Leon: Protector Graphic Novel Collection
- Oddly Normal 2.0
- The Graphic Textbook*
Films/Video:
Video Games:
Engineering & Science:
All work & no play makes Jack a dull boy… so here are some projects I’ve funded just because I thought they were cool:
- Nataly Dawn’s first solo album
- Bedrock Sandals
- Coffee Joulies – your coffee, just right
- TikTok+LunaTik Multi-Touch Watch Kits
- CUBBY : Award-winning Coat-hook + Storage Unit*
- Pebble: E-Paper Watch for iPhone and Android*
- Caveman Truck: a paleo foodtruck. Quality. Local. Goodness.*
*not successfully funded, yet. But as of this post there’s still time.