Sharing SG's Education Expertise Globally

Who Am I?

Mark Leemlee@alum.mit.edu

• CEO of a SG-Based Startup cofounded with an NUS SoC Professor• President, MIT Club of Central Florida

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SharingSingapore’s

Education Expertise Globally

Mark Leemlee@alum.mit.edu

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The World Can Learn from Singapore’ s Education Expertise

Why Are These Countries Doing So Well Academically?

Finland & Singapore

What Can The World Learn From Them?

Khan Academy Recommends Singapore Math

How Can the World Benefit from Singapore’s

Education Expertise?

Nurture Singapore-Sourced EDU Innovations Via a Startup Weekend – EDU Event

http://edu.startupweekend.org/

HelsinkiOrlando

Singapore

Host a Global Education Startup Weekend To Collaborate Globally On EDU Innovations

PhysicalEvents

Sites : Physical Events : Digital Collaboration

Each Site & Team Will Have Global Participation(sometime between Jun-Aug 2012)

Each Global Site1+

On-Site Educator Representative

from the other 2 Sites

Each Global Team1

Remote/OnlineEducator Representative

from the other 2 Sites

Gates Foundation Supports Startup Weekend – EDU($250,000)

http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/07/startup-weekend-edu-receives-250000-grant-from-the-bill-melinda-gates-foundation/

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $250,000

to the Startup Weekend EDU series of events, the dedicated education-focused vertical

within the non-profit.

Solicit Funding For Global Collaborative SW EDU

ExistingStartup Weekends

(Individual & Isolated)

Proposed GlobalStartup Weekends – EDU

(Global Collaboration)

Startup Weekend Org Startup Weekend Org

Helsinki

Singapore

Orlando

Peer-to-Peer Global Collaboration

London

Singapore

Boston

StructureHow-To’s

StructureHow-To’s

Global Collaboration?

Individual & Isolated Events

Google Supports Startup Weekend, Including EDU

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/supporting-entrepreneurs-around-world.html

Today, we’re announcing a partnership with Startup Weekend—a global organization committed to promoting real entrepreneurship in local communities. … Participants gather on Friday, and by Sunday afternoon, they launch a product.

This partnership will help Startup Weekend expand to dozens of additional cities around the world and launch new vertical competitions focused on specific themes such as education, health or gaming.

… we’ll be working to bring in Google’s developer community in the form of Google Technology User Groups as an additional resource to Startup Weekend participants.

(Announced Nov 10th, 2011)

As of 28th Nov, 2011

InternationallyUSANov 17th Kickoff Meeting

Form a Volunteer Team to

Use Orlando As the US Site

For the Global EDUStartup Weekend

Warmup Event?Host an EDUCamp

e.g. @ Berkeley

Started Conversation with NIE Faculty

Organizer

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Contact @ Nokia/Finland3

For More Information

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