​EDUCATION With Edge

February 04, 2020

In our five week class at Middletown, your child will create an Augmented Reality experience of a kids' book of their choice to help solve local literacy issues to help other kids in the local community.

Students will:

• • Learn about the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.

  • Use the design thinking process to solve literacy issues in the local community

  • Design surveys to find out what pre and struggling readers in the community want to read.

  • Create an augmented reality experience of a kid's book.

  • Share books with AR enhanced content with local networks.

March 10, 2020

In our five week class at Middletown, your child will participate and learn the skills needed to create a podcast. Learning storytelling, interview skills, publishing platforms, cover art requirements, editing, and format they will venture into the world of sharing information in a relevant platform.

Students will:

• • Learn about fair use and where to find audio files in the public domain.

  • Use the design thinking process to create a podcast episode.

  • Learn about the production process.

  • Edit an episode following a specific format.

  • Share their podcast with the world.