TechGirls project planning
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This document provides guidance on planning a project to transfer technology skills to others and engage girls in becoming tech experts. It outlines steps to: 1) Develop a project proposal addressing a need in the community and desired outcomes. 2) Create a work plan with major tasks, timeline, staffing, and budget. 3) Write a formal project plan convincing readers of its benefits and feasibility. The goal is to complete knowledge transfer sessions and a project by January 2013 to improve communities and engage more girls in technology. Examples of past participant projects are provided.
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TechGirls project planning
- 1. Project Planning – Taking the Lessons Home
- 2. TechGirl Power Share the experience with others Informal conversation Presentation at school or with friends via blogs, PowerPoint etc
- 3. Projects Transfer Tech skills to others Between August 2012 and January 15, 2013, Legacy wants you to do the following Knowledge Transfer: Conduct a minimum of two 45 minute lessons on a specific tech skill to a group of 20 or more peers Develop a Project that will demonstrate how technology can be used to improve your community or develop a project that engages other girls in becoming tech divas Share your project proposals with us by October 20 Give us a final report on how the project went by January 15, 2012
- 4. Presentations Hawraa from Lebanon – How to create digital strategies used resources from Dr. Kaufman http://www.slideshare.net/ira9201 Lynna from Morocco put together this website and shared with others http://www.scoop.it/t/not-just-a-girl-a- techgirl Lara and Rozaline from Palestine:http://prezi.com/yhkinbqkfpba/copy-of-tech- girls/
- 5. Project Planning 1. What is your project idea? What need does it address? Why is it important? When writing a proposal, we call this a “Statement of need.” What is your statement of need? 2. Project Goals and desired outcomes 3. Project timeline and work plan – Major tasks and sub tasks 4. Create a staffing plan 5. Create a timeline 6. Create a budget 7. Write project plan
- 6. Goals and Objectives What is the major issue you want to address? This is your goal (for example: to make girls excited about technology, or to increase the leadership skills of students in my school)? What is the specific change you wish to see? What are the outcomes you want to achieve: These are concrete, measurable things that will help you reach your goal. One project can have one goal and several desired outcomes, such as: Goal: “to engage women in discussion via podcasts and Youtube ” Outcomes: - Create a series of podcast or videos and increase viewership by 50% over 6 months
- 7. Determine major tasks and subtasks Brainstorm all the individual jobs and tasks that will need to be done to bring this idea to completion. Chart for ideas. Arrange them in order, of what needs to be done first, then second, etc. Some things can be done simultaneously.
- 8. Create staffing plan Creating a team to help you achieve your goals is important What are the skills and resources in your group, and among the volunteers, to accomplish your plan. Who is good at what? What do people want to do? Do certain people have more free time than others during different periods of the project work?
- 9. Create timeline It’s usually helpful to “work backwards” in creating a timeline. If you have an end date (ours is January 15, 2013), then start there and work backwards. How much time will each component take? This will help you determine when to start each piece. For example if you have to create video then you may need to first spend a week developing a storyboard. Think comprehensively.
- 10. Create budget If you need money than fundraising is an option. Fundraising is like planning an additional little project within a project. Think through every step of the fundraising plan, to assign resources, staff time, etc. You may at this point need to go back a couple of steps and re-think certain parts of the project.
- 11. Write Project Plan Look at a sample proposal, one of Legacy's Indonesia Youth Leadership Program participants wrote. Also see TG example of Tech Club in Palestine. Make sure all the critical parts of the project and your best creative thinking are reflected in the written document. You need to convince people that this project is necessary to improve your community and will be a worthwhile experience for those who participate.
- 12. Good Luck We are happy to help any time 12
Editor's Notes
- As a TechGirl you are required to utilize the skills and perspectives you gained last summer. Many of you upon return home, shared your photos and gave presentations on your experiences. We estimated you spoke with 500 people as a group. Keep it up! The next big phase of follow on includes 2 separate activities: 1. Technology Transfer: Each of you should devise away to give two 45 minute presentations in classrooms or after school clubs on specific skill you gained while at TechGirls.. 2. Community Project: Develop a project that will demonstrate how technology can be used to improve your community or develop a project that engages other girls in becoming tech divas like yourselves!
- How are you planning to use your knowledge to help others? The US Department of State and Legacy wants to know that their investment in you as a stellar TechGirl can assist others and encourage more young women to become techies. This PowerPoint will help you develop your plans for implementing your project. We will take you step-by-step through the process of writing your proposal all the way to the project launch stage.
- So first let’s talk about Presentations on TechGirls. This is one of your responsibilities to reach out to others and share what you learned with them about the program. In preparing your presentation, think about what impacted you the most during the program? Be sure to talk about a few elements of the program: your classes, the speakers, community service, leadership, new friendships then begin to gather your specific resources to create your presentation. Use the photos you took Think about speakers that were really helpful to you Think about specific tech skills you gained that has revolutionized your world (Web Design, 3D Game Creation, Build an App, Java). Think about friendships formed and how you can work together (you can use a specific example to discuss how a certain situation brought you closer to the group and made you more responsible). Check out some examples of presentations: For example Hawraa from Lebanon exchanged emails with Dr. Ira Kaufman and got the PowerPoint he utilized in his workshop on creating digital strategies. Lynna effectively gathered the social media from your time in US and put it in one place as a resource fro us all. Others have spoken about what they learned about US Culture.
- When planning a project, you will need to write a proposal that demonstrates the importance of your project and why it is necessary. This proposal helps you to gain support (i.e. financial, resources, volunteers, etc...) from others to provide you the help you may need in order to launch your project. Use Example of Lara Kasbari from her proposal Dear Sir, Good day, I am a 16 years old student from Saint Joseph school for girls and I would like to propose to do a voluntary work at your society to help underprivileged children in learning some computer skills. OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT: To be able to give the less fortunate children a chance to have fun and to gain a new experience that they will hopefully treasure forever. To be able to show their different talents in computer and help them learn new skills in a joyful atmosphere. To be able to give the children a place to bond with each other and to gain new friends, To learn some leadership skills, by learning computer skills this will give them a value of leadership especially if they are talented in computers and then they can pass their knowledge to others. TARGET GROUP : girls and boys between 7-10 years of age NUMBER OF CHILDREN NEEDED : 8 kids. PROJECT TEAM: Myself and two to three friends of mine. PROJECT LOCATION & TIME SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES At the Diabetic friends’ society To do two hours activity once per week for one month from 10am to 12 MD on Fridays. DETAILS OF THEACTIVIY -Explain some of the very basic computer skills like opening and closing the computer. - Learn other skills like navigating a desk top manipulating the files, creating a new file. -teach them how to use properly the mouse and key board as just any other toy. - help them to save a file and to throw files that they don’t need in the trash. - Provide typing lessons that start with the basic letters [example typing their names] and advance to full words and sentences if possible -. Add in numbers and symbols as students become more confident in their keyboarding abilities. - Learning will be done through games and fun activities. Children have a remarkable ability to learn and remember and starting with basic building blocks of computer knowledge will provide a foundation for children to quickly learn and advance their computer skills more efficiently. RESULTS & EXPECTED OUTPUT: By the end of the day the children will be able to experience activities they have never experienced before. This will let them gain new friends and get small prizes while playing and having fun with each other. To be able to use a computer correctly and efficiently as a beginner. RESOURCES NEEDED: - Computers. multipurpose room An LCD projector Papers, pencils, colors and other educative materials, Prizes and certificates at the end of the course. A snack during the lessons Please let me know if you approve my proposal by contacting me on my email [email_address] , helping those children will give me a great pleasure and I will be more than pleased to provide them with all the help they need. Thank you so much for your kind consideration. Respectfully yours, Lara Kasbari
- Major issue to address: to help underprivileged children in learning some computer skills. Outcomes OF THE PROJECT: To be able to give the less fortunate children a chance to have fun and to gain a new experience that they will hopefully treasure forever. To be able to show their different talents in computer and help them learn new skills in a joyful atmosphere. To be able to give the children a place to bond with each other and to gain new friends, To learn some leadership skills, by learning computer skills this will give them a value of leadership especially if they are talented in computers and then they can pass their knowledge to others.
- Some ideas may require that you get approval from adults or school officials – that should be your number one task then – share with them your well thought out proposal and ask for feedback. Do they want any adjustments to be made? Be sure to tell them how your proposal enhances and supports the school’s or organization's mission so they see the benefit . What are all of the things you will need to do in order to perform your project? In our example of creating a tech club for less privileged kids, Lara had many tasks to do in order to create her tech club: Location of club: finding a free space to host you and your club Where to recruit the participants the club schedule the supplies needed a budget to assess the costs that may come with the club Gaining permission from parents, teachers Examples of People to ask for support: Parents Teachers Relatives and other family members that are connected in technology or who could potentially help you raise money or find a space for free to host your project (if needed).
- Does the school require a teacher to act as monitor? If yes, determine the teacher to approach. Are there other TechGirls in your area or school who you want on your team? Who else may qualify as a tech volunteer in your project?
- October: Decide on Project, write proposal and get feedback November: Work on associated tasks. December: Project planning and fine tuning any possible challenges Jan: Implementation! *Make sure to evaluate your project in order to gain a sense of how successful it is going and to know of the challenges that you will have to work on solving. In the example of the tech club, you can write a brief questionnaire to have your participants answer questions on how they enjoyed the classes, what skills they gained and what you could have done differently to improve the course. A possible challenge might be that you begin the club and realize that while 10 people signed up, you only have 5 computers available. How will you resolve this issue? What are potential issues you can foresee in your own project? Write down at least 3.
- Example of resources needed from Lara’s proposal: Computers. multipurpose room An LCD projector Papers, pencils, colors and other educative materials, Prizes and certificates at the end of the course. A snack during the lessons