After School

when kids aren't going through Educating Kids

Leisure, socialization, outside interests

Marc Presnky: It's their after-school education, not their school education, that's preparing our kids for their 21st-century lives - and they know it. This after-school education doesn't bore them because, among other things, they help design it. It's different for every one of them. And there are no exams, only clear levels of competence that everyone knows and respects.

What might a generative packaged after-school program look like?

• taste of Product Oriented Unschooling?
• can't be overly adult-structured or adult-taught; peer review
• making/hacker space, not just physical stuff
• writing workshop
• peer-created musical instrument ensembles (mostly have to fit in practice rooms?); live coding
• coding club (Learning Programming)
• pick-up games: sports, chess, ping-pong.... (hrm too zero-sum game? - add into a mix?)
• coding/operating a school-based social media server? hmmm is there a point? digital literacy?
• socratic discussions? Might be hard to do well without adult leader, also high risk of wanking