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In the short-term, the Pilot Fish project is about finding and supporting educators and institutions in the mold of David Humphrey and Seneca.
In the long-term, the project is focused on helping to make active participation in online Open Source communities a part of the modern educational curriculum.
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== Overview ==
== Initial Goals and Milestones ==
The Pilot Fish project is being developed to help integrate participation in the electronic frontier - especially open source and participatory online projects such as Wikipedia -  into the modern educational curriculum.
 
=== Initial Goals and Milestones ===
The first stages of the project are designed to:
The first stages of the project are designed to:
* quickly develop our understanding of what is currently happening in the intersecting space between participatory online projects, open source and education
* quickly develop our understanding of what is currently happening in the intersecting space between participatory online projects, open source and education
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* identify the key participants, thought leaders and potential early adopters in the space
* identify the key participants, thought leaders and potential early adopters in the space


=== Budget ===
== Budget ==
The early budget consists of Mozilla Foundation staff time.
The early budget consists of Mozilla Foundation staff time.


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=== Research ===
=== Research ===
Most of the early research is focused on building a good understanding of the state of electronic frontier education. A key first step is cataloging the people and organizations who are (or have been) working in the area.
Most of the early research is focused on building a good understanding of the state of electronic frontier education. A key first step is cataloging the people and organizations who are (or have been) working in the area.
'''Key Deliverable:''' [[Project/Education/Pilot Fish/Case Studies | Light-weight Case Studies of Electronic Frontier Education Projects]]


'''Key Deliverable:''' [[Project/Education/Pilot Fish/Catalog | Catalog of Electronic Frontier Education Individuals, Initiatives and Organizations]]
'''Key Deliverable:''' [[Project/Education/Pilot Fish/Catalog | Catalog of Electronic Frontier Education Individuals, Initiatives and Organizations]]
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=== Next Steps ===
=== Next Steps ===
* Set concrete goals
After we finish the tasks above, we want to:
* Get (more) external participants engaged
* Set concrete, measurable goals
* Further planning
* Further planning
* Get busy helping educators develop successful electronec frontier education programs
* Get busy helping educators develop successful electronic frontier education programs
 
== Project Reviews ==
* [http://chris.tylers.info Chris Tyler]'s [[:Image:A-Model-for-Sustainable-Student-Involvement-in-Open-Source.pdf | A Model for Sustainable Student Involvement in Open Source]] paper provides a good overview of [http://senecac.on.ca/ Seneca College]'s experience with their  [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki Free and Open Source Software education initiative].


== Ideas ==
== Ideas ==
* [[Project/Education/Pilot Fish/Survey Brainstorm | Survey Brainstorm]]
* [[Project/Education/Pilot Fish/Survey Brainstorm | Survey Brainstorm]] - Run a set of surveys to gather information about the state of electronic frontier education and to build awareness of the Pilot Fish project.
* Rationale for educators
* Write a field guide to help educators successfully pitch, design, develop and deliver electronic frontier education programs.


== Resources ==
== Resources ==
* [[Project/Education/Pilot Fish/Challenges for Educators | Challenges for Educators]]
* [[Project/Education/Pilot Fish/Challenges for Educators | Challenges for Educators]] - a set of notes outlining how online participatory projects differ from a standard educational environment. Based on part on [http://chris.tylers.info Chris Tyler]'s [[:Image:A-Model-for-Sustainable-Student-Involvement-in-Open-Source.pdf | A Model for Sustainable Student Involvement in Open Source]] paper.
* [http://www.cs.gwu.edu/academics/course-detail.php?courseCode=193 CSci 193 - Development of Open-Source Software] - taught at George Washington University by Mozilla veteran [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pinkerton Mike Pinkerton]; includes creating Firefox extensions as part of the course.
 
== Notes ==
* We need to find a good term to describe the communities that we want to help students and educators engage with. Electronic Frontier is too vague and loaded. Open Source is too specific. The term needs to encompass the key aspects of distributed, participatory, generative projects - they are several different things welded together - a community of practice, a decentralized mass collaboration effort and ...
 
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