USD 500 microgrants available for workshops, short courses

General
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  1. Your name, and that of your organisation (or the organisation that will receive funds on your behalf)
    Shams Jaber, The Tech Academy (a brand of Gamify Limited)

  2. Name of the event. Make another post with another event name if you have another event.
    Robots and Music - Arduino-based robots and musical instruments

  3. Email address by which you may be contacted.
    shams@thetechacademy.net

  4. What open science hardware tool(s) will be the focus of your event?
    Arduino, Sensor, Processing IDE, Actuators(Arduino-based), Display and Motors(Arduino-based)

  5. Describe your course or workshop, whom and what it is for, where and when it will be held, and how many attendees (IRL or virtual) you expect.
    At two of our FabLabs in Dhaka and Chittagong, we will be hosting a series of workshops to teach children (aged 8- 16) how to build robots with open-source hardware such as Arduino and incorporate music in the projects they make. The Tech Academy specializes in teaching Robotics, Animation and Game Development to children. Also, I am a passionate musician and songwriter. This is to inspire new students to join our programs in the future where they can build their own unique musical instruments and play them and compose unique music using them. We’re aiming for 15 - 20 attendees per in-person session. Each session will be 2 to 3 hours with new students and there will be 4 sessions per week combined (2 in Dhaka and 2 in Chittagong).

  6. Do you have plans for ongoing activities after this event OR is it intended that the participants will continue activities after this event? If so, describe the intentions and plans here.
    The participants can continue studying in our future program if interested since we hold various workshops and competitions with different schools both locally and globally.

  7. What event outputs (e.g. teaching materials, curricula, software, etc.) will you make available? Will these outputs carry an open licence?
    All resources/sources will be available to people who visit our websites as well as our lab in Dhaka.

  8. What you will use the grant for, roughly.
    300 USD - Hardware parts/Kits
    100 USD - Allowance for trainers
    100 USD - Rent & Refreshments

  9. Provide links (references) to documentation or reviews of similar events or works you have executed. School coursework or projects can be listed, even social media posts. Anything to give a sense of what you’re about and your ability to successfully conduct this course or workshop. To keep this short, just the links and their descriptions will do.

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