Hope Learning Board Projects Page

• Take pictures
• Play games
• Make playlists
• Watch videos
• Make reviews
• Make a YouTube channel
• Learn a new language
• With Duolingo
• Learn ASL
• Learn and use adaptive and assistive technology
• Do technology tutorials
• Learn about online safety and privacy
• Learn how to do more in Zoom
• Get directions
• Use voice assistants like Siri and OK Google
• Do online research
• Make commercials or ads

• Be on or make local radio or TV
• Work on a billboard
• Interview people
• Watch and discuss news
• Advocate for high-speed rail and helping our environment
• Attend public/government meetings
• Make flyers or posters
• Brainstorm on a topic
• Make a log, blog, network, message board, or social media system for Hope to share with each other

• Volunteer at community gardens 
• Garden: raise flowers, herbs, vegetables 
• Research gardening 
• How to recycle (for the environment and for money) 
• Learn about recycling out-of-the-ordinary things: paint, cars, oils, batteries, clothing 
• Recycle containers and food scraps (Try to grow new food from food scrap?) 
• (Learn to) compost 
• (Learn to) reduce, reuse, and recycle 
• (Learn to) donate 
• Learn environmental science! (e.g.: why do we have worms?) 
• What could we do at home? Look for things; touch things; try to grow things like seedlings 
• Guest speakers 
• Safety! Hats, sunglasses, sunscreen 
• (Learn to) conserve water (use a reusable water bottle) 
• Learn about our state’s drought and water systems 
• Learn about (farm) animals and how to treat them 
• Learn about (and perhaps advocate for) high-speed rail (and other public transportation) 
• Learn about clean/renewable energy (electric cars, solar panels, windmills) 
• Enjoy and appreciate (local) nature 
• Learn about (and advocate for) accessible outdoors spaces 
• Accessible birding! 
• Take pictures of plants and animals

• Paper crafts 
• Crafts with things we already have around the house 
• Coloring, drawing, designs, instruments 
• Adult coloring books/pages 
• Coloring online? (maybe with Zoom’s whiteboard?) 
• Flower making with tissue paper 
• Paint 🎨 
• An art expo (in person? online?) showing our art 
• Make it easy to share online 
• Music: live radio, rap, hip hop, top 40, pop, latin 
• Puzzles!

• Arts & Crafts
• Learn and do art 
• Design advertisements for Hope 
• Poetry 
• Both read and write poetry 
• Maybe combine with writing and journaling 
• Community Awareness 
• Learn about (online) volunteering possibilities 
• Learn about our local community 
• How to participate in our community 
• Sustainability; recycling; parks & rec 
• Public transportation 
• Technology
• Computer class 
• Watch, make, and share videos and media 
• Other ideas: 
• Learn Spanish 
• Employment/job readiness: prepare for resumes, applications, interviews 
• All About You: learning about each other 
• Movies 
• Quiz games 
• Computer class

• Ian Klipp from MasterClass’ sales team joined us. 
• MasterClass is edutainment: education + entertainment. 
• MasterClass videos feature famous people showing and teaching you how to do things, and MasterClass videos have high production values. 
• MasterClass tries to be engaging and teach “soft” skills like communication and people skills. 
• MasterClass is a perk/benefit and a learning & developmental tool. 
• The Customer Success Team can put together a custom learning path for us. (But we are not limited to that learning path.) 
• Q&A 
• We should be able to link to MasterClass videos. (Clints will need to log in and stay logged in for the links to work.) 
• Every class has a printable workbook. The Customer Success Team can also curate a workbook. 
• MasterClass costs $90 per user per year for nonprofits. 
• We can reassign active users every 12 months (or whenever our sessions change).
• There are poetry and writing classes, music classes, media classes, acting classes, etc. 
• All videos are available on demand, and 5-6 new classes (or more) are available each month. 
• We would use this for From Hope to Home, but if you are in From Hope to Home, you can watch MasterClass anytime you like, on your own, outside program hours. 
• MasterClass does not integrate with SSO (single sign on), but plans to in early 2022. 
• Chapters are 7-15 minutes. 
• We gave MasterClass a lot of thumbs-up!
  

• Aundria helped us review the 4 topics:  
• Arts and Crafts 
• Poetry 
• Community Awareness 
• Technology 
• Cam helped us look over edu.gcfglobal.org/en:
• This is a free website with lots of courses in English and Spanish. 
• Lessons include text, pictures, and videos. We liked what we saw! 
• There are lots of courses on technology and job skills. 
• There are some courses on life skills like money management, reading, and math. 
• There are a few arts courses on topics like photography, graphic design, and Photoshop. 
• There are Teacher Resources. They help you learn how to use the website to teach classes.
• However, there aren’t downloadables or printables. (Although you can print out a lesson if you really want to.)
• Technology moves fast, so some of the courses may be a little out of date. 
• Overall, we liked this resource and think it could work! 
• It might work best as supplementary curriculum, supporting curriculum and resources from another source.
  

• Tahiya spoke to us about deliverables, materials that we send home for participants to work with. 
• Tahiya showed us materials from Attainment Company. 
• The Focus Series helps with work, community, safety, and interpersonal skills. 
• They also have stuff that helps with: 
• Living on your own 
• Soft skills like teamwork, communication, reliability, and quality of work. 
• They have different versions for instructors and students, including workbooks. 
• Do you remember in school you had a textbook and workbook and your teacher had a teacher’s book? It’s like that. 
• A lot of their stuff includes both words and pictures, so even if you can’t read well, it’s still relatively accessible. 
• We would use these materials to support a class — it wouldn’t be all we use. 
• We shared our experiences and opinions about deliverables and workbook materials: 
• Several of us said we like having deliverables, workbooks, booklets, worksheets, realia, et cetera at home. 
• We like workbooks or binders (rather than separate sheets) because it keeps materials together and is easy to review. 
• It can help to hole-punch papers. 
• A few of us said that we like to take notes. 
• What are some downsides? 
• The mail can be slow or lose things. 
• Sometimes things can be lost or stolen. 
• Aundria helped us brainstorm ideas for at-home projects. 
• Some of us recently made snow globes and holiday pinecones! 
• We like holiday-themed crafts. 
• Maybe we could give everyone an art supply kit with things like: paint, brushes, scissors, gloves, an apron, an artbook, watercolors,  
• What sorts of in-person support do we need to do projects like this? 
• We should let people know before they sign up for their class. 
• What’s age-appropriate? 
• A lot of us (at all different ages) like anything Disney. 
• Remember, if you don’t like something in your program, if you don’t like a project or worksheet, you can tell us! Please let your staff know so they can make it better next time.
  

12/14 Meeting Notes

• We checked-in on MasterClass. 
• We agreed that MasterClass would be a good fit for us. 
• Unfortunately, we might not be able to afford a MasterClass subscription for each participant. 
• Tahiya suggested that we just buy MasterClass subscriptions for presenters, who can share MasterClass videos during class. This seems like a good and reasonably plan to us. 
• We agreed to start meeting every other Tuesday in the new year. 
• We revisited our four class topics. 
• We agreed that we still like the topics we came up with: Arts & Crafts, Poetry, Community Awareness, and Technology. 
• We tried to think more specifically about what we want in those classes. 
• Arts & Crafts: We can make art and also learn about other artists’ and their art. 
• We discussed maybe doing bilingual instruction. Let’s try making one of the classes bilingual and see how it goes?