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Does your child have a product or service that can change their world, your world, and create generational wealth?
HOW OUR 6-WEEK PROGRAM WORKS
Our custom immersive IDEALStudent STEAM curriculum teaches teens how to go from idea to digital solution. But we don't stop there. Teens learn fundamentals of software development, lean startups, and enhance an array of 21st Century Skills. All of these skills strengthen your teens Computational Thinking abilities and better align their skillsets with in-demand skills need for our digital economy.
Week 1
Entrepreneur
Teens learn how to apply the Lean Startup principles (Build, Measure, Learn) feedback loop to their idea
Week 2
Tools & Technologies
Teens discover and explore various tools and technologies they can use to bring their ideas to life
Week 3 - 5
Let's Build Something
Teens elevate their skills here and use SCRUM to analyze, design, develop, test, and deploy their product
Week 6
Launch & Showcase
Before teens go live, they learn how to use metrics to validate their product, then Launch via our Demo Day Showcase to their Village
BELOW IS ONE OF OUR TEENS HIGHLIGHTS OF THIER JOURNEY TO BUILD A SOCIAL AGENDA WEBSITE CALLED GET INFORMED
OUR TEENS JOURNEY FROM IDEA TO WEB SOLUTION
Get Informed Elevator's Pitch
My company, Get Informed, is developing a website that compiles information and links from many different sources to help curious people get involved with current social movements
Click on some of the journey highlight images of tasks completed for one of our teens to analyze, design, develop, and validate their Get Informed website. Examples are their Lean Canvas, Customer Persona, Logo, Web Banners, UX Design Layouts, and Screenshot of Social Agenda Page they Built
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OUR COMMITMENT
We've worked with many teens through schools/organizations who took our program for exposure to software development. Our Bootcamps are designed specifically for both Teens and their Parents/Guardians who also want to monetize their products and make money online through their digital product/service to create generational wealth.
PERSONALIZED ATTENTION
We've worked with many teens. We will work with yours and provide specific feedback to their idea on how to implement and improve upon it.
INTERACTIVE CURRICULUM
This is not the traditional approach to learning by reading boring books. Students learn through interactive student led collaborative interaction
EXPOSURE TO IN-DEMAND JOBS & SKILLS
There are many career fields involved in software development. Such as, Content Writers, Designers, Analyst, Coders to Testers. We expose teens to all of them
FOUNDATION FOR GENERATIONAL WEALTH
Partner with us to enable your teen to launch a product/service that can impact their school, community, family, life and the financial future of generations to come!
NEED SOME PRODUCT OR SERVICE IDEAS?
Physical Product Ideas
Services Converted Into Product Ideas
The possibility for products , especially built from services are unlimited. If you teen is having issues coming up with ideas, start with this passions, hobbies, talents and abilities. If you still have questions, chat with us first.
Is Your Teen Next?
This program is for middle - high school students, ages 11 yrs old - 19 yrs old
We are looking for specific teens to work with. For our Bootcamp, teens must already have an idea/product/service and be ready to commit to the program. Parents/Guardians must commit to being their Accountability Buddy!
OPEN SPOTS AVAILABLE
Our Teens Commitment
Our Parents/Guardian Commitment
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions (General)
IDEALStudent Bootcamp is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) tech program offered under our IDEALStudent Academy curriculum. This program is designed specifically for parents looking to help give their middle - high school teens a tech competitive edge, create generational wealth.
Teens learn how to build web sites or apps around an idea they are passionate about. The programs are peer-centered, interactive, and student led. It focuses on Entrepreneurship, Software Development, 21st Century Skills, Web 2.0 Technologies, and Blended Learning. Teens develop enhanced Computational Thinking abilities, and ultimately transfer from passive to active users of technology who become the doers, thinkers, designers, and innovators in our digital economy.
Dates:
The current 6 weeks program runs for 6 weeks from 11/7, 11/14, 11/21, 11/28 (Optional), 12/5, 12/12, 12/19. 11/28 is currently optional due to the holiday. We will determine if we meet on that day in the program or extend program to 12/19.
Time:
For middle school students we meet: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
For high school students we meet: 12:30 pm - 2:3o pm
- Program Cost:
- $149 -
- $199 - Custom branded domain
Payment Due Dates
Payment is due at registration
- We can only work with a limited number of teens
- We currently have 2 sessions.
- One for middle school students (6th - 8th grade) - up to 25 students.
- One for Highschool students (9th - Senior) - up to 25 students.
Frequently Asked Questions (Remote/Independent Work)
- We meet Live every Saturday online for 2 hours, for 6 weeks
- Online sessions are very interactive. Teens must have a laptop/desktop, video on and audio on.
- We start off with quick ice breakers
- Teens will be placed in small groups and work collaboratively with other teens on their websites
- Teens will come back to All Teens group and present their work for the day
- We end with reflection and Q&A
- Yes. Participating in Live Online Remote sessions is only part of the training.
- Teens are expected to spend an additional 2 hrs+ a week, doing independent work specific to the analysis, design, develop, test, and launch of their web site.
- Yes. We offer 1 hour, weekly office hours to assist teens in trouble shooting issues.
- We also provide an online community for teens to post questions and get answers resolved by the community
- In addition, teens will have access to a knowledge base with additional training and support documents
Frequently Asked Questions (Teen/Idea Selection)
- We're looking for middle - high school students who have an idea/product/service and ready and excited to build an online presence to market and sell their product
- They do not have to be technical, however, this is a technical program - so they must be willing and open to learning, exploring, and building with technology
- It's ok that the teens are pushed by their parents/guradians, however we do need buy-in by the teens - as they are the ones who are expected to do the work and complete the task. Again, we are limited with the teens we can work with one-on-one, so we want to pick teens who really want to be in the program
- All teens must already have an idea/product/service.
- If they have an idea only for a product, they need to already be comfortable with how they are going to create the product. The program is only 6 weeks. it will go very fast. We want to ensure every teen who comes out this program has a product/service that they can actively launch, market, sale, and fulfill once the site is live.
- We don't play favor with ideas/products/services. All are welcome, as long as they are (x, y, and z)
- Again our main requirement is that any idea selected is one that they already comfortable with with developing, producing, and fulfilling.
- No. Unfortunately we don't have the time.
- We love helping teens brainstorm ideas, and while we do offer a module in other programs on brainstorming and disrupting existing ideas - we do not have time to cover that in this program.
- We want to focus the majority of our time on assisting the teens with designing, developing, and validating their ideas through sales online.
- We only have 6 weeks, so there is not enough time to cover brainstorming ideas.
- If you are unsure, or just want to run an idea/product back - Book a 20 minute slot and let's chat
If you think you would like to see some time of workshop on helping your teen come up with a product/service, drop your email here, and if we get enough interest - we will see what we can put together.
- No. Unfortunately for the Live Bootcamps, we specifically want to work with teens who have an idea for/ or product/service and they are actively selling or looking to monetize (make money) it.
- We will eventually have a program for teens who just want the tech experience and access to the curriculum, without a product. If this your child, Drop Us an Email, and based on demand we can determine how soon we need to offer it.
Yes, we can, we have a whole Ideas/Products/Services section on this.
- Meet Lisa, she design custom t-shirts with inspirational messages. She's building a website to sale her designs. Her products will be the T-shirts.
- Josh is a gamer. He loves playing games, teaching his tips and strategies. He's building a How To website called GamersZone, where he can teach beginner gammers how to advance their skills. He doesn't have a physical product so he will sell GamerZone T-shirts with his logo.
- Eliz is an artist. She draws amazing free-hand artwork. She's building a website to showcase her work as well as allow customers to submit request for a fee. She's monetizing the custom artwork design, and selling T-shirts with her website name.
- No, not for the Live Bootcamps.
- We love that our teens want to build a site for their entrepreneur family and help them to grow their online business
- Unfortunately Family Owned Business website requirements are much more rigorous than the sites are teens are building, we want to keep the ideas limited to the teens.
- In addition, the sites the teens are building, we support and maintain for 1 year. Therefore, teens are only allowed to only sell 3 products max. Most family owned businesses, will require far more products.
- We do plan to offer Adult Entrepreneur Bootcamps to design, build, and develop your own websites with unlimited products. We also provide support and maintenance. Drop Us an Email if you would like to learn more about this service.
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Frequently Asked Questions (Shopping Cart)
- Shopping carts are enhanced website functionality that allow users to browse and purchase products on the website
- Each website will come integrated with a Shopping Cart
- Teens are allowed to sale up 3 products
- Shopping Carts will have the option to integrated with PayPal to process payments transactions online and collect funds immediately
- No PayPal information can be in the teens information. It must be in the Accountability Buddies (Parents/Guardians) names only
- Taxes and Shipping are additional shopping cart features and my be optionally included, if desired
- Teens are required to have pictures of their products/services. The better the picture quality, the better the presentation in the shopping cart. We do provide some limited assistance on creating images of products.
- Please note: We only assist with the Shopping Cart install and configuration, and payment processor setup. We do not provide any support for the actual order fulfillment and delivery. That process needs to be handled by the Teens, their Accountability Buddies, and their Village.
- Yes. SSL, when installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol and allows secure connections from a web server to a browser.
- Typically, SSL is used to secure credit card transactions, data transfer and logins, and more recently is becoming the norm when securing browsing of social media sites.
- It encrypts data online buyers input in your site or shopping cart to protect it from online threats.
- Your Teens eCommerce website is a platform that handles sensitive information of users and data security is a critical element in maintaining a trustworthy relationship with your customers.
- Without an SSL certificate, there is no other guaranteed way to maintain communication between the users and keep the website private from attackers.
- All eCommerce sites are SSL enabled
Teens can sell up to 3 products max on their websites.
- The Accountability Buddies (Parents/Guardians) personal names and bank information is used to collect all payments.
- They are solely responsible for managing customer support questions, order fulfillment, and processing refunds
- We do provide sophisticated eCommerce systems that allow to manage many of these features from a single dashboard
- No. We do not take any additional or hidden fees from the transactions/payments our teens make through our platform
- PayPal takes processing fees, and depending on which additional optional 3rd party vendors are used for product fulfillment, and tracking, for example, additional fees may be incurred. We will work with all parties to provide some recommendations, with emphasis on low cost alternatives.
- No, we do not assist with physical product creation or order fulfillment
- We also do not provide any support for the actual order fulfillment and delivery.
- We recommend this process be handled by the Teens, their Accountability Buddies, and their Village.
However, we do assist with some things:
- We assist with the Shopping Cart install and configuration, and payment processor setup.
- We also provide some direction on creating pictures of your digital products or services, and creating products around them
- No. We do not provide any assistance with physical order delivery.
However, we do assist with some things:
- We assist with the digital Shopping Cart configuration for order delivery, if you chose to add this optional feature.
- No. We do not provide any direct assistance with resolving specific customer complaints.
However, we do assist with some things:
- We assist with providing a digital solution to manage customer complaints via your Shopping Cart
- All customers are giving order numbers that can be easily tracked back to your teens shopping cart to easier identify and troubleshoot issues
- And depending on optional Advance features used, you may have the option to issue refunds directly from Shopping Cart or manually
- We will provide training on how to do both
- Again, some of these features can be a bit much for the Teen to manage alone - which is why their Accountability Buddies are required for this component.
We help teens with the following:
- Digital Product/Service Image creation - these are the images that will be used in shopping cart
- Suggestion for Online Product Creation Services (for T-shirts or Accessories)
- Additional ideas/suggestions on monetization (additional suggestions to make money from ideas they already have)
- Shopping Cart install and configuration
- SSL encryptions
- New Product Setup and configuration
- Payment Gateway Integration (Accountability Buddies are required to provide details, do additional work)
- Optional Taxes configuration, (Accountability Buddies are required to provide details, do additional work)
- Optional Shipping configuration, (Accountability Buddies are required to provide details, do additional work)
- Optional Order Delivery configuration, (Accountability Buddies are required to provide details, do additional work)
- Training on eCommerce modules and dealing with customer support issues
Frequently Asked Questions (Accountability Buddies)
- Accountability Buddies (AB) are adults, preferably the parents or guardians of the teens, who actively walk this process with the teens and hold them accountable to the teens IDEALStudent SMART Goal and the IDEALStudent Bootcamp goals, deliverables, and timelines
No, AB are not required to meet with the teens during their Live training sessions, however they are welcome to listen in if they prefer.
- AB are expected to meet weekly for 1 hour Live
- AB with be provided with a 6 week goal checking Guide to ensure teens are on track with deliverables
- Purpose of these sessions are for AB Checkins to ensure teen is on track with work, Q&A, and feedback sessions
- During this time, they will meet with other AB and get feel for how other teens are doing in program
- According to Wikipedia, "It takes a village to raise a child" is an African proverb that means that an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.
- Whether it really takes a village is debatable, and we really don't care which way you lean
- What we do care about is that in the counsel of many, there is wisdom
These are people who are really for the teen. We encourage teens to treat their Village as:
- Board of Advisors: They can be instrumental in providing them with strategic insight and wisdom, to build the best online presence ever
- Early Adopters: are people who start using a product, service, or technology as soon as it becomes available.
- Brand Evangelist: Brand Evangelists: Is a term popularized by Guy Kawasaki with Apple products. These are the people who will sing praises for your brand and convince others to try or convert to your product or service. Brand evangelists do this because of a genuine belief in the product or service and are not paid for their praises. The main differences between early adopters and evangelists is that while early adopters may be the first to try your product, they are not necessarily going to become fans of your product or spread positive word-of-mouth like a brand evangelist does
- Investors: possibly an angel investor (providing capital) , or simply their time, energy, and expertise
What an Village is not
- A customer
- According to Investopedia, a customer is an individual or business that purchases another company's goods or services. Customers are important because they drive revenues; without them, businesses cannot continue to exist
- For the purpose of our IDEALStudent Bootcamp, we want to differentiate customers from AB and the teen's Village
Frequently Asked Questions (Pricing)
Program Cost:
- $159 - standard idealstudent.com domain
- $199 - Custom branded domain
- See complete pricing feature list
No. Payment is due in full at time of registration.
Yes. We put a lot of time an energy to make this an amazing program for our teens. However, things happen.
In the event of a refund, our policy is as follows, Teen leaves by:
- End of Week 2: issued 100% refund
- End of Week 3: issued 75% refund
- Beginning of Week 4 and beyond there is no refund
* In the event any refund is issued, the teens website will be deleted.
Yes. We currently offer 1 upgrade in pricing. That is to have a custom domain name instead of the default name that domain name that all ends with idealstudent.com.
- By default all websites will be off the idealstudent.com domain. For example, a teens site is called GameZone. That website would be accessible by gamezone.idealstudent.com
- However, some teens may want a custom domain
- A custom domain is a unique branded name that identifies a website. If your teen would like a custom domain -- for example, "gamezone.com" -- (remove idealstudent.com) - the custom domain upgrade allows for that.
- Teens and their AB are required to search for a custom domain name and purchase/register it
- Registering a new domain generally costs between $10 and $20 a year
- After the domain is purchased, we will provide support to add and configure the domain to your teens website
- This is a technical, hands on piece that requires additional time and energy, and there will require an charges
- Custom domains are completely optional. The default unbranded domain will work completely fine out the box
- The fee may or may not be 1 time fee
- After paying for the bootcamp, teens are giving access to the IDEALStudent curriculum and membership community for 1 year
After the 1 year - the teens can
- shutdown their site
- export their site - and take to a completely different hosting
- renew their site - keep it on our IDEALStudent platform and continue to have access to the curriculum and online community
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Frequently Asked Questions (Post Bootcamp)
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The navigation design should communicate the relationship between the links it contains so that users understand the options they have for navigating the site.
The navigation design should communicate the relationship between the links it contains so that users understand the options they have for navigating the site.
The navigation design should communicate the relationship between the links it contains so that users understand the options they have for navigating the site.
Yes. After the 6 weeks, teens can leave their sites on the IDEALStudent platform or they can export it and take it to any WordPress Hosting provider. There are many options, and install their site on a different server, that's hosted and supported by someone else.
There are many benefits to allowing us to host your teens website:
- Support and Maintenance to ensure your teens website stays update to latest versions and security patches
- Sophisticated plugins to take your teens default website to advance levels, such as Shopping Carts, Social Networks/Communities, Payment Gateways, Forums
- Access IDEALStudent curriculum and membership curriculum and online community
- Step by Step WordPress Instructional training videos
Frequently Asked Questions (Technology Requirements)
Teens are required to have the following technology:
- Laptop/Desktop or Tablet
- Camera
- Audio
- Internet/Wifi access
No. A cell phone will not allow teens to get the full experience of the program. Additionally, teens will be required to share their screens to highlight work their did and complete task. Many of the systems teens will learn to use to design, develop, and test their ideas are designed for optimal use via desktop not phone.
- Yes, wifi is required.
In addition, the following are:
- Teens are required to have the following technology:
- Laptop/Desktop or Tablet
- Camera
- Audio
FOUNDER, CEO
Vea Glenn
"I've taken my 20 years as a software developer, and entrepreneur - and all that I teach youth about our digital world - packaged it up, and want to deliver it to yours"
What's So Great About WordPress?
We don't push teens to be WordPress Developers. We do push teens to always look for ways to expand their technical skillsets
01. #1 CMS
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