I’m getting crazy good-busy with outreach at the moment.
I am working a lot on Students for High Impact Charity (SHIC) http://​​www.shicschools.org/​​,
working on a high school level Effective Altruismish programme, which is really exciting. I am a teacher so I think that is where my comparative advantage is. After ranting about EA to some of my senior students (when we should have been doing physics) they asked if I could give a course, so they asked management, and now I have a no-credit elective 20 hour course on EA for my seniors (17-18 yo), which I repeat later in the year, and another 10 hour elective course with a 15-16 yo crowd. I’ve only had one lesson so far, but it went great.
I’ve also been doing some adult outreach, with a Giving Game for a choir group I know (very receptive and some significant giving changes!) and one to Skeptics (some receptive and some very argumentative, as you would expect). I was also interviewed for the NZ Skeptics podcast—but they have yet to edit out all my mumblings so it is not out yet… I am pretty nervous about hearing it.
Wow, you’re really doing outstanding outreach! Congrats on getting the school management to approve a course! Have you considered doing a GG as part of it? Also cool to hear about the other GGs you’re doing and the podcast, great work!
You guys are doing great jobs!
I’m getting crazy good-busy with outreach at the moment.
I am working a lot on Students for High Impact Charity (SHIC) http://​​www.shicschools.org/​​, working on a high school level Effective Altruismish programme, which is really exciting. I am a teacher so I think that is where my comparative advantage is. After ranting about EA to some of my senior students (when we should have been doing physics) they asked if I could give a course, so they asked management, and now I have a no-credit elective 20 hour course on EA for my seniors (17-18 yo), which I repeat later in the year, and another 10 hour elective course with a 15-16 yo crowd. I’ve only had one lesson so far, but it went great.
I’ve also been doing some adult outreach, with a Giving Game for a choir group I know (very receptive and some significant giving changes!) and one to Skeptics (some receptive and some very argumentative, as you would expect). I was also interviewed for the NZ Skeptics podcast—but they have yet to edit out all my mumblings so it is not out yet… I am pretty nervous about hearing it.
It’s been great watching SHIC grow, thanks for sharing.
Wow, you’re really doing outstanding outreach! Congrats on getting the school management to approve a course! Have you considered doing a GG as part of it? Also cool to hear about the other GGs you’re doing and the podcast, great work!