Crowdfunding
to create a tech training center to teach young adults with
disabilities how to create apps & websites at no cost to them.
Dickinson,
Texas, USA (March 2, 2015) -- As a retired special education high
school teacher and current mobile application and website developer,
Mike File identified a unique opportunity to connect adults with
disabilities to a life-changing opportunity by which they can achieve
higher goals and succeed in life.
To
this end, Mr. File wants to create a technology incubator to help
young adults with disabilities learn to develop mobile applications
and websites without the financial worry of paying for the classes
they would be taking. His target students are those who were very
high functioning in high school, but due to lack of ability to access
the curriculum, or their social skills, their school was not able to
give them a proper preparation for their post-secondary education,
they were not able to get into college to continue their education.
Drawing
on his vast sets of skills in education and mobile app development,
he hopes to leverage all of his professional experience to expand the
technology training center he launched after retiring from the school
system to provide classes for special young people valuable
technology skills for a productive and successful career either as
freelancers or employees.
Crowdfunding
is sought to allow Mr. File to purchase the computers and teaching
materials and cover related costs enabling the students to hit the
ground running -without a penny from any student's pocket. After
completion of the program each student will given their own laptop
loaded with training and development software, as well as Developer
Accounts so they can start creating and selling content. These
classes are scheduled to begin in May.
This
crowdfunding campaign ends in April.The Teaching Adults with
Disabilities App Development Page can be found at:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/teaching-adults-with-disabilities-app-development--2/x/9376669.
About
Mike File
After
spending 16 years as a special ed teacher on a high school campus,
his first experience with an iPad in 2010 led him on a journey of
discovery to professional reinvention as a mobile app developer
running his own company. At present he has 20 apps in the App Store
for iPhones and iPads, 6 apps in Google Play for Android Devices, and
5 Apps in the Windows Store for Windows 8 devices. Retiring from
teaching at the end of school year in 2014, he found himself
launching The Tech Lounge, a technology training center, teaching
classes on how to use mobile devices. Although he left teaching he
didn't leave his students behind; staying in touch with them he
learned of all the difficulties they face with their careers. This
discovery inspired him to pursue his latest dream; being able to
provide these former students the skills, and equipment to have
careers as web application developers.
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