TradeRoutes Midyear Report
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OUR PROGRESS learn about where we are
OUR SEMESTER IN REVIEW look back at how far we have come in five months
OUR NEXT STEPS see where we are going this summer!
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Our PROGRESS0 1
TradeRoutes was used for the first time in the classroom with Merijke Coenraad’s7th grade social studies students. Ms. Coenraad used TradeRoutes to create a virtual Freedom Trail lesson using photos, videos, webpages, 3rd-party edtech apps, and virtual reality images found online. TradeRoutes allowed Ms. Coenraad to be a tour guide in her classroom before she took her students out to the physical Freedom Trail in Boston for a field trip later that day!
1st Proof-of-Concept in 7TH GRADE HISTORY CLASSOn April 1st,
Screenshots of Merijke’s lesson:
Watch a video of TradeRoutes being used in Merijke's classroom!!
Ryan Lee CEO
Harvard Graduate School of Education
BC ‘16
Ryan Dontas CTO
Teach For America: UP Academy, Boston
BC ‘16
Adam Minuto COO
Liberty Mutual: Boston BC ‘16
Founders: Team:
Kevin Gleason
Back-end Dev BC ‘16
Omar Morales
Sales BC ‘17
Tabitha Joseph Marketing
BC ‘17
Berent LaBrecque
Content BC ‘15
Chrissy Lorica Content BC ‘17
Alex Abrams
Mobile App Dev BC ‘16
Our TEAM of Boston College students and alumni Summer Team On Pause
Josh Reed
Marketing BC ‘16
Heidi Dong
School Research BC ‘19
Ryan Lee came up with the idea after spending semester abroad in Kathmandu, Nepal where he started a media-rich website to bring his travels to life for his friends and family. After returning to BC, he paired up with Ryan Dontas, who had already joined Students for Education Reform, which develops college students into grassroots organizers who fight for educational justice in their communities. The two worked together in imagining how education can be transformed with technology and brought in Adam Minuto to help flesh out the idea. The end result was TradeRoutes.
Founders Story:
Read more about TradeRoutes in the Boston College Heights "
Our SUPPORTAdvisors:
Audrey Friedman Assistant Dean of Boston College Lynch School of
Education
Laura Foote Adjunct Lecturer in Social
Entrepreneurship at Boston College
Patrick McQuillan Associate Professor
Teacher Education at Boston College
Isa Zimmerman Former Superintendent
of Easton Schools
Lee Wright Founder of History Camp
and History List
Brian Harrington Former EVP & CMO,
of ZipCar
Teachers/Educators:
Content Partners:
Merijke Coenraad 7th Grade Social Studies,
St. Columbkille Partnership School
Marshall Carter Director of Education,
Museum of WWII
Kerry Dunne Director of History and
Social Studies, Boston Public Schools
Josue Sakata Assistant Director of
History and Social Studies, Boston Public Schools
Kyle Jenks Historical Performer of
James Madison
Steve Thornton Author of A Shoeleather History of the Wobblies
…
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Our SEMESTER IN REVIEW0 2
Running the NUMBERS
10+DEMOS PERFORMED
50+TEACHER CONNECTIONS
5+CONTENT PARTNERS
CONNECTED WITH
$10KFUNDING RAISED
Semester HIGHLIGHTS
Developed our MVP
In 7-weeks, our four-person
development team created:
• a web-based lesson presentation tool
• and a virtual reality mobile app
Performed multiple POCs Connected with stakeholders Raised capital for the summer
• Tested our MVP in Merijke’s 7th
grade social studies class at the St.
Columbkille School in Brighton, MA. See video recap here!
• Gifted Merijke’s class with over
$2,500 in tech made possible by the
Boston College Legacy Grant. See video here!
• Showcased our project at History
Camp 2016 and shared our vision
with historians and educators.
• Formed connection with the
Museum of WWII.
• Connected with social studies
teachers Boston Public Schools.
• Placed 2nd in the Boston College
Venture Competition and took
home a prize of $5,000.
• Secured a grant through the
National Science Foundation to
explore applications in science
education.
Placed
2nd out of over 25 teams
in the annual
Boston College
Venture Competition
Began building
TradeRoutes in our
dorm room as part of the
7-week Boston College
Accelerator Program
Semester IN REVIEW
JAN FEB
MVP Development
MAR APR MAY
Classroom Proof-of-Concepts
Building Partnerships
Showcased our
MVP to school at
Boston College
Demo Day
Started working
with Merijke,
a 7th grade social
studies teacher at St.
Columbkille School in
Brighton, MA
Attended
History Camp
Performed a
successful
1st proof-of-concept
in Merijke’s class—
opening up a space to
test on a weekly basis
Visited the
Museum of WWII
to learn more
about the museum
education space
Received NSF Grant
to explore
application in
science education
Connected with
Boston Public Schools
to build for their
social studies teachers
TradeRoutes
graduates from
Boston College—
commencing onto
bigger plans
(see next page!)
2016
Our NEXT STEPS0 3
TradeRoutes VISION
Make learning more HANDS-ON DEMOCRATIZE out-of-classroom experiences Inspire classrooms to INNOVATE!
By the 2016-2017 school year, we hope to:
THANK YOU for your continued support!
CONTACT INFO
SOCIAL MEDIAfacebook.com/TradeRoutesEduv
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linkedin.com/company/TradeRoutes
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www.traderoutes.co
