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# Accelerator Civic Tech Hacknight
:calendar: 2019-09-24
:round_pushpin: [PwC](https://www.meetup.com/Civic-Tech-Toronto/events/dcnphryzmbgc/)

### Volunteers at **SPROTT HOUSE** For October 6th and 20th
**We are looking for volunteers to teach coding lessons and just be general helpers at Sprott House on October 6th and October 20th**

**SIGNUP [HERE](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gEFV7XGj0Gi2QQAvD73z9q92ZSjjJv0KZjBtv1WD5us/edit?usp=sharing)**

**In order to volunteer at Sprott House you need to complete [this training](https://learn.truecolorsunited.org/courses/lgbt-youth-homelessness-101/)**

**You also need to have done at least ONE SESSION AT ST FELIX**

+ October 6th and October 20th 11am 4pm
	+ Francois is intered in both
	+ Shubhi is good for October 6th and 20th
+ **Sept 27** due date for Sprot House Accelerator Poster


#### Volunteering feedback
 + be careful about giving advice. These kids are precariously housed. Do not play therapist. Bad things happen when you give bad advice. 
	 + ask sprot house for their usual protocols for dealing with youth (dealing with high emotions and how to curb conversation and such)



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## Website Feedback
+ talk to CNIB and accessability specialists about accessability of site
	+  take care to name files to be more relevant to what they are


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## Curriculum feedback
**If you have ideas or resources you'd like to add, post them [here](https://hackmd.io/2MbU5kNiS5e6Tg5eHmvWeQ?edit)**

**If you'd like to join in the workshop, vote [here](https://www.when2meet.com/?8141447-5oPfi) for your availability**

+ video tape it for student's later reference
+ ability to contact Accelerator teachers during the week for support
+ add helpful links page on the website
	+ specific languages, skills like videogame programming
+ ownership is important when you finish a project
	+ could create a collaberative website as an example, intended to be used by folks in a similar situation
	+ could build a portfolio
	+ could rely on web IDE that can be accessed from any computer 
+ Add a goal to help folks develop into *healthy individuals*
	+ pleasant interactions help reduce drug violence
+ Add capacity for other skills
	+ bitmap manipulation (photoshop), vector editing (illustrator), 3D CAD (Fusion360?)
	+ prototyping (Toronto Tool Library)
## Survey Feedback
+ redesign survey to be given to same students every week
	+ supplement questions with emoji scales to reduce brainpower required for survey
	+ add paragraph at the end to elaborate
+ allow all sections to be skippable
+ split survey into two sections
	1. first section for folks very bored with the session, much shorter
	2. for folks who had a good time and can go into more detail
+ having multiple pages makes the survey seem longer
+ put the survey online on the website? Make it public so folks who feel uncomfortable filling it out at the time can find it on the website late