About this project
Show list of needs
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Basic video editing
Half of our material is based upon audiovisual contents. We need Rudá's digital magic to take care of the video tutorials, workshops, and clips.
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€ 350 | |
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Basic illustration
Guides and tutorials will be released in PDF format so you can print them or view them directly from the screen. Beatriz's digital pen makes our crazy ideas become a reality
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€ 250 | |
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Basic Didactic design
Education is a tough science. Tatiana's talent is to approach knowledge transfer and building with strategy, good taste, and fun.
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€ 250 | |
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Basic Content development
Alquimétricos’ core technology and methodology need to be translated into digital sessions we can share online with you as well with families and teachers around the world. This budget slice allows us to properly adapt live workshops we have been giving for the last years to the online environment.
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€ 250 | |
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Book printing
Who doesn't want to have an actual print copy of their favorite reading? Help us make our digital book a molecular reality printing the first hundred batch!
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€ 2.000 | |
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eBook publishing
Digital books require loads of writing, photo selection, and edition. But also grammar correction, visual design, authoring, and more. Not to forget to get your own ISBN!
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€ 2.500 | |
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Platform development and set up
We need a developer to put up our Open Educational Resources platform and sort our contents online so everybody can find their way out inside the Alquimétricos' universe. We will do it "our way" otherwise. Really, help us get the job well done
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€ 1.000 | |
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Teachers' development kit
Latin American educational situation is entering the Nightmare's phase. Books are already scarce, so forget about science or tech kits. Help us put the right tools and knowledge in the hands of the people that are fighting the actual mother of all battles.
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€ 1.800 | |
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Advanced didactic design
In case the campaign goes well, we will double the amount of content. Help Tatiana develop a whole bunch of materials so we can compile them into our book!
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€ 250 | |
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Advanced Content development
In case the campaign goes well, we will double the amount of content. Help Fernando develop a whole bunch of materials so we can compile them into our book!
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€ 250 | |
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Advanced video editing
In case the campaign goes well, we will double the amount of content. Help Rudá develop a whole bunch of materials so we can compile them into our documentary!
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€ 350 | |
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Advanced illustration
In case the campaign goes well, we will double the amount of content. Help Beatriz develop a whole bunch of materials so we can compile them into our book!
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€ 250 | |
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Advanced campaign fees and bank taxes
In case the campaign goes well we will have much more deductions from our pledges. This item covers these costs.
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€ 350 |
Infrastructure
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Promotion
We need the world to get to know us. With the aid of social media promotion tools, we can get in touch directly with the people who want to know about us.
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€ 250 | |
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Basic campaign fees and bank taxes
Successful campaign has its costs. This item will cover the deductions that will take place when transferring the campaign's pledges.
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€ 180 |
Material
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First round's fulfillment
Many of you will want to have the actual toys digitally cut at a local FabLab. We need to establish a supply chain based upon proper materials provision, process, finishing, and delivered right to your home safely.
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€ 280 | |
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Second round's fulfillment
Many of you will want to have the actual toys digitally cut at a local FabLab. We need to establish a supply chain based upon proper materials provision, process, finishing and delivered right to your home safely.
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€ 550 | |
| Total | € 1.810 | € 11.110 |
General information
We know the quarantine has put a strain on children and parents, who are now forced to play at home, but we would like to transform it in an opportunity to reconsider game as an educational resource, sustainable and accessible to all, to be brought soon to schools and open spaces too.
Alquimétricos has created an open-source platform, to download from internet models of DIY toy components, completely free of charge, capable of stimulating the child's creativity, of promoting an approach to sustainability (using organic materials and/or recycling what is available at home), while facilitating active and constructive learning of geometry, maths, architecture, mechanics, physics and much more!
Alquimétricos has already brought its idea to many disadvantaged communities around the world and would like to continue providing tools and models in free sharing to all, without any need of purchase; for this reason, today we are launching a crowdfunding campaign intended to support the project.
Description of the project. Main features, strengths and differentials.
Help us making cool educational toys available to everybody everywhere leaving the smallest possible print.
Supporters will gain access to video tutorials, digital blueprints, and mounting instructions for dozens of models, weeks before its official release.
Also, will have access to a dedicated channel full of sneak peeks, making-ofs, live workshops, personalized support, direct contact with the creators, special gifts, and many other surprises!
“Toys should be free for the children and for the planet"
That’s why for each contributor that supports us, we will make available to a Brazilian educational institution or social initiative from a low-income community the entire range of our open educational resources.
So we can all be part of the same community, learning while doing and having fun.
All our content will be released freely some weeks after the campaign ends using the Creative Commons licensing model.
Why this is important
We think that quality educational material should be available to everybody, despite their financial or social background.
Unfortunately, most part of the global population cannot afford to buy a cool set of building blocks systems to learn-by-playing on architecture, mechanics, or robotics.
That's why we have created an open-source, DIY collection of connectors that you can fabricate at home using very simple and cheap tools and even cheaper materials. You can even recycle some stuff you'd probably trash anyway!
You don't only end up with the toys in your hands, but you learn how to make them yourself, for good. Virtually infinite pieces and projects can be created at home using very few material resources and stimulating a creative process along with your children.
Help us make that knowledge available to thousands of kids with lesser opportunities living in vulnerable communities in Latin America.
Alquimétricos was founded in 2015 in Argentina by Fernando Daguanno, who immediately moved to Brazil, where the project developed and gained a dozen of prizes. Fernando is a maker and artist, open-knowledge activist and a recycle fan!
Alquimétricos' collective is vast and international. In this campaign, we count on the help of
- Rudá Cordaro, filmmaker
- Beatriz Quadros, Illustrator
- Tatiana Tabak, designer, and educator
The Connective is an Italian consultancy and research cooperative created to support the transition to the New Economy of the Commons and today we present the Alquimétricos project, an international collective of innovators, educators, and artists, born to offer you an interesting alternative to expensive, digital and/or not very educational games.
Staff:
- Noemi Fantinato
- Alessia Guidi
- Lisa Milan
- Giulio Quarta
Social commitment
Educational
Open-source, DIY, inexpensive educational toys to make at home during COVID-19 quarantine.
For each campaign contributor, we will be donating a similar product to a Brazilian social, educational, or cultural institution from a low-income community. We will focus on impact actions like training public school teachers, social agents, and equipping classrooms with micro-Alquimétricos-factories so they can create their own products.
-We are creating new Open Educational Resources that will be published some weeks after the campaign ends completely free
-We are developing a content channel with video tutorials, mounting instructions, blueprints live workshops and everything you need to start creating your own educational toys right away
-We are helping social initiatives in Brazil, Argentina, and other Latin American vulnerable communities to empower themselves by migrating from a lack-of-resources paradigm to a self-sufficient model
-We are expanding the boundaries of our community so we count on the contributions and exchanges that come along with open exponential growth and propose viralization.
Sustainable Development Goals
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Quality Education
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development.
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Reduced Inequalities
To reduce inequalities, policies should be universal in principle, paying attention to the needs of disadvantaged and marginalized populations.
