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Partnership-powered mobile camps to build community infrastructure, empower  summer exploration, and bridge the academic calendar.

American students only go to school, on average, 180 days. A recent survey revealed that 75% of students aren’t enrolled in summer learning programs. As a result, summer brain drain and a widening achievement gap are exacerbated, fueling the crisis of engagement and creativity in the American education system even more.  Furthermore, with more time spent wired and indoors between school sessions, youth and their communities risk a dramatic loss in free play, exploration, + community building central to an enriching summer break. Enter mission:summer.

Inspired by the timeless nostalgia of the neighborhood ice cream truck, the social media fueled urban food truck revolution, and mobile museum + park units, we want to harness the power of  serendipitous interaction and novelty spurred by these mobile trucks to fuel exploration and creativity during summer vacation. And even into the academic year.

These “trucks” can be created for communities at any scale, from one mission:play truck to a whole fleet. In the following presentation, we think big - so don’t get intimidated. Additionally, school buses, institutional partner vehicles, or transportation sponsorship can be used to cover the “truck” component of this project.

Please view our slideshare presentation learn more about the idea+philosophy+structure of mission:summer.

mission:summer

Partnership-powered mobile camps to build community infrastructure, empower summer exploration, and bridge the academic calendar.

mission:summer is our main submission to the 2011”No Right Brain Left Behind Contest.” Also see our “quick burn” idea: Kickstarter: next generation. And inspiration for mission:summer.

Unfortunately, loading issues prevented it from behind on the main page, but we hope this makes it easier to digest.

We used Pinterest to grab sources of inspiration during the beginning of the week. We didn’t have a name yet, but it needed to be something that moved.

We’re on twitter.

We tweet at the intersection of design, learning, planning, and change.

What was the nrblb challenge?

The NRBLB Intelligence Brief.