Mouse Inc

MOUSE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY THAT EDUCATES AND INSPIRES STUDENTS AND TEACHERS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO SUCCEED IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND HIGH-TECH CAREERS.

DESIGN LEAGUEMOUSE EXPANDED OUR DESIGN LEAGUE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONSDIVISION OF INSTRUCTIONAL AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. MOUSE REACHED 3816 STUDENTS (UP FROM 912 STUDENTS) THROUGH 124 TEACHERS (UP FROM 45 TEACHERS) AT 42 SCHOOLS (UP FROM 17 SCHOOLS). MOUSE PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM, A LEARNING PLATFORM, COACHING, AND INDUSTRY MENTORS TO SUPPORT EACH TEACHER. SCHOOLS ENDED THE YEAR WITH A SCHOOL-WIDE PROJECT FAIR WHERE INDUSTRY JUDGES SELECTED THREE WINNING STUDENT APPS TO COMPETE AT THE CITY-WIDE EMOTI-CON COMPETITION.EMOTI-CONFROM 5/23-6/3/22, MOUSE HELD OUR 14TH ANNUAL, AND THIRD R VIRTUAL, EMOTI-CON NYC DIGITAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE. MOUSE INCREASED EMOTI-CON PARTICIPATION BY 63%, WITH 736 STUDENT PRESENTERS SHARING 194 PROJECTS. SIX WINNING STUDENT PROJECT TEAMS AND 30 FINALISTS WERE AWARDED FROM ACROSS NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PARTNER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.MOUSE CREATEMOUSE CREATE (CREATE.MOUSE.ORG) IS OUR UNIQUE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WITH OVER 200 ACTIVITIES. THIS YEAR, MOUSE OVERHAULED OUR DESIGN WITH PURPOSE COURSE BY ADDING NEW CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES. THE DESIGN WITH PURPOSE COURSE IS OUR (THE MARQUEE COURSE ON THE PLATFORM). SPECIFICALLY, MOUSE INTEGRATED IN LESSONS ABOUT THE INDUSTRY DESIGN PLATFORM, FIGMA, AS WELL AS LESSONS FOCUSED ON USER EXPERIENCE (UX) AND USER INTERFACE (UI). OVERALL, BUILT OUT MORE FEATURES ON THE SITE, FIXED GLITCHES, AND RESPONDED TO USER FEEDBACK.PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTIN FY22, MOUSE LED 156 EDUCATOR LEARNING EVENTS, REACHING 3,432 TEACHERS NATIONALLY.IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TO ASSIST THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONS RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, MOUSE BEGAN OFFERING FREE GOOGLE SUITE AND GOOGLE CLASSROOM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING OVER ZOOM. MOUSE CONTINUED THIS PARTNERSHIP IN FY22, OFFERING MONTHLY SESSIONS TO INFORM TEACHERS ABOUT THE BASICS OF THE GOOGLE SUITE FOR EDUCATION TOOLS AS WELL AS INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT THOSE TOOLS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOMS. MOUSE HOSTED TEN OF THESE TRAININGS, REACHING 224 TEACHERS. MOUSE ALSO CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONS CS4ALL COURSES INITIATIVE, LEADING TRAININGS ON THE EXPLORING COMPUTERSCIENCE CURRICULUM FOR EIGHTEEN TEACHERS OVER THE COURSE OF TWELVE SESSIONS. WE CONTINUED THE FIRST GRANT-YEAR OF THE SMART START TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DURING FY22 WITH 74 TRAININGS REACHING 261 TEACHERS. THESE TEACHERS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND GUIDANCE. OVER THIS FIVE YEAR GRANT, MOUSE WILL LEAD TRAININGS WITH OVER 1000 TEACHERS ACROSS EIGHTEEN OR MORE NY STATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO IMPLEMENT AND INTEGRATE NY STATE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND DIGITAL FLUENCY STANDARDS WITH THEIR STUDENTS.MOUSE CONTINUED OUR ONGOING WORK TO EXPAND TEACHERS COMPETENCY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE VIA TRAININGS IN CURRICULUM SUCH AS: GOOGLE CS FIRST, CODE.ORG, SCRATCH, AND PHYSICAL COMPUTING WITH MAKEY MAKEY.