Education is Different Here

THE VISION Communities strengthened through service and technology.

The EAST Initiative provides all learners the opportunity to have CLASSROOM MISSION relevant, individualized, life-changing educational experiences.

CAD/Solid Modeling/ AutoCAD ArchiCAD SketchUp Pro SCHOOLS IN FOUR STATES 245 3D Animation Maya UPWARDS OF STUDENTS 3DS Max 20,000 Blender Programming/Coding Arduino OKLAHOMA PENNSYLVANIA Raspberry Pi LOUISIANA Xcode New Schools in 2017-2018 Visual Studio LAST SCHOOL YEAR VALUED AT GPS/GIS EAST STUDENTS COMPLETED ArcMap ArcGlobe MORE ArcGIS.com 2,257,536 TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES Garmin GLO COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS THAN Video/Photography/Graphics *Source: Independent Sector (https://www.independentsector.org/resource/the-value-of-volunteer-time/ DSLR Cameras GoPro Camera HOURS OF THEIR TIME Professional Video Camera COMMUNITY MEMBERS Ricoh Theta S VOLUNTEERED AN ADDITIONAL TO WORK WITH STUDENTS Audio Kit 90,954 Lighting and Green Screen Kit In the 20 years since its inception, the EAST model is estimated to have served more than Tripods Adobe Creative Cloud Final Cut Pro X Oculus Rift VR Headset 200,000 STUDENTS Music Composition/Production FL Studio Signature Edition Blue Yeti Pro MIDI Keyboard with Drum Pad The EAST Initiative Servers and Computers has installed QUARTERLY Windows Server Workstations & Laptops Oculus Workstation Read all issues at Apple iMac Workstations issuu.com/EASTquarterly Apple MacBook Pro Laptops Mobile Devices Apple iPads Android Tablets 28NEW FOLLOW Visit our website at CLASSROOMS EASTinitiative.org Printers over the past two years 3D Printer Plotter SOCIAL MEDIA All-in-One Printer Each classroom is provided with Color Printer tools for students to engage with Video/Presentations CAD and , animation, Apple TV programming and coding, GPS/GIS, Chromecast video and photo production and Flat Screen TV editing, graphic design, music Productivity composition and production, and network administration. .me/EASTinitiative @theEASTinitiative @EASTinitiative youtube.com/EASTHQ O ce Suite The EAST Initiative TRAINING PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES PROFESSIONAL MORE THAN Each year. DEVELOPMENT The EAST Initiative has been praised for providing the “best professional development opportunities available, bar none” by 2D Design teachers and administrators alike. EAST oers: Adobe InDesign PHASE TRAINING COURSE FOR 3D Printing HOURS Learn to 3D Print FIRST YEAR EAST FACILITATORS Animation Build Your Own Map In Unreal Engine A three-day Summer Seminar each year in which facilitators Every Game Needs a Plot Giving Life to Your Games: Event Scripting in Unreal Engine throughout the EAST community gather to learn from each Maximize Your Moves with 3ds Max Animation other, EAST sta and industry professionals. Audio Music Composition Fruity Loops Administrator training designed to prepare and assist ADMINISTRATOR all levels of district and building administration to Audio Recording support their local EAST classrooms. TRAINING Audio Production with Open Source Tools

Design Development EU is for all educators at any school and from EDUCATION any grade level to engage in technology-rich, CSS and Applied Javascript UNLEASHED high quality professional development. Build your First iPhone App Build your First Android App Rapid Prototyping using Web Frameworks Building the Internet of Tomorrow: Introduction to HTML5 and CSS3 Create Android Apps with MIT App Inventor Introduction to Arduino Advanced Arduino CONFERENCE Introduction to Programming in Python Thousands of EAST students from throughout the country Drones gather each March for the most exciting three days in What You Need to Know to Fly a Drone education anywhere. Here at the National EAST Conference, students can network, share stories and celebrate the work Geospatial they’ve done. The event also serves as the largest training Community Mapping Online venue of the year oering breakout sessions led by students, GPS with GIS Online educators and industry professionals discussing best practices Geospatial Technology EAST and the latest in technology innovation and application. Laser-Scanning for Reality Capture CONFERENCE Reality Capture 2018 Why of Where: Geospatialization Workshop

A nationwide, coordinated open house hosted in more than Networking 100 individual communities, EAST Night Out is intended to Networking / EAST Class Setup give classrooms the opportunity to share their work and their Systems Administration capabilities with members of the school and community they serve, including civic as well as business leaders. Photography Capture Introduction to DSLR Advanced DSLR Digital Photography Concepts Advanced Photographic Principles Concepts

Photography Editing Adobe Lightroom BENEFITSResearch of the EAST model shows GRANT that EAST students see: Soft Skills Leadership Fewer disciplinary referrals Project Planning UPGRADE • Public Speaking A matching grant available to Greater college-going rates Resume Building every four years to EAST •Improved communication Using your EAST STory in College and Scholarship Applications classrooms in Arkansas in • and presentation skills Video Capture need of new technology. Greater concern for the well • Audio Production being of their community Advanced Video Camera Workshop and fellow students Equipment Repair/Replace Greater comfort and Make a Movie • proficiency with new and emerging technologies Video Editing Higher standardized test Adobe Premier • scores Getting Started with Final Cut Pro X Storyboarding Improved leadership skills • Virtual Reality Oculus Rift Training