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NASA’s Spacewalk Spacesuit infographic

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edMe pays competitive wages and expects our community to grow together and work hard on behalf of our students. Our full-time positions have excellent benefits and are co-designed to ensure they provide maximum growth. Our part-time positions allow for maximum flexibility while creating materials that round out any resume.

Please apply today and/or shoot us a note (edme@myedme.com) to further discuss these opportunities.

Educational Assistant/Data Entry (PT/FT)

Our work has yielded high-quality materials that need to be formatted for our three audiences: in-person learners, teachers buying sets of materials, online learners receiving immediate feedback. Come help us format these materials so that they can reach their maximum audience. While engaging in this work, you will see the highest-quality educational materials and see how they connect together to create a system of learning that supports students growth.

In this position, you will be responsible for:

Graphic Artist (PT)

We consistently produce creative materials that need an artist touch. Ready to show Subtractor, an evil pterodactyl, stealing ice cream? Want to layout a magnetic slime recipe? Interested in bringing student imaginations to life to motivate learning? We need your creativity, inspiration, and heart. This work could also include marketing materials if that aligns with your interests. 

Interested applicants should email us, edme@myedme.com, and include a window into your work. Please feel free to share samples, preferred methods, etc. 

Content Creator (PT)

We are primarily focused on creating questions and strategy-based feedback at this point. These materials span the grades, start from first-draft content created by edMe, and motivate students through interest and utility. 

We have structured these contracts in a variety of ways (hourly, by piece, by milestone, etc.). Please email us (edme@myedme.com) your background, vision, and expertise. We can talk or trade emails to figure out how this work can fit into your life and augment your career. 

Our offices are at 5631 Burke Centre Parkway Burke, VA, and our staff and students are scattered across the country.

You can also see our mission, background, and products. Please feel free to reach out to us with any inquiries at edme@myedme.com. 

It’s crazy that it’s been a month. I meant to send this note much earlier in case burying yourself in work was a good strategy. That said, maybe a bunch of work or reaching out for a project may make sense, this summer, next year, or 10 years from now. My company is going to continue to grow and here is a quick rundown of the marketing efforts I am managing with mixed success.

Launching a robotics program online

We have had moderate success with Google ads and will plan to use it in the next 1-2 weeks to launch a summer learning experience where families spend ~$50 in common robotic pieces, $50 in 15 readings that walk through each build while building literacy skills, and open office hours for people to ask questions. We will probably advertise in print and video. 

Books

We have ~20 workbooks printed and have another 20 close. To get them published through Amazon we have to upload strong covers and go through the painful validation process. We also need to give a better highlight that these materials are available. There are some local sales opportunities, but some virtual sales are definitely feasible.

Tutoring

I don’t have much bandwidth here, but could. I listed edMe as a provider for Virginia’s educational support program and we have had 6 nibbles so far. I am working with a couple teachers to flesh out the program so I can train new tutors to work directly with students. Our website allows for people to schedule their meetings if they want. Also, my dissertation focuses on YouTube-based feedback that is based on the student provided answer. I can’t convince people that this type of strategy-based tutoring is effective without a live body doing the instruction. But, that may change.

Social Media

To support the sales channels above, I am going to use Buffer to repopulate daily, or more, releases on Instagram (students), Facebook (parents), and Tiktok (STEM engagement). 

Across all products, we are creating the best materials possible. They combine reading, math and interesting STEM. Learning isn’t a checklist, it’s a series of strategies and we support those strategies. 

We also sell our products to teachers and have an interesting set of contacts.

Promoting Electric Propulsion

It looks like our race will have OK weather on Tuesday. (Please come down if you want!) We have a drone photographer on hand, a bunch of Go Pros, and will be recording student presentations. For the rest of the summer, we will be publishing videos and content from the event. If you want to help put together these materials, it’s definitely a remote-friendly job. I also will be publishing these materials through my socials and the American Society of Naval Engineers. Here is the home page and last year’s celebration:

• www.navalengineers.org/PEP
• www.navalengineers.org/PEP2022

If you ever want to work with us part-time to make some money, just let me know. No pressure, just an opportunity.

Also, I remember that when our cousin was in cosmetology class, Pat volunteered for an experimental facial so she could get the credits needed. If you ever need a subject for your studies, just let me know what you need and I can make it happen.

ooking forward to watching your career blossom. If I can ever help, just ask.

We talked a bit about the materials my company, edMe Learning creates. This is always open to you as you need part-time cash. When I was wrapping up my school, I actually was being paid as an item writer. There are still many jobs by the task for “assessment item writers” and “education content development”.  If it’s not the right time, no worries. Your can shoot me an email in a week, a couple months, many years down the road. 

Here is a bit more about what we are doing now.

Reading

We put together 1-3 page textsets. We write the text for a specific grade, usually aligned to an SOL standard. Then, we ask questions that require understanding of the text. We create a version for the kid and a version with the key. 

Here is a picture of one of the raw texts.

And, here is a picture showing what we give to a second grader.

We have tools that pick the academic vocabulary out of the text, but we can also choose them together. We use Word to generate a Flesch-Kinkaid readability statistics and talk about whether our work addresses the students in the right way. We sell these on TeachersPayTeachers, use them to tutor, and will eventually package them in workbooks.

Math

We are creating intake and check assessments currently. Generally, I create the content, then we talk through what is important to pull out of possible student answers. Because I try to work with new teachers/homeschool parents, we also highlight key pedagogical knowledge to include when talking with future students.

Here is a screenshot showing some grade 3 test questions.

Here is a screenshot of more questions along with how we are interpreting student responses.

Math worksheets

In addition, we have a good amount of materials that just need to be formatted like what you see above. We chunk it out, but it takes time to get right.

Again, no pressure, just an opportunity that’s always available. We generally start people at $18/hour, but if you imagine a different work-from-home role. Just let me know.

Arduino Uno, Motor Driver, and DC Motors

Welcome to a ten-video, ten-reading breakdown of how to use the Arduino Uno to turn one or two motors. We will describe each piece of hardware (the actual pieces you can touch).

Ch. 1. Overview of the Unit

This reading and video will help you understand how the pieces work together to help you master robotics while building a library of texts and notes you can use for years.

#1. Overview of RObotics Unit

Ch 2. Two Motor Designs

This video gives an outline of the next 8 chapters. It will help you see the vocabulary in action so we can begin to build a foundation. While you watch and read, start thinking about what YOU can do to make these designs special.

#2. Overview of Two Motor Design

There is also software. If this is your first time coding, GREAT! We will talk about how to create each code step by step. You will see that a lot of the code that we will use requires us to copy, paste and change a small thing.

If you have questions or need help, please email edme@myedme.com.

Let’s jump right in!

Overview

Here is a brief overview of the Introduction to Robotics materials so that you can start to think about how the pieces fit together. Read and listen closely so you can start to understand how these pieces fit together.

• Reading with questions

Two Motor Set up

Now we have connected two components: the Arduino Uno microcontroller and the Motor Driver. Both components have their own power supply. The Arduino Uno is powered through the blue wire from the laptop USB port.

Reading with questions

Overview

Here is a brief overview of the Introduction to Robotics materials so that you can start to think about how the pieces fit together. Read and listen closely so you can start to understand how these pieces fit together.