Let me take a second from the starwars links and humor to post a PSA =)
A friend of mine is running a pretty cool program that takes underprivledged / underserved / disadvantaged youth and teaches them about sailing and of course takes them sailing called Sea-Legs [1].
The Sea-Legs Maratime Youth Program [2] is part of the Virtual Voyages [3] youth / commmunity program.
The aspects of this initiative are outlined as follows:
* Organize a sequential progression of maritime skills to challenge young sailors from introductory to advanced levels of participation.
* Develop materials to present these skills, give students activities that will lead to mastery, and determine that a given student has mastered a given skill.
* Create a ranking system, based on these skills, by which a young sailor can progress and gain status as mariner.
* Create an interactive web site to serve as a repository for these skills, activities and rankings that will be accessible and attractive to the youth-sailors, their parents or guardians, and the schools or other programs that wish to take part.
Check out Sea-Legs [4]
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