The S.M.I.L.E. Method™

Learn with a SMILE - a Self-Motivated Impact Learning Environment. Be self-motivated and have an impact while you learn online with us by picking a mentor or internship partner from our community. The SMILE Method™ We encourage learning from preschool all the way to career growth with a SMILE - a Self-Motivated Impact Learning Experience. In this method, students go through a multi-step process to encourage themselves, ignite their own curiosity, find inner passions, collaborate with like-minded individuals who share similar goals and who are discovering the same subjects, and finally to engage in community development to share wisdom back with those who need it most. We have trained the same individuals for over 25 years and continue to encourage, inspire, and mentor curious minds of all ages. We curate learning environments to be peaceful, flexible, and all-encompassing with tools in place for the self-motivated to explore. Nobody wants to sit in small desks and get lectured, but on the flipside - teachers do not want to work with students who lack motivation. As a SMILE Student™, you are responsible for your own exploration and your own curiosity. The Curiosity Coach does not hold your hand through the learning process, but instead reminds you how valuable it is to make mistakes and also reminds you to engage in impactful learning. This style of learning has tangible results in your community instead of mundane homework with no real world application. In this fashion, we are able to give internships and opportunities to students of all levels within companies and organizations who are partnered with us.

S.W.A.R.M. Intelligence System™

S.W.A.R.M (Socialize, Work, Automate, React, Modulate)

We are a 2-way community. Pay it forward by engaging with others and be actively involved with the SWARM Intelligence System™ to properly play your part in the hive. Your future self will thank you. Our SWARM Intelligence System™ increases collaboration, allowing you to cultivate amazing culture. This system standardizes communications, implements innovative artificial intelligence, and utilizes business intelligence to take your team into the future.

The Tao Process™

Dream, Discovery, & Discipline: Our 3-step process built by Tao Learning. Encourage others to do the same and do not steer other students astray from this pedagogy. The D.R.E.A.M. Playbook™: Wander, explore, and discover the possibilities that resonate with the story you want to tell in your next chapter. Study the D.R.E.A.M. Playbook™ and use this organizational style to find your success.

The G.R.A.N.T. Accelerator™

You agree to learn our enterprise approach for project initiation. This is a philosophy to utilize the skills of data scientists, copywriters, and fiscal analysts to formulate comprehensive narratives and jump start business.

Getting Started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites

Tools/IDE:

1. VS Code (Preferred) or any another IDE to make changes into the code.
2. Git should be installed in the system.

Languages/Technologies used in the project:

1. HTML
2. CSS
3. JavaScript
4. JQuery

Installation:

Direct Download

1. Download Ignite Curiosity.zip
2. Extract the zip file.
3. Open the folder in VS Code or any other Code Editor

For developers using git

1. First, Fork this repo.

2. Clone the forked repo locally:

   $ git clone {your_forked_repo_url}
   $ cd {folder_name}

   Note: Current branch should be gh-pages. To check the current branch type following in git bash

   $ git branch

   To change the branch to gh-pages.

   $ git checkout gh-pages

3. If using VS Code project can be opened directly using command line:

   $ code .

   Else open the project in your code editor.

Note: Always make a new branch before making changes.

To see your changes locally when you make changes:

1. Open the html file in which changes were made directly in the browser and Command/ctrl + R - Reload everytime if you make changes.
2. Also, if VS Code Live Server can be used to see the changes directly without refreshing the page manually.

Contributing

We welcome Pull Requests from everyone, whether you are a student, a teacher, or an expert in the field. When first making a pull request, please keep it short & brief as we establish a relationship.

To contribute to the project, fix the Issues, and then make a Pull request.

License