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by SamuelMulder 4489 days ago
I'm still struggling with how to handle this. On the one hand, it makes a lot of sense for it to be public. On the other, I've given up a lot to spend time developing it (including going part time on my day job), and I would love to be able to devote more time to it, which would require making some money off of the material in some way.

I've been thinking about doing a kickstarter, but I'm interested in exploring other models. I don't have a ton of time, and I'm always torn between spending time trying to figure out how to publish/market/exploit the material versus spending the hundreds of hours reading history and math and trying to actually write the curriculum. So far I've just been punting on it till I get this first course done.

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I don't have a lot of knowledge, but there are websites that allow for the monetization of lesson plans. Maybe workbooks and videos to help teachers present the materials?

I do think a kickstarter would definitely help as would getting it out in other teacher's classrooms to get earlier feedback.

I totally support this.

Just checked out your site, it is like you are brother from different mother. Awesome stuff. I have a project I am working on that I will ping you with to get your feedback, I think you will like it.
I just realized it might not be that easy to find my contact info. I added it to the website, but it is my username here, no caps, at gmail.com